Re: [HOE] SW vs. Convoy (minor spoilers)

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

> >    Also, as for how you access Deadwood and other places people have
> > seemed to forget about the Tottem markers (not sure of page number),
> > but these markers if held by a person allows them to access there
> > spirit powers normally (good luck getting one as a Junker but
> > caretakers are ok) but if an area is lined with them then the area
> > contained in it would allow tech to operate.  It said somewhere that
> > the roadway into deadwood was lined with these to the maglines and
> > cars on the road would work as long as they stayed on the roads.
> >
>The totem markers would allow the convoy access to Deadwood. The problem
>is getting their hands on these things. It seems like the Caretakers
>would guard these things with all vigilance.
>

See my previous post.  The "tech-friendly" roadway and mag-lev line to 
Deadwood is, theoretically, passable to the Convoy, Cyborgs, Junkers, etc. 
due to the totems  But...

...for all practical purposes that pathway is impassable to any vehicle 
larger than a bicycle.  This isn't a problem for your average posse 
(assuming they aren't adverse to hoofing it for 20 days), but it would seem 
to pose an insurmountable barrier to the Convoy.

Again, you can figure that the roadway has been cleared by the Convoy in the 
past.  This seems to contradict the SQ, but what the hey, it's your 
campaign!  :)  However, as I also noted, this would seem to destroy some of 
the "ambience" of Deadwood as a haunted city.  it also means the Convoy 
would have to pass _through_ Deadwood (and survive!) every six months, and 
this also seems to work against Deadwood's description in SW as a "haunted" 
city that no one ever comes back from.

As a final note, it's not the Caretakers who guard the totems.  While the 
Sioux Nation is friendly to Caretakers, they don't seem to employ them 
themselves.  The anti-tech seems to have rendered the need for Caretakers 
irrelevant in the 2094 Sioux Nation.

Hope that clarifies things.


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Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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