Re: [DL] Mad Science

["Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>]

> I got the new charsheet on the Deadlands website http://www.deadlands.com,
and I
> saw the new aptitude "Mad Science". I have the first Edition of DeadLands
> rules and this aptitude is not mentionned.
> I think it's for mad scientist, but in standard rules, they only use
Science
> and Tinkering aptitudes.
> Could somebody explain me what is this aptitude and where (book or web
site)
> and can see the use of this aptitude.

It's from the Revised edition.  They're trying to move all of the ABs to a
single-skill system like the Blessed to make things simpler and so Hucksters
and Shamans don't get hosed.  Mad Scientists now roll their Mad Science
skill to create a new gizmo instead of rolling the relevant Science
concentration.  It's not QUITE as realistic this way, but it's a lot
simpler.  Plus, they get some kind of penalty (I'm not sure what kind, as I,
too, only have the first edition) if they don't have whatever Science would
be most relevant.

Nick "answer man" Zachariasen

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