Re: [HoE] Re: Deadlands '98

[Matthew DeForrest <mmdeforrest@worldnet.att.net>]

John Higginbotham wrote:

>         And yes, the current president of the CSA is one scandal ridden
> fellow by the name of William. Anyone have any recommendations for who
> should be President of the USA in the alternate timeline?

John,

It depends on whether or not you want a liberal in power in the North or
a Conservative.

Liberal:  Personally, I am fond of Joe Kennedy for President rather than
Ted (If you don't know him, keep an eye out -- romor was he was poised
to run for governor on his way at a shot for the White House).  An
alternate timeline Hillary (nemtioned by someone else before but whom I
would have had never marry Clinton) would be an interesting twist.
Conservative:  How about Jack Kemp?  His quick boost to the polls for
Dole is an indication that he would be a viable candidate.  New York,
depending on how you resolve California, would be a hugely important
state in the Electoral College (Here's a tricky political point -- if
the Union does not recognize the Confederacy, does the South still have
Electoral votes and seats in the House and Senate?)

California's role will be a big descision -- given that both Reagan and
Nixon (plus Jerry Brown) were Californians.

A small twist on the ideas you were soliciting for Los Diablos.  The
description lists them as being the same thing as gorgons and
minataurs.  You might consider a horned figure being chaufered in the
big black car.  Having the motorcycles herd the players towards the car
would be frightening.  Having that car stop and a driver get out and
open the door for a 8' humanoid with the body of a man and the head of a
bull dressed in a black armani suit, blood-red silk tie, and bone white
shirt would, I'd guess, drive them into panic.

Give him a black leather-looking jacket with a crest...then, as he walks
closer, tell them that they were wrong -- not a crest.  A tatoo.  If you
have any shamen-types in the party (or new age shamen wanna be's), let
them recognize it.  Add a cigar for smoke billowing out of its nostrils.

Just my two bits.

Matt

 
_________________________________________
Matthew M. DeForrest, Ph.D.	Adjunct Professor of Communications and
Adjunct Professor of English	Adjunct Professor of English
UNC Charlotte			Wingate University
Charlotte, NC 28223-0001	Wingate, NC 28174-0157

"Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not
powerless.  Dead -- I say?  There is no death.  Only a change of
worlds."  Chief Seattle, "Our Poeple are Ebbing Away like a Receding
Tide," 1855.