RE: [DL] Newbie posse & marshal question

["Jeff Yates" <jyates@primaryfunction.com>]

Hi!  Welcome to a very fun time -- which you seem to already enjoy!  You say
you don't read anything not-for-posse.  I recommend continuing with that, it
keeps the game and setting fresh.

Now, for your question -- your Marshal can go either way with his quickness
rolls and Action deck draws.  It is given as a Marshal shortcut to roll one
quickness and draw one set of cards for the entire set of bad guys.  An
optional rule to speed things up and make the marshal's life easier.  I
personally roll for each "set" of baddies.  If I've got a handful of run o'
the mill banditos, a squad of spooky somethin' or others (like your
"mudmen"), and a big nasty boss for the bunch, I roll three quickness-es and
draw three sets of cards:  Once for the banditos, who conveniently all have
the same stats and equipment; once for the spookies, who also have the same
stats; and once for the leader.  Keeps me from having to roll a dozen or so
times, and keep track of a dozen or so sets of cards.

Jeff Y.
Marshal for the Dynamite Gang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]On
> Behalf Of matt ryan
> Sent: Thursday, May 17, 2001 9:15 AM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: [DL] Newbie posse & marshal question
>
>
> Good Morning,
>
> I'm a new player, still green, but lovin' it so far. Our marshal
> has stuck
> us in the "Muddy Old . . . " something adventure and we're having a blast.
>
> My question: Our marshal, who is new as well, is curious as to
> how he ought
> to work his Action Deck in large combats. For example . . .
>
> My character, Coffee, was rushing to aid a fallen comrade. As he
> crossed a
> muddy cavern four "mudmen" (I don't know what they are
> 'officially' called,
> I don't read the non-posse stuff) rose up from the ooze and attempted to
> pummel him into an early grave.
>
> Does the Marshal allow each mud-critter a quickness roll and a draw from
> his Action Deck
>
> OR
>
> Does the Marshal make one quickness roll for the group and make all the
> critters attack during the same action round?
>
> Our Marshal would appreciate any help the group can provide.
>
> By the way, Coffee wiped out three of the mud-critters in
> toe-to-toe melee
> before the rest of the posse arrived to gun down the fourth. I took the
> groups' advice and make a bad-ass for my first character. He's as
> dumb as a
> post but is real good at breaking things. It also cost me every
> fate chip I
> had to reduce damage.
> It was a blast!
>
> matt
>
>
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