Re: [HOE] Are the books 'too big'?

[Dirk <darklord@dark-sky.net>]

toadpooka@juno.com wrote:

> <snip>  It's not bad that the ideas were put out there, but

> they were also written off as being singular phenomena (only Hellestromme
> makes Automatons, only Dr. Gash makes scrapper gear).

Actually, in our games, there have been a couple of villains that were
basically toned down versions of some of the major players of the west, one
of the games I played in comes to mind with Reverend Hines, who was kind of
close to the Big Rev G in lost angels.  He wasn't as powerful as Rev G, but
he was bad enough, and that group has fought him to stalemate on a couple of
occasions.

> I think one reason
> why I take to HoE is that this happens less often in the Wasted West.
> Granted, the Combine is there, but you can have a small-time warlord like
> Throckmorton out there as well.

Uhh, not to nitpick, but isn't Throckmorton the head of the combine?  Perhaps
you were thinking of the S-Mart overlord or something.

--Dirk