[DL] Re: deadlands-digest.20000229

[Andrew Cunningham <A.S.Cunningham@hw.ac.uk>]

Napoleon48 said,

> Could a player, even with a high Persuade roll, convince an Agent to reveal 
> state secrets? I'd have to say no, which is the way I ruled, but this guy 
> just won't shut up about it. Not only that, but I just found out he's been 
> reading my Marshal sections.

	If he can come up with a convincing reason why this 
would work, AND a huge roll, then I'd let him. Otherwise, 
the agent listens to him for a bit then shoots him for 
being a spy (and a whinger)
	Seen Taxi Driver? You know the bit where Travis 
goes on his fantastic informaiton gathering run (gee, I was 
just wandering, what kind of guns do you guys use? And do 
you have any gaping holes in your security that a lone 
gunman could make use of... oops) and subsequently gets 
caught out when he tres to hit Palpatine (OK, so it's 
Palantine, but I can dream)... Try that. Any info he gets 
is just a brush-off, and he's now known to the Agency.
> 
> Oh, sorry, lemme elaborate...
> Said player is prisoner of Agent, for being a confederate spy also working 
> for Deseret. He's also harrowed.

	AHAHAHAHAHA. No, kill him dead. Unless the Agent 
has some really vital reason to keep him alive, he should 
already be dead, and it's too bad on the player who got his 
character into this stupid situation.
	Or, on second thoughts... Have the Agent give him 
some interestign fact, then let him escape (blow an arm or 
something off first though...) and let him pass on the 
false fact to his bosses. Then stand back.

--
Andrew Cunningham
Heriot-Watt University