Re: RE: [HoE] Junkman Cometh/Huckster ?

[Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>Harrowed are bad enough in Deadlands, never mind in HoE.
>I'm always tempted to bump up the manitou's Spirit by a die
>type when making them...
>

I've wondered about that as well, for the reasons you cited as far as more 
powerful manitous and such.

>My last post on the huckster topic - Junkers, Templars,
>Sykers and Doomsayers all get a HoE book because they're
>major AB's in the setting.  Hucksters get a couple of
>inches of column space in TJC.  Even the dimmest player has
>to realise that there's something wrong there...
>

Fair enough.  Well, on the other hand, Hucksters already _have_ a full book 
(book and a half, nearly, with some of the Law Dog stuff).  I don't think 
the fact that Pinnacle isn't giving Huckster (or Harrowed, apparently, 
depending on how the Cyborg book goes) a full book is representative of 
anything significant right off hand...

>I'm going to stick with TJC rules for now and see how they
>play out.  In previous experience, backlash hasn't happened
>too often in the games I've marshalled/played in.  It might

Well, it might be a matter of luck.  We've seen it an average of 2-3 times a 
session from Joker draws, from a Huckster with 3+ skill levels in the 
appropriate Hexes.  And our Huckster has a tendency to roll for the "affect 
your comrades".  Thus my previously noted concerns about a HoE Posse's 
willingness to put up with more of the same...

>be the playing style of those involved, or it migth be luck
>of the draw.  Who knows?  The thing is, I'm going to see
>how it goes.  If every huckster in a HoE game turns himself
>and his companions into chutney by accident every couple of
>sessions, I'll see about rules mods.  Some of it may depend
>on the revised huckstering rules, though.  I'm going to see
>hat happens.  Should be interesting, mind.  The Posse I'm
>playing in at the minute is about due a return trip to HoE
>(they already ended up there one...).  I'll see what
>happens to my huckster there.  Of course, I might start
>drawing cards now in anticipatin of the worst happening...
>


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