Re: [HoE] Greetings and Questions

[AJSolis@aol.com]

   Well, hello everyone, I am new to this list and thought I should introduce 
myself.  I got into Deadlands through the WW crossover, of which I am a 
fanatic quite frankly, and got into hell on earth from Deadlands.  Presumably 
some of you know me already from the Deadlands list, of which I am also a 
member.  I also have some questions:
    In what conditions are your main rulesbooks?  I have only owned HoE for a 
week or so, and it has already fallen apart.  I am not ticked off or 
anything, but just wanted to know if that was relatively normal.
   Well, what does everyone think about the big secrets of the Deadlands 
universe?  Quite frankly, I am not sure if I like them or not.  Suddenly 
Deadlands went from being an apparent pagan universe to a Christian one.  So 
has anyone done anything else with the big secrets?  Like changing the origin 
of the manitou, or the identities of the reckoners?
    Why would the Reckoners have to warp time for Stone?  Wouldn't have just 
been easier for them to tell him where to find a time machine?  After all, 
such is even an example of the possibilities of mad science, so there is 
probably one out there somewhere.
    What Deadlands ABs do people use in HoE?  I can see why Hucksters would 
be rare, since copies of Hoyle are probably pretty hard to come by nowadays, 
but since they can retard aging it is quite possible that there are some 
Huckster survivors from the original Deadlands time.
    A Templar blessed seems appropriate to me.
    A syker that is also a cinematic martial artist also seems appropriate, 
considering their origins.
    Shamans seems like a real possibility, since the Indian tribes went 
relatively unscathed by the Final Reckoning.
    Anybody fiddle with the rules for the Deadlands abs for HoE?  For 
example, do you have them worry about taint or is that too much of a headache 
to worry about?
    For all those harrowed out there, has anyone created ab specific powers 
for them similar to the enhancements a harrowed mad scientist or huckster 
might enjoy?  Or do you people even think it appropriate for the HoE abs?  
    What about the final fates of the Deadlands signature characters?  What 
do you guys think happened to the likes of Shaw, Brin, Lynch, and the like?
    Well, that's all I can recall offhand, see ya around as it were.