Re: [DL] Super Agent (POS SPOLIERS)

[Fred Jandt <fajandt@yahoo.com>]

Definite spoilers...players git!









Go on git!









Okay, MS and Hucksters are compatible because it has
been proven through the use of Thaumaturgical
Diffusion. I would say that Shamanism and the Blessed
are not compatible with anything else due to the fact
that Shamans only deal with nature spirits (i.e. good
spirits) and Blessed actively fight the forces of the
Hunting Grounds (although they don't realize that's
where their power comes from).
The other magics (black, voodoo, and blood I think is
all, right?) I would say can be combined with MS and
Hucksters, but agian not Blessed or Shamans for the
above reasons.
Enlightened Martial Artists I am honestly not as
familiar with, but I would say as long as they follow
an Eastern religion or for that matter any honest
religion that incorporates their skills into it they
can be Blessed as well.
And Harrowed are, well Harrowed. As long as the host
is in control, I imagine they can do whatever they
could before (at the Marshal's discretion).

As far as HoE goes, IMHO none of the ABs should be
combined with anything else. All of them need too much
of a focus (mental, radiation, faith, whatever) to
allow you to have more than one.

Now I am not the final answer on this. Remember, Shane
has veto power. ;)

My two cents.

Fred J.

--- Ben Rasmussen <nyddoybdyle@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2002-05-10 20:46:34 deadlands@gamerz.net was
> overheard saying:
> >
> ---------------------------------------------------
> > > take my word for it, it's all explained in the
> HOE series.  it's all the
> > >same power, but everyone gets a certain 'grasp'
> on how to channel and use
> > >this power, and can't get a grip on any other
> way.
> >
> > That's patantly untrue. They have one historical
> NPC mentioned in Junkman
> Cometh who was an MS, Huckster and eventually
> Shaman.
> > Psykers can uses Enlightened martial arts exactly
> because they are
> basically the same thing.
> >
> > I think there are others but the point is made
> with those, ABs all call
> upon something in the hunting grounds but that
> something is very different
> between the ABs..
> 
> I don't have HOE. Been meaning to get it, but alas,
> I'm not as rich as I
> wish to be...
> 
> I agree. As presented, the AB's get their Mojo from
> the hunting grounds, but
> the means by which it's granted is totaly different
> and not always
> incompatable.
> 
> Shamans have the most 'pure' access as their powers
> come from nature
> spirits. Not manitou, but spirits. This is stated in
> Ghost Dancers. Nothing
> prevents a Shaman from courting Manitou, other then
> the Spirits will snub
> them. Hence the problem a Harrowed Shaman has.
> 
> Blessed get their power from the hunting grounds,
> but it's channeled by a
> 'Higher Power' that is neither Spirit or Manitou.
> Nothing prevents this
> 'Higher Power'  from granting it's mojo to any one
> it feels like as long as
> the recipient has faith in said power. That Higher
> Power may have pretty
> strict guide lines to follow, and consortin' with
> demons is usually high up
> on the list ('dem bein' the enemy and all that), but
> it's not totaly out of
> the question. Shamans are Blessed aren't compatable
> due to the faith issue.
> You can only have faith in one higher power. Shamans
> have faith in the
> Spirits, Blessed in what ever...
> 
> MS & Hucksters get their mojo from the dark side.
> They deal with the devil
> directly. Hucksters know better and MS are oblivious
> of the fact. But
> they're compatable with each other, and may well be
> compatable with a
> 'Higher Power' granting power of it's own. Same big
> pool, the hunting
> grounds, but different folks granting it.
> 
> Chi users (correct me if I'm wrong, I don't have
> easy access to the chi user
> books) draw the power from the hunting grounds on
> their own. Nothing rules
> out them getting power from another source such as a
> 'Higher Power' granting
> it or them taking it from a Manitou or Nature
> Spirit.
> 
> The biggest limiting factor is no AB is easy to
> learn (and I don't mean
> Point wise). They're life time achievement sorts of
> things that entire world
> views are built out of. But in rare instances they
> do come together.
> 
> And yes, a character like this may well be munchkin
> as hell. But whats
> really wrong with a Huckster forsakin' his evil ways
> and finding God?
> 
> Sorry for bein' long winded, just wanted to share my
> rational. BTW, correct
> me if there is somethin' in DL that contradicts this
> outlook.
> 
> 
> 
> ---
> ... armchair philosophers? Where are they supposed
> to do it? "Descarte leapt
> across the ditch as the bullets buzzed past his ears
> like angry wasps - 'If
> all I can know is the product of my own
> perceptions,' he thought as he
> punched another Hussar in the throat, 'then all I
> can say with any
> confidence is "I think, therefore I am." ' Turning,
> he grabbed the Prussian
> colonel's cap and wrenched down over his ears,
> tossing him back into the
> trench now filled with twisted corpses."  --Radical
> Athority (rpg.net)
> 
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