Re: [DL] Hucksters

[Brom Clancy <spleen23@webtrolls.com>]

> From: "Matthew S Pulido" <talison@netnitco.net>
> > This talk of whether Hucksters are effective or 
not has me thinking. I
> > think they are very effective, but the Huckster 
in my posse rarely does much. He
> > has admitted that he is flat out scared of the 
backlash table. It makes me
> > wonder why he wanted to be a Huckster.
> >
> > So, in my opinion, Hucksters are very effective 
as long as they put
> > themselves at risk. But that goes for every 
character in this game, don't
> > it?
> >
Ø	> What do you think? How do other Huckster 
players deal with this?

To me the whole backlash thing is the best part of 
playing a huckster, like mad science a huckster is 
pushing the edges of what is supposibly possible and 
takes a risk every time he does so, this gives the 
huckster a uniqe feel compaired to a normal 
spellchucker. Also the magic of hucksterism is the 
quick and dirty version, it&#8217;s risky cause you do it 
quick enough to get some use out of it while you are 
in a risky situation, that&#8217;s why all hucksters are 
gamblers.

Makes me wonder if its possible to do a slow and 
boring version of hucksterism, say visualizing 
playing solitaire for two hours to gather enough 
magic from the hunting ground to cast a hex with a 
pair of jacks.