Re: [DL] old ladies--my two cents

["Holzheimer, C." <chsholz@home.com>]

   I was monitoring the "Old Lady" string when I realized that making the
old lady's tougher or making that type of encounter more difficult just
encourages them to think that everything out there is to be blown to kingdom
come. This doesn't really ease the difficult position that the Marshall is
currently in.
   This would just be a further victory for the Reckoners since it would
just be creating fear, not only for the posse, but for anyone the posse came
into contact with. I think I'd handle the situation a little differently.
   Ask the posse to "tell their tale" at the end of the adventure and really
ding them for attacking friendly folks. Sorry folks, no grit for killing
grandma! You keep attacking common people, you don't get well known as a
hero, but as an outlaw. If they insist on heading down this road, take their
characters from them ("Hey Bob, can I see your character sheet for a sec?")
and tell them that the character has now become a puppet of the Reckoners
due to their evil acts. The bad guys are controlled by the Marshall, not the
players. The players handle Heroes, not villains.
   If you want to give them some forewarning that this is coming, utilize
Corruption points just like you would with a Whately character. It all
applies to the same theory.

Just my couple pennies worth

Charles

----- Original Message -----
From: <Frempath2@netscape.net>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 08, 2001 11:41 AM
Subject: Re: [DL] old ladies


>
> deadlands@gamerz.net wrote:
> >
> > >does anyone else have a problem with their posses trying to attack
every
> > >little old women they encounter. I need to stop making them evil. Does
> > >anyone have any ideas?
> >
>
> I had an amusing thought with a couple generes.  I to was thinking of the
Hell's Grannies from Monty Python (since BBC america had a marathon last
weekend). But mix in some Knights of the Dinner Table.  Make the little ol'e
ladies tougher, and when the party is returning from getting the snot kicked
out of them.....WHAM!!!  The attack of Hell's Grannies.  If they run into
one old lady and attack...make it an ambush by Hell's Grannies.
>
> (in my best Graham Chapman falseto)
> RUN AWAY!!! RUN AWAY!!!
>
> g'day
> frempath
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