[DL] Mad Science Arcane background.

[Brom Clancy <spleen23@webtrolls.com>]

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Is thier any real point in buying this advantage? In 
the dozen or so games of deadlands I've been in, and 
all the other's I've personaly heard of, the typical 
MS starts off with the one invention he's built, uses 
it, and then never uses the mechanics of the edge 
ever again. I've yet to see a MS acually sit down and 
make up something new, so could not a player make a 
guy that has up to 5 points of belongin' and roleplay 
the rest of it rather then spend the 5 points on the 
Arcane background, on the one level of Mad science 
which he will never use, and on the one level in 
science which he will seldom use.

The huckster AB on the can spend the same number of 
points on its AB, one level of acdemia:occult (a 
skill that might be used every game) and then gets at 
least one hex to start with his first level of 
Hexslinging. 
After that a huckster gets a whole nother spell for 
just a point by buying up his hexsling to start 
(which everyone will buy up to level 5), while a MS 
has to buy additional gadgets at the start just like 
everyone else, plus the hucksters used to get a +2 to 
all gambling rolls as a bonus for buying the huckster 
AB. 

How bout this to give the MS a bit of a edge.
He spends 3 points on the Mad science AB.
He spends 1 points on the Mad science skill.
He spends 1-5 points on a science skill, and recieves 
the belongin' advantage in gismos themed in that area 
of science equal to the points he spend on that 
science skill.
He spends 1-5 points on another science skill and 
recieves the above again.
He spends 1-5 points on another science skill and 
recieves the above again and so on.

You end up with a character with a lot of knowledge 
in various sciences, and even if he ends up 
munchkined out in gizmos, he will have put his best 
stats in abilites to get the points to buy them so he 
will be munchkined only in gadgets, not stats and 
skills.