[HoE] The Junkman Cometh (light rantery) - MacGuyver

[Matthew Steflik <grifflik@stny.rr.com>]

Rick Ranallo wrote:

> Nowhere does anything imply that Junkers should be MacGuyver.  There is nothing
> to imply that a device should be built in a couple combat rounds.  It is an
> involved process for the junker building it.
>

I'm with you on this.  I personally have nothing against the Junker
rules and think they work fine.  It's pretty clear what Hopler intended
with the character type and how it should work and MacGuyver isn't it.
I brought up the point the other day however, that it seems pretty
obvious that there are a number of people who would like to play a
"magic MacGuyver" type of  character.  I'm all for keeping my players
happy, and if they wanted to do something like this I'd try to oblige -
but I'd tell them it wouldn't be a true Junker.  I suggested on the list
that this could be done as separate character type from Junker, but
maybe utilize some Junker abilities as a spring board (perhaps an
expansion on Jury Rigging) with severe limitations on size and
stability.  Heck, maybe it would be a character that's not a Junker, but
is a "one trick pony" and has the Jury-Rig tool trick? Is there no one
else with thoughts on this?  Not even you fellow MacGuyver fans?
Perhaps I'm kicking a dead horse.  Sigh.  Well, perhaps I'll try to come
up with something quick and dirty on my own just in case one of my
players ask.

Matt "give me a stick of gum, some tinfoil, and a swiss army knife and
I'll take over the world" Steflik