Re: [HoE] Hucksters in HoE

[Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>Well then, Steve, if your huckster isn't that skilled (leve 10+ in
>Huckstering) , then I would just accept that life has gotten tougher for
>him....that would certainly explain why nobody much goes into it in the
>Wasted West.

Well, as I noted to someone else, it's not "my" Huckster or anyone else's 
per se.  However...

Sure, but...given he's had 200+ years to get used to the cunning of manitous 
and learn some cunning of his own, _why_ has life gotten tougher for him to 
such a degree that he suffers an additional +4 on the Backlash roll?  
1876-type Hucksters have _always_ tried to find the most powerful manitou 
out there, and have always had to deal with the backlash of those more 
powerful manitous when they contact with them.

I guess I've yet to hear a satisfactory rationale for the +4 backlash, or 
some explanation for why this general increase in manitou power doesn't 
somehow also result in more power available to 200+ (and only 200+) year-old 
Hucksters as well.  If a 200-year old manitou is more dangerous, why isn't a 
200-year old huckster equally so?

>----- Original Message -----
>From: Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com>
>To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
>Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 3:16 PM
>Subject: Re: [HoE] Hucksters in HoE
>
>
> > >Why couldn't you?  Assuming your DM accepts your rationale for your
> > >character (and yes, I was assuming it was the new rules, they seem like 
>a
> > >huge improvement) they should be very willing to let you sink as many
> > >points
> > >into that as you can.
> >
> > But you can't.  Granted, I don't have the WW Companion right here, and
>it's
> > hard to tell how Hex-buyin will finally go (I believe the freebie-per
> > Hexslingin' level will be the case, but who knows for sure at this
>point?).
> > But I don't believe you get enough points to squeeze 15 Skill Levels 
>into
>a
> > character.  Which is how it should be, IMO.  I'm not sure I'd want a
> > Hexslingin' 15 Huckster any more than I'd want, say, a 200-year old
> > Shootin'/Pistol 15 Gunslinger with his 5+ pt. Relic of Immortality, or a
> > 200-year old Faith 15 Blessed Vet character.
> >
> > >----- Original Message -----
> > >From: Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com>
> > >To: <hoe@gamerz.net>
> > >Sent: Thursday, July 01, 1999 1:43 PM
> > >Subject: Re: [HoE] Hucksters in HoE
> > >
> > >
> > > > >You know, it seems to me that IF any hucksters made it all the way 
>to
> > >the
> > > > >Wasted West, then their skill level should be , I dunno, 10-15.  
>That
> > >would
> > > > >represent their "Craftyness" and their superior skill, and you 
>could
> > >STILL
> > > > >use the +4 backlash.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Are you talking current rules or the proposed revised rules that 
>were
> > > > mentioned earlier by Shane?
> > > >
> > > > Under the current rules, those points you get for Veteran of the 
>Weird
> > >West
> > > > don't go very far when you're building your Huckster and have to 
>worry
> > >about
> > > > individual Hex skill levels...  ;)
> > > >
> > > > Regardless, you can't really build a 10-15 skill level Huckster 
>under
> > >the
> > > > current system as far as I can tell, even if you have to worry about
> > >only
> > > > one Hexslingin' skill, rather than the individual Hex skill levels.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ---
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