Re: [HOE] Wasted West Hodge Podge Questions

[Joey Fanning <wraith530@comcast.net>]

I've got some experience with making powers and other fun stuff, if you'd
like me to help..in addition, i've got a large chunk of mine and jeff
shoffner's witch/android adventure done...
----- Original Message -----
From: "Clint Black" <cblack@ohtinc.com>
To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 11:03 AM
Subject: RE: [HOE] Wasted West Hodge Podge Questions


>
> >> 3)Anyone else still working on those "Source books" for: Witches?
> >> Sawbones?
> >> Or are they pushed to side?
> >
> >never knew there was any talk about a sawbones book, but the witches...
> >If MEG does HoE also, this can be something to bug them about making.
> >Complete with D20 stuff too (not that I need it, but they coudl kill two
> >Raptors with one LAW Rocket). I've got a couple of witch spells based on
> >fairy tales that I've been working on. A follower of Annabelle Lee
> >Devlins books developed a few of her own spells and hid the formulas in
> >her illustrations of childrens books. I've also been playing with the
> >idea that J.K. Rowling (Harry Potter author) is a witch and hid spells in
> >her novels for kids.
>
>
> HA!  Nailed me in one!
>
> The Witch was the follow up to the Librarian update I wrote that was in
the
> last Epitaph.  And indeed, "J.K. Rollins" is the daughter of Annabelle Lee
> Devlin.  Furthermore, it explains why HOE witches aren't "Black Magicians"
> like their Weird West counterparts.
>
> The last draft was complete except for spell for 2 of the books and
filling
> in some effects on the "Ambushed" table.
>
> Tell you what.  If anyone is interested in helping me fill in spells for
the
> two books, I'll add you under the byline as "with invaluable assistance
> from..."
>
> To give you an idea, here's the intro to the article...
>
> Every Witch Way But Loose
> By Clint Black
>
>
> Great.  What the hell are you doing here, Kane?
> Well, you found me.  Now you can leave.  You have a way of making a bad
> situation worse, and this situation has already passed the worse stage.
So
> if you don't mind...
> Are you crazy?  There's no way I'm going to tell you the secret history of
> witchcraft.  We've been over this before.  There's a reason it's called
> secret.
> ~I want to tell you the secret history of witchcraft.~
> ~Because then you would move along.~
> ~These aren't the droids I am looking for.~
> What are you laughing at, doofus?  Look, do you want to know the secret
> history or not?
> Mina Devlin?  Why in the hell would I start with her?  She's a pimple on
> the history of witchcraft.  Okay, maybe not a pimple.  More like a
festering
> sore from a sexually transmitted disease.
> The real history of witchcraft starts long before her.  And it's not
really
> called witchcraft.  And before you interrupt me, it's not Wiccan either.
In
> the beginning, it had no name.  And it isn't exactly a religion as it is
> knowledge and a belief system.
> Well, it should sound a lot like voodoo since it's the same thing.  Just a
> little cultural difference and a different set of archetypes.
> Can you stop interrupting for ten seconds?  I will get to archetypes
later.
> First, no, witchcraft is not automatically evil.  But when their powers
came
> back after the Reckoning, the non-evil witches thought it might be a good
> idea to hide.  It turned out to be a great idea.  This is where we get to
> our festering pimple.
> Mina Devlin, despite the irony, started her own witch hunt.  If she heard
> of anyone with the old knowledge, she would make that person disappear.
> From what we understand, they would spend a long time being tortured for
> their information.
> I'm fine.  It's just some of us have a lot to make up for.  Which brings
us
> to Mina's descendant, Annabelle Lee.  She learned from Mina's books about
> the other witches.  In particular, one in the Appalachian Mountains of
North
> Carolina that Mina herself had been afraid to cross.  Annabelle Lee went
> there to see if she could find any remnant of this woman's knowledge.  She
> was surprised to find the old witch alive.
> No, not harrowed.  She was alive.  Looked pretty good too from what I
> understand.  She could tell that Annabelle Lee was made of different stuff
> from her ancestor, although she did have issues with men.  The old witch
> taught Annabelle Lee a few secrets and put the bug in her ear about
sharing
> her ancestor's knowledge with others.  So, Annabelle Lee learned a few
> tricks and then, as you know, wrote her "cookbook" sharing her ancestor's
> Minor Arcanum spells with the world.
> Are you telling this story?  No.  Then be quiet.  Anyway, soon after
> publishing her book, Annabelle Lee got busted by the Rangers.  Imagine
their
> surprise when they discovered their prisoner was pregnant.  Turned out old
> Annabelle Lee wasn't as much of a man-hater as everyone thought.
> The child, a daughter of course, ended up being adopted by a retired
Ranger
> and his wife.  Guess where they lived?
> Bingo.  The Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina.  Somehow the old
witch
> set everything up so she could train a Devlin daughter from birth.
> She taught the daughter about the archetypes.  That's where the true power
> of witchcraft comes from.  Anyone can learn to perform the Minor Arcanum
> spells I mentioned earlier, but it takes a strong belief in the archetypes
> or as the voodooists call them, loas, to tap into the true power of the
> Hunting Grounds, the Major Arcanum spells.  Plus the most powerful witches
> are favored of a specific archetype.  Kind of like what the voodooists
call
> being a chual.
> Smart man.  I'm impressed.  That's right, the archetypes for Mina and
other
> evil witches are manitous.  That's why Annabelle Lee didn't publish any of
> Mina's Major Arcanum spells; they were the blackest of black magic.  Be
> extra careful around those witches.  Not only do they get a lot of power,
> but they're also aware of the cost.  That makes them doubly dangerous.
> Originally, there were thirteen non-evil archetypes; they are creatively
> enough called the Thirteen.  I say "originally" because three of them
> disappeared on Judgment Day.  Those favored by them went insane.  As did
> those who searched too hard for them.  Today, the "Lost Three" are spoken
of
> no more than what I just told you.  The risk of even thinking about them
is
> considered too great.  In respect, however, they are all still called the
> Thirteen.
> Anyway, back to Annabelle Lee's daughter.  Remember her?  When she was old
> enough, the old witch told her the truth about her family.  I'm sure you
> think that was risky, but while a witch may show a different face to
others,
> it is important that she or he always be honest about themselves.
> Eventually, the daughter decided that she needed to pass on what she knew
> about  "true witchcraft."  She chose to do it the same way her mother had
by
> coding it within her books.  You might have heard of her... Julia Kay
> Rollins.
> Yes, that J. K. Rollins.  I mean what better way to hide spells than in a
> book about kids learning to cast spells.  Plus, it let her get to her
> audience at a younger age and teach them a little bit about some real
moral
> values.
> Of course the Rangers knew who she was and what she was doing.  Why else
do
> you think she moved to England.  She was able to publish book after book
> there, and all the Rangers could do was gnash their collective teeth.
> All of her books contain the information on the archetypes.  The only
> difference is that each contains different spells that Julia knew or
> discovered.  One of the most interesting is "Perry Trotter and The Captive
> of Houma."  It covers her discovery of the link between voodoo and
> witchcraft and how the two work together.
> Okay, like take this charm for instance.  In voodoo they call it a conjure
> bag.  Different name, same effect.  It protects me from magic.  You know,
> things like "old Jedi mind tricks."
> Oh, don't even try to pull that again.  If you don't want me to turn you
> into a toad, then you're going to help me out with my problem here.
Later,
> we'll discuss whether you get to remember what I've told you.  I hope
you're
> more convincing this time.
>
>
> For a long time in the Wasted West, witches have had the short end of the
> broomstick.  It's time to redress that situation, and explain how an old
> Arcane Background fits into Hell on Earth.
>
> So, anybody interested in jumping on the broomstick?  ;-)
>
>
> Clint
>
>
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