Re: [HoE] Hucksters in HoE

[Steve Crow <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

> >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.
>
>Because all of the manitous are more powerful.
>
>Instead of 1hit die orcs, the weeniest manitou is now a 5th level
>fighter/assasin.  They all have more juice available to pump down the line
>into the huckster's head if he loses control of the hex.
>

Which I've never really disputed as a rationale (although it's not the only 
one).  But...it's exactly that pumping of the juice that a Vet Huckster 
_should_ be able to tap into to gain...well, more juice.

I've always been willing to accept that "more power=more backlash chance".  
But the logical corollary there is "more power=more power."


>And I dispute the claim that hucksters always try and find the most
>powerful manitou available.  There are hexes  that don't require a max out
>hand to achieve the effect you want, and there are several hexes that have
>an effective hand cap, where hands greater then X have no additional 
>effect.
>

I should have been a bit more specific.  They seek out the most powerful 
manitou available that they need.  Since "levels" (or should that be 
"hands"?) of effect haven't changed, and the maximum caps haven't changed, 
what the Hucksters seek out hasn't changed.

>Anyway.
>
>If you don't like the way they work now, do what I do and create your own
>system and use it for your games.

Since Mr. Hopler noted that he is reconsidering the way they work now, and 
tossed an alternate proposal out, I consider the matter somewhat up in the 
air.  Didn't he ask us what we think?  As I've noted before, changing the 
rules for a personal campaign is always an option.  Now that that's been 
noted several times by all involved, it probably doesn't have to be noted 
any more in future.  Which brings us right back to discussing what John 
suggested we discuss.

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Steve Crow

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