Re: [DL] huckster problem

[Spacedog <spacedog2@xoommail.com>]

"Ronald Conner" wrote:
 > I set myself up for this one and didn't even 
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 > Heres my problem...
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 > For those of you in my group this is spoiler 
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 > You still readin this ryan?
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 > I now have three, count em, three hucksters in 
my possse.  Two hexslingers
 > and one regular one.  They all (thanks to my 
stupid meddleing) have arcane
 > prodigy.  This would be ok except for the fact 
that they have discovered the
 > fact that they can trade hexes.  In mere 
minutes the entire contents of each
 > mans spellbook was learned by the others.  The 
problem goes something like
 > this.  Time to learn a spell from a teacher 
2d20 - half time for having an
 > experianced caster teach it to you - half time 
for being an arcane prodigy -
 > the fact that you can make a roll to reduce 
the time by 2 hours per raise.
 > All in all this means that a huckster can 
learn a new spell in under an
 > hour!
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 > My solution: Sit in the fetal position and 
pretend it isn't happening.  Also
 > I put a cap on the time at one hour so at 
least they take some time to learn
 > something.  I know I dug my own grave on this 
one but please somebody help
 > me out here.  I already have some traps set up 
for other members of the
 > posse, (EG the revanant, reverand wiclife from 
the mission adventure, and
 > some nasty demetias for the local MS.)  But I 
don't know how to deal with my
 > untouchable trio.

 They aren't untouchable. Hucksters still tend to 
die if you shoot them. 

Take advantage if any one gets backlash. Like 
they try to cast Forget and end up forget part of 
one of there Hexes instead. Just enough of it to 
hurt another huckster once they try to cast it 
again.


 > Please anything that could be used to my 
advantage!  Monsters, stupid NPC's,
 > adventures of death and doom, horribly awful 
relics anything!
 
 Witchhunters. If one is blatent in a town have 
the town try to lynch them.
 
 > Ronald "The Uber-Twink" Conner
 > Marshal of the insane gunbunny runners
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Spacedog


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