DECK: The Ditchwitch Deck North American readers will mostly know what a Ditchwitch is, but i'ld be surprised if many people from the other continents did. Ben Peal, whose dearest wish it is to own one, kindly explained about them to me when David Tatu was driving us up through Georgia and the Carolinas last autumn, erm, sorry, Fall. A Ditchwitch is a caterpillar tractor which is used to excavate ditches in the heavy clay soils of the American South. The usual mechanical scoop/bucket/spade-type things don't work here, so instead the Ditchwitch has a HUGE [8-foot long] chainsaw on the front, with which to delve into the Dixie dirt. i must admit i thought that Ben was having a little innocent fun at the Limey's expense when he told me this, but it's actually true - i have seen them with my own eyes, and very surreal and menacing they look - True American Gothic. They even have a website - http://www.ditchwitch.com/Category/CategoryView/1003 has some pictures of the chainsaws. i've named the following perfectly-functional [despite having 5 disciplines] country gangrel-antitribu deck after this amazing machine, because it contains chain saws, and cards that say "earth" and "rock" on them. i dedicate it to my Southern US friends in appreciation of all their kindness, to Jared Strait for winning a storyline tourney with a !Gangrel deck, and to Ben in honour of his TWO victories in the storyline tournament. O, and it's 4CL-legal [but was designed for NCL, and works just fine there]. Am i Mr Emollient or WHAT????? CRYPT [12 vampire cards] Caitlin x 2 Genevieve x 2 Haakon Mortensen Leon Monique x 2 Omaya x 2 Sadie Shane Grimald LIBRARY [90 cards] MASTERS [17] Animalism Auspex Blood Doll x 3 Campground HG Dominate Fortitude Minion Tap The Path of the Feral Heart Pentex loves You! Protean The Rumor Mill, Tabloid Newspaper Storage Annex Sudden reversal Tribute to the Master Twisted Forest MINION CARDS [73] DISCIPLINELESS [17] Arson Computer Hacking Flak jacket Forced Awakening x 2 Gas-Powered Chainsaw x 2 JS Simmons, Esq. Laptop Computer x 2 Leather Jacket x 3 Pier 13, Port of Baltimore Sawed-Off Shotgun Sport Bike White Phosphorous Grenade ANIMALISM [15] Carrion Crows x 2 Cats' Guidance x 3 Guard Dogs x 4 Rat's Warning x 2 Shadow of the Beast Song of Serenity x 2 Wolf Companion AUSPEX [11] Aura Reading x 2 My Enemy's Enemy Precognition x 2 Pulse of the Canaille Revelations Spirit's Touch x 2 Telepathic counter x 2 DOMINATE [7] Conditioning x 2 Deflection x 2 Govern the Unaligned x 2 Graverobbing FORTITUDE [10] Hidden Strength Rolling with the Punches x 3 Skin of Rock x 4 Superior Mettle x 2 PROTEAN [13] Claws of the Dead x 3 Dissolution Earth Control x 2 Form of Mist Homunculus Quick Meld Rapid Change x 3 Wolf Claws