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But the code would be different. One is encoded into a catalog of New
Science items for sale, and the other is encoded into a book about card games.
And unless a huckster learned a hex from another huckster, they'd have to know
the code in the books. Just because you know the code in poker terms, doesn't
mean you know the code in new science terms. And shootists, of course have no
code, but its still different, all versions challenge mantiou and force them to
cast a spell in the real world. hucksters and metal mages gamble with them,
shootists shoot it out with them. It's a different fame of mind and the results
are different. Shootists spells channel the energy into the real world through
their guns, hucksters have a hand of magical cards appear in their hands. A
huckster would need to know how to chanel the energy differently. "Magnum
Force" producing some ethereal card would'nt do a whole lot of good, and
"Brimstone" won't be to helpful witha Peacemaker in your mits. And as for
listing AB: Metal Mage so specifically... a Mad Scientist/Huckster is definatly
a metal mage, no doubt about it, but what about someone without the experience
of mad science who figures out the code in the S&R catalog? I wasn't really
meaning it to be a totally seperate AB, just that for non-MS's, it just helped
on specification... assuming you go with my theory of "if you know one, you
don't necesarily know the other"
This isn't a suggestion for a definate rule, but for marshal's to use if
they agree with me about 1 AB having spells from 4 source books is a littel much
(Hucksters and Hexes, Lone Stars, Theory of Thamaturcal Diffusion,
Hexarcana. yes, I know those last two repeat metal mage spells).
Dave
> The thing is, though, Sitgreaves doesn't teach a different way of > casting. > He simply created more hexes and planted a message in the S&R > catalog > telling of the source of MS inspiration. Hexslingers/Shootists also > cast the > same way Hucksters do. They just visualize it differently. They all > visualize a duel between themselves and the manitou. It's just a > matter of > how it's visualized. Shootist hexes are hexes like any other. > They're just > not recorded anywhere. Someone just developed them and they spread > via word > of mouth. A Huckster can cast the hexes in TD/Hexarcana and Law > Dogs/Lone > Stars. A Shootist can cast the hexes in H&H. Metal Mages are > actually > Hucksters who are also Mad Scientists. It's not actually an arcane > background in itself. > > Nick Zachariasen > Editor Emeritus > Trojan Times > > > > To unsubscribe, send a message to esquire@gamerz.net with > unsubscribe deadlands@gamerz.net > as the BODY of the message. The SUBJECT is ignored. > > > |