Re: [DL] What's a death spiral? -- was: deadlands D20 (barely)

["Daphne Brunelle" <dbrune4@po-box.mcgill.ca>]

So basically, your NPC went through what our posse members go through at least
once every two sessions, and had the misfortune to die.

Well, it sucks for your NPC, but that's the way Deadlands works, and I for one
happen to find it quite entertaining.

I mean, with a gunbunny character with 6d12 in shootin', it's hard to miss as a
rule when you're shooting at something. On the other hand, if in true gunbunny
form you have a low Vigor, it makes things more interesting. There's nothing to
guarantee you'll be conscious to keep shooting, and all that blood loss is bound
to make your hands shake a bit, no matter how good you are.

It's the whole "surviving in the face of adversity" which makes it worthwhile.
It's more fun to defeat a villain if you're facing your own imminent demise
rather than merely smiting them from afar without so much as breaking a sweat.

Just my two cents Canadian,

Daphné
--
I have seen the truth and it makes no sense.

The Posse With No Name: http://pages.infinit.net/deadland/

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>From: Ross Coburn <coburn@videotron.ca>
>To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>Subject: Re: [DL] What's a death spiral? -- was:  deadlands D20 (barely)
>Date: Thu, Jun 14, 2001, 20:58
>

> So he was all beat up is what you're saying? (Although wound penalties
> are not cumulative; you just go with the worst one.)
>
> Sounds about right to me, if you've been all shot up.
>
> On Thursday, June 14, 2001, at 08:46 PM, Seanchai wrote:
>
>> It is dastardly. I can't remember the specifics of the check, but within
>> the space of a couple of rounds the NPC had to succeed at a check with
>> something like a -11 to his rolls. Since he was using a d8, it would
>> have
>> been very difficult to do so. So he didn't get to act, thus incurred
>> more
>> and more penalties.
>
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