Re: [DL] Los Diablos? -Spoilers-

[The Baron Samedi <baron11@netmcr.com>]

At 03:29 PM 3/19/00, you wrote:
>Grit 5 Spoilers...
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>Wow! I never quite realised the destructive potential of Los Diablos before!
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>One of my posse members had finally reached 5 grit, and so the 'devils own
>stampede' had been chasing the posse for about 12 nights (he kept passing
>his guts checks... the others kept failing and losing chips but he kept
>succeeding :-)
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>Finally, after a massive battle when the entire posse were out of chips, he
>fails his roll. By now they're fairly blase' about the stampede noises that
>seem to be following them every night, so are quite surprised when the herd
>comes stomping through the trees towards them. I inform the player that the
>lead steer seems to be heading right for him, fire coming from its hooves
>and a pentragram on its forehead.
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>Initiative rolls, and the Diablos gets the red joker, going absolutely
>first. Character dodges, but it successfully hits him anyway. I hadn't
>really looked too carefully at the "damage dealing" stats of the diablos
>until this point, so I glance over. Hmm.. Str + 3D10. That's nastyish. Roll
>location. A 10: Gizzards. OK, Strength + 4D10 then. Oh well, he should be
>ok. What's the strength?
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>3D12 + 8 ?!?!?!?!?!?!?!
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>So the character takes Str(3D12 + 8) + 4D10 damage to the gizzards. With no
>fate chips in sight. Final roll? 87, or 14 wounds.
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>Before we have even reached the Ace of Spades, the character is torn apart
>and his soul joins the herd which charges off into the night, leaving the
>other characters saying "What the f*ck was that?"
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>Nasty nasty nasty.
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>Brian "Bummer.. and I had things planned for that character" Leybourne.
wow. how many aces is that?  87 is an amazing roll.

TBS