tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142757627515553170.post85316544689976121..comments2024-03-13T19:35:26.748-07:00Comments on Transitive Property of Gaming: Crunchometer and Savage Worlds / Deadlands Reloadedrbbergstromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04642655645136452700noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142757627515553170.post-68968131300536027742015-10-11T13:47:09.502-07:002015-10-11T13:47:09.502-07:00Looking back at this comment randomly years later,...Looking back at this comment randomly years later, I realized I should add: The reason our Huckster was overshadowed was that the rules for Blessed are stupidly broken. The Huckster had incredible power because he was min-maxed for it. The Blessed were both created by method-actor heavy roleplayers who didn't do much at all to maximize their stats. In the hands of someone with the inclinationrbbergstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642655645136452700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142757627515553170.post-26705012373068844802009-08-26T23:47:37.189-07:002009-08-26T23:47:37.189-07:00To be fair, I still like it plenty as a setting (a...To be fair, I still like it plenty as a setting (and like the Hucksters as a world element). Just needs some play-balancing, and a few of the fiddlier bits smoothed over.<br /><br />And honestly, despite drawing 8 or 9 cards, our Huckster was usually overshadowed by the two Blessed.rbbergstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642655645136452700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142757627515553170.post-83040992225975761722009-08-26T23:40:48.852-07:002009-08-26T23:40:48.852-07:00However, I really like Hucksters and 'dealing ...<i>However, I really like Hucksters and 'dealing with the Devil' both as a subsystem and as a world element.</i><br /><br />I did too at first - but there's a lot of Edges for increasing the number of cards you get. Our Huckster was drawing nine cards, and it's very rare to not get at least a full house. Sure, it's all he does, but his three powers have infinite fuel. In rbbergstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04642655645136452700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142757627515553170.post-60086627629305352612009-08-26T09:37:31.909-07:002009-08-26T09:37:31.909-07:00Shame that the system is getting in the way of the...Shame that the system is getting in the way of the fun. I like SW: Deadlands Reloaded and the system is a lot more friendly than the original Deadlands which was crazy complex. But yes, quite a few subsystems involved. <br /><br />However, I really like Hucksters and 'dealing with the Devil' both as a subsystem and as a world element.Knight of Roseshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11714883818499065249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2142757627515553170.post-67471719728828929662009-08-25T22:05:38.435-07:002009-08-25T22:05:38.435-07:00I always wanted to play Deadlands, it's too ba...I always wanted to play Deadlands, it's too bad the system is starting to destroy your fun :(Lunatykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14031074012796060062noreply@blogger.com