Re: [DL] A new hex for your review...

[Ivan Ironsword <nbouqu1@gl.umbc.edu>]

looks good, but I'd make the Trait Spirit. Oh, and I'd have a character make a note on his
sheet each time he casts this hex (successful or not), doing something like this is sure to
attract big nasty evil stuff.... and make him more likely to become harrowed without Dominion
down the line....

Nick, who has been looking for just this sort of evil....

Scott Hacker wrote:

> I just made a nex hex, and I was hoping you fine
> gentlemen would critique it for me.  Is it too
> powerful?  Too dangerous?  Does it just suck?  Please
> tell me, I'm so desperately insecure!
>
> The Devil's Advocate
> Trait: Knowledge
> Hand: Pair
> Speed: 1 hour
> Duration: 1 day/ Hexslingin' level
> Range: Self
> A powerful and dangerous hex, The Devil's Advocate
> traps a manitou within a huckster, temporarily making
> him into one of the harrowed.
> Casting the hex is simple-just choose the powers you
> want, use the chart to find a manitou that can handle
> that amount, and cast the hex like normal. As long as
> you pull a pair, the hex succeeds, and the huckster
> gets his manitou. (If you don't want any special
> powers beyond the basic harrowed abilities, simply
> take the smallest one on the chart.)
> Unfortunately, while it's one thing to find a manitou,
> it's another to control it. You see, one of the only
> ways you can kill a manitou is to kill it when it's in
> a harrowed, so they're not too crazy about being
> forced into the job. The little buggers fight to get
> out at every opportunity, and the bad news is the
> huckster can't just let the thing go. They're stuck
> together until the hex ends or the manitou digs it's
> way out.
> The struggle between the huckster and the manitou is
> represented by a reliability roll, that is rolled
> whenever the huckster uses a harrowed power or gets
> injured. The base reliability is 16, but this
> fluctuated depending on how well the huckster drew.
> Compare the number of powers the huckster took to the
> max power level his hand allows. Add one to the
> reliability of each point he's under (to a max of 19),
> and subtract three per point if he's over. Whenever
> the huckster fails the reliability roll, he must make
> an opposed Spirit test against the manitou. Failing
> this means the manitou leaves, and deals the
> difference in damage to the huckster's guts.
> Ignoring the possibility of a manitou uprising, there
> are several other dangers to this hex that make most
> huckster think long and hard before using it. For one,
> the huckster picks up some harrowed hindrances along
> with the cool powers. (The hindrances gained are based
> on the Manitou's Spirit.) Another problem is that if
> the Manitou is Exorcised, there is a 50/50 chance that
> the huckster spirit will pass on too. Finally, if the
> huckster suffers backlash, he loses control of the
> manitou, which takes charge until the hex ends.
>
> Hand/Manitou's Spirit/Max Power Levels/Harrowed
> Hindrances
>
> Pair/           3d6/    0/ None
> Jacks/          4d6/    1/ None
> Two Pair/       3d8/    2/ Aura O' Death 1
> 3 of a Kind/    4d8/    3/ Aura 2
> Straight/       3d10/   4/ Aura 3
> Flush/          4d10/   5/ Aura 4, Mark O' the Devil 1
> Full House/     3d12/   6/ Aura 5, Mark 2
> 4 of a Kind/    4d12/   7/ Aura 5, Mark 3
> Straight Flush/ 3d12+2/ 8/ Aura 5, Mark 4
> Royal Flush/    4d12+2/ 9/ Aura 5, Mark 5
>
>
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