[HOE] Re: A hopeful revision of Hucksters in the Wastes

[NsideYerHead@aol.com]

Right, I've read all this... and I agree, generally, that choosing life as a 
Huckster in HoE shouldn't be easy, and should be very unattractive, 
especially considering the alternative AB's out there for a Waster to choose 
from

My thoughts are more related to a Vet of the Weird West.
if they been Hexslingin' for the past 200-someodd years, through all the 
changes, etc, they might have learned to change with them.  Also, on a more 
RP style note, I couldn't see a Huckster who survived that long giving up his 
way-of-life because of the increased badsides... but it would be perfectly 
in-character for them to Cheat somehow keeping close to their same power 
level.

<< Well, it really wasn't meant to be that attractive a proposition--there's a
 reason hucksters are rare in the Wasted West. I included it primarily for the
 sake of completeness. Since I had mentioned that many early junkers were
 hucksters (and the main rulebook refers to them getting there power from
 manitous) I felt I should include the option (or I'd get e-mail asking me
 where it was :) ).
 
 I also wasn't aware of the revisions being made to the hucksters when I wrote
 TJC. Given the new system makes things easier on hucksters, I'd change the
 penalty in TJC to be only the +4 to all Backlash rolls. >>