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

[PEGHopler@aol.com]

In a message dated 6/21/99 10:32:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
crow_steve@hotmail.com writes:

<< Basically, for the same three points you had to pay before, your minimum 
 hand size goes up one, you get +4 to your Backlash roll, and you lose the 
 benefit of Level 3+ letting you ignore backlash due to Red Jokers.
 
 Now, I'm all for Hucksters working _differently_ in the altered universe of 
 HoE, but the new system seems to make being a Huckster totally unfeasible.  
 The existing system already has problems (which are being addressed in the 
 upcoming Deadlands release altering the system).  If you use the current 
 problem-ridden system, and try to use it in HoE, basically...no one is going 
 to play Hucksters unless they're really masochistic.  I wouldn't have 
 bothered using the 3 or so column inches in Hunkman Cometh for that.
 
 Even with the upcoming revision, they really seem unworkable.  The new 
 system lets you ignore red Jokers at all levels...but the HoE revision 
 negates that, and gives you that +4 Backlash.  Plus making your Hexes
 
 At best, it seems like there should be some kind of _benefit_ for the three 
 additional handicaps that HoE Hucksters pick up.  The entry states that the 
 manitous are more powerful:  shouldn't that mean the Hex effects become more 
 powerful as well?
 
 *shrug* It just seems like the Hucksters got kinda...neutered in Junkman.  
 Why would anyone want to play them giving the revisions made? >>

Well, it really wasn't meant to be that attractive a proposition--there's a 
reason hucksters are rare in the Wasted West. I included it primarily for the 
sake of completeness. Since I had mentioned that many early junkers were 
hucksters (and the main rulebook refers to them getting there power from 
manitous) I felt I should include the option (or I'd get e-mail asking me 
where it was :) ).

I also wasn't aware of the revisions being made to the hucksters when I wrote 
TJC. Given the new system makes things easier on hucksters, I'd change the 
penalty in TJC  to be only the +4 to all Backlash rolls.

John Hopler
pinnacle