RE: [HoE] Hucksters in HoE

["Patrick Phalen" <pphalen@gti.net>]

>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 think the only way a Huckster lived 200 years is that he is smart enough
*NOT* to cast too many hexes...

As to *why* life has gotten tougher, how about because the freaking
Reckoners are walking the earth?
They broke down the barriers and are able to suck up the fear all by
themselves.
This means that the Manitou can hold onto more fear and become stronger
themselves...
Those same barriers also protected the "Old" Hucksters to some degree...

Now they aren't afforded that luxury..

>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.

The manitou are stronger/smarter.  It is, therefore, more difficult to trick
him into powering a hex...
A lot less hexes are successful, because of this...


Patrick "Wheeeeeee!" Phalen