Re: [HoE] Junker/Armor ?

[XRebelX@aol.com]

Sorry, but I kind of have to butt in here.....

             I'm a bit lost on the purpose of this debate.....I think I lost 
it about 2 days ago...sorry.     Why pay a huge amount for something that you 
can make much, much more cheaply?       Well, of course, you wouldn't.     Is 
one better than the other?     Of course.     But several things come to mind 
to this ole southern boy.     First off...using the examlpe of the 
"vest"....wheather it's taken off of a dead Black Hat, found in the ruins 
somewhere or built by the resident / local / searched out Junker, a head shot 
still cures all your ills!     
             Also...... as far as the "rules of creation - Junker volume" are 
concerned, I admit..... when I first say them, I hated them more than any 
Earthly language can express.     But as I read and RE-read them, they kind 
of grew on me.     So I have to say that if the problem is the rules per 
se..... I can only give an example from a situation in 'our' HOE campaign.    
 Our resident Junker wanted to build the Junker / HOE equilivent of Iron Man 
armor.     You know the kind.....protection from head to toe, as many gizmos 
and gagdets as he could cram into it.     After thought and deliberation, the 
game marshall decided that if he had the proper powers for what he wanted to 
do, and it all checked out rules-wise, she'd ok it.     He was happier than 
any gamer has a right to be about a GM call.     Problem he ran into 
was.....he couldn't SEE out of the thing!     Well.....after he got the power 
Sensor....he jumped for joy again..... then he realized he wouldn't be able 
to breath in it.     He's still working on a Life Support power.      
             What's all this have to do with the thread here?      Just that 
yes.....the Arcane Background powers and abilities ARE better than the more 
'mundane' things.     That's the nature of the games.     Now all of this is 
my own humble (and usually warped) opinion, but there it is.     Junker stuff 
SHOULD be cheaper than regular stuff.....it IS junk after all and LOOKS like 
cobbled together junk at that.     Doomies SHOULD be able to flash fry most 
thingswith a wave of their hands.     Sykers SHOULD be .....well..... that's 
the thought progression.     If I've totally missed the line in this 
thread....again please forgive.     But like the PEG folks say all the 
time.....it's your game...change it.     
             I'll go back to my quiet lil corner now.......
Later Days
Reb
("In every world, every dimension, every Plane of Existence...I AM the REBEL! 
[X])