Re: [DL] Random RV&C2 quesitons [John Goff]

["John Goff" <JohnGoff@deadlands.com>]

> Just a few questions about some incomplete thoughts I
> saw in RV&C2.
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> On page 70 when discussing Living Houses the book
> says, "The result is the same as that of a haunted
> house: the local Fear Level raises by one.  Worse, the
> usual methods to cleanse a haunted house have no
> effect."  I'm not sure I recall any previous source
> refering to haunted houses in either respect (raising
> fear levels and cleansing methods).  Does anyone know
> which book this is referencing?
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Err, uhm...opps. Honestly, the part on setting up/running a haunted house
was one of the first things to hit the cutting room floor. I've still got it
and will forward it on to Chris to pop onto the web page. Hopefully, this
week even.

> On page 85 when discussing Replicants the last
> paragraph says, "These monsters are usually discovered
> long before they have a chance to overrun a settlement
> - which is exactly what the Reckoners want."  I know
> the Reckoners love fear, and discovering an
> abomination exists is a fearful event.  Is this what
> this statement is refering to?  Do the Reckoners
> regularly set their abominations up to fail, just to
> gather the fear from discovery?
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Pretty much. Have you ever seen "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"--any
version? Until you realize your friends and neighbors _aren't_, it's not
really that scary. Also, a town filled with Replicants doesn't generate any
fear. So, the Reckoners want the creatures exposed once they've gotten a
decent foothold. That way trust amongst the citizens goes into the outhouse,
people know something's up that's _VERY BAD_ (TM), and yet enough folks are
around to still generate a good deal of fear.

Replicants are amongst those rare abominations that become more frightening
the more of them you find. :-)

> There was a third thing which I can not seem to be
> able to find right now.  I thought I had seen a
> reference to Fearmongers somewhere in the book, but am
> unable to relocate it.  I have the original books and
> understand what Fearmongers are, but I had thought
> that Pinnacle was getting rid of them due to
> confusion.  I believe I had some confusion as to the
> context in which they were used, but without being
> able to find the reference I cannot say what bothered
> me.
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Hmm...let me know when you find it. I searched my documents for any
combination of the words "fear" and "monger," and couldn't find them. OTOH,
I only looked in the Marshal's Handbook sections, so I might have missed.
it.

And, yes, we did ditch the "fearmonger" distinction. It was giving too many
people too much grief. :-)

John