Re: [DL] More hex questions

["John Goff" <JohnGoff@deadlands.com>]

> I've got another pile of questions regarding ambiguities in the
> hex descriptions...
>
> Silver Tongued Devil:  The summary gives range as "touch".  The
>    text says that the /huckster's/ rolls are improved; is the
>    range really "self"?

Range should be Self.

>
> Soul Blast:  A dead man's hand causes instant death.  Can jokers
>     be used to make a hand into a dead man's hand?

Yes.

>
> Talisman:  Summary says speed is two days.  Text says the process
>     requires "...three full days".  Which?
>

Three days.

> "Hale 'n' Hearty" in Law Dogs is essentially the same as "Snake
>     Oil" in Hucksters and Hexes.  What's the point?  Am I
>     misreading something?
>

Not a thing--just that Snake Oil's faster. :-) Largely a case of two
different authors and two different editing teams working on simultaneous
projects.

> Previously, John Goff clarified that hexes that don't
> specifically give a separate result for Jacks and just say "each
> hand above the minimum" don't have different results between a
> low pair and a pair of Jacks or better.  However, the text for
> Hale 'n' Hearty (in Law Dogs) seems to contradict this:
>

Cop-Out Answer: Hale 'n' Hearty specifically mentions Jacks in the
description, therefore it doesn't violate the H&H guidelines. :-)

Probably-Closer-To-The-Truth: See answer above regarding different
author/editing teams. ;-)

The Jacks-not-a-specific-hand-unless-noted-proscription stands--unless
otherwise noted. Jacks serve as a probability fix--they stagger things a
little between a pair and two pairs, so if we want to give a hex more
effects at a lower level we use it. Otherwise, it may cause a hex to
escalate to fast.

So, no, hexslingers don't differ from hucksters in this case.

John