Re: [HOE] Arcane Background:Road Warrior

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Monday, October 14, 2002, at 03:55  AM, Robert Holland wrote:

>> Junkers need trianing to be able to use the spirits to make their junk
>> Sykers need trianing in how to focus the energy from the hunting 
>> grounds
>> templars get the blessing from simon (god rest his soul)
>> Doomsayers need to be trained in the use of the glow
>> Toxic shamans knowlage is passed down from one shaman to the next
>>
>> The Ab road warrior lacks this very important aspect.  You cant just 
>> chug
>> some juice and speak Car.  You need training on how to talk to your 
>> car, how
>> to get those strain points flowing in the right direction, without it 
>> he
>> just sees the fuzzy outline of his cars tech spirit while on the 
>> juice.
>
> But there are things like, for example, greenie sykers, whose powers 
> "just
> happened" and now they have to learn to deal with them on their own. 
> That's the
> way I see this AB--it hasn't been around long enough for any real body 
> of
> knowledge to develop, and so its current practitioners are the 
> pioneers, trying
> to feel their way around a new and unpredictable power. And it doesn't 
> help that
> they're toasted all the time, either. :)

I think that's why a lot of suggestions have been to make the power 
less 'formalized.' As per the original version, it had multiple powers, 
each with different level. The need to drink spook juice is a drawback, 
but as is this is a pretty involved power with a great deal of 
'infrastructure'.... As much, in a way, as being Harrowed, but withiut 
the manitou around to 'teach' the new skills.

Also, with Greenies/Tempests it's a but different story. These are, 
like the Templar 'Squire' and 'Companion' options, sort of "AB Lites" 
and use a very limited subset of a normal system. An equivalent for 
this concept would be if this used  the shaman/junker rules but in a 
very limited fashion... only allowing contact with special Automotive 
spirits.

I still feel this works better as a 'knack' style ability, along the 
lines of Whately Blood or similar.