Re: [HOE] D20 question

[mosiondz@shaw.ca]

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From: no one <shotrey@yahoo.com>
Date: Thursday, July 25, 2002 4:09 pm
Subject: Re: [HOE] D20 question

> > What this may imply in d20 is spells will be considered one level 
> > higher(ie: you have to higher level to cast certain spells) and if 
> > they handle backlash in d20, expect a good towel spanking if you
> > screw up.
> 
> I thought the hands higher was Erated out and its just
> increased backlash..

(From http://www.darious.com/deadlands/reference/ar/HoE/HoEAR.htm):

Character Creation: Hucksters

Q) (snip a lot of argument about hucksters being weaker in the Wasted 
West - ed note.) At best, it seems like there should be some kind of 
_benefit_ for the three additional handicaps that HoE Hucksters pick 
up. The entry states that the manitous are more powerful: shouldn't 
that mean the Hex effects become more powerful as well? *shrug* It just 
seems like the Hucksters got kinda...neutered in Junkman. Why would 
anyone want to play them giving the revisions made? - Steve Crow

A) 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. 
[John Hopler, HoE listserv, 6/28/99]

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