RE: [HOE] mixing arcane backgrounds

["Darrin Bright" <darrin@neobright.net>]

> But one of the smarter things they did was not allow arcane
> mixing.  Much like the White Wolf people when they get so adamant
> about mixing vampires with things.

Unfortunately, although the HOE rulebook explicitly forbids this sort of
thing, there are a large number of loopholes.

In the Junker book, there's the Huckster/Junker combo.

From Deadlands, there's the Huckster/Mad Scientist combo, although in HOE
you can't invent any new Mad Science.

Even though you can only start out with one single AB, there's a lot of
"beginner" type powers you can stack on. For example, take a Junker:

Add the Huckster AB.
Become a Doomsayer Initiate.
Develop Syker powers as a Greenie.
Become powers as a Templar Companion.
Call on non-shaman favors like an Indian Brave
Learn some martial arts.

Now add Super-Soldier (not sure if that's legal...)