Re: [DL] How mean and bloodthirsty is "Mean" and "Bloodthristy"?

[Dan Davenport <danield@flash.net>]

Jeff Yates wrote:

> My point (finally!) being that I think that your player probably could have
> kept his Southern Gunslinger.  Make an announcement that you and the player
> talked, mutually agreed that the hinderances were overpowering the
> character, and that you both request the rest of the posse cut the
> Gunslinger and player a break, and reevaluate both based on the new play
> style.  Yes, the character is still Mean... and Bloodthirsty, but not a
> completely disfunctional sociopath anymore.  Still a sociopath, but not a
> _disfunctional_ one.

Actually, the sad thing is that everyone _would_ have cut him that
slack. In the end, he just couldn't cut _himself_ enough slack. He
maintained that he couldn't pull off the revised personality to his own
satisfaction. It really is a shame, because if the character had been
just a _touch_ less dysfunctional, he'd have been a bit like a
tougher-and-meaner version of Doc Holiday.

Now that he has Back East: the South, he's thinking of revamping the
character with the Honor hindrance. He (and I) think that would be a
closer approximation of the personality he was trying to convey in the
first place.

Dan Davenport

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