Re: [HoE] Wasted West Observations...

[copernicus@brunnet.net (Pat Gamblin)]

>Just thought I'd throw my 2 cents in.  :)

I'll go for that.

>Posse Stuff:

>Arcane Background: Witch:  Does this seem barely useful to anyone else?
>Can we expect a Witch sourcebook at some point?!?!?!

I have one player who will almost certainly use it if his soldier bites it.
He had a character just like it in a PA game a few months back. Game ended
badly. I could see him trying the character in this. I did really like 'How
to Serve Your Man.' Almost laughed my... er... hat off.

>Hockey Sticks and Golf Clubs:  Casey Jones lives!!!  :)

Dang straight!! Ooh, gotta use him some time. I've already got plans for a
big Rob Zombie vs Flying Elvises war taking place near/around the
characters' area. Yes, it's a bit silly (at least until you think about a
harrowed Rob Zombie), but the more realistic/dramatic points should offset
that. Sorta. Yes, I'm in a wierd mood these days.  : }

>The "Ripper":  Excuse me while I go hide in the corner here...

Hm...   let me see. Didn't read that bit yet.

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Hully crap. Ngn. Ouch. Not lettin' them get aholda that one. maybe for a
big baddie, though. I can see their expressions now (5D20 AP2!?!?!?!). : }

I very much appreciated the extras for guns, particularly the accessories.
I have one player who has already been asking about some of it.

Also appreciated the radio and fuel notes. More vehicles would have been
nice, but not really necessary. I was surprised that the hovercycle floats,
not flies. The impression I got from the main book pics (particularly pg
94) was that they could, in effect fly. I suppose the one on 94 could just
be 'booster jumping.'

>Powered Armor:  Gee, I wish there'd been some pictures of these suits
>other than the Wolverine worn by the Robot Hunter.

Yeah. The Wolverine's kinda blocky/clunky lookin' for an advanced suit,
t'me, but I suppose it fits the genre. Hmmm...  maybe the suit on page 8 of
the rulebook is the Purgatory suit. They're probably Hellstromme's marines
in the picture (Sgt J Stryker).

>Archetypes:  LOVE the picture of the Sawbones!

Just noticed now that she appears on page 104 of the rulebook as well.  Cool.

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>Comsat:  Cool idea....

Hard to get PCs involved with it unless they know about it already, though.

>Abominations:  Those new types of Wormlings have given me some nasty
>ideas....

That whole create-a-wormling thing is gross. Now just have to figure where
to use it.

Loved the S-Mart bits.

Maybe I'll run a 'Day of the Dead' session. One of the few zombie movies I
had fun watching.

The bit on Raven was nice. Well, not for Raven. Man, is he ever going to
have a grudge. Wonder how ya go puttin' 'im down? : }

Paddy

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