RE: [DL] Dead Presidents Comments <SPOILERS>

["Mr. Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed." <cmcgloth@halifax.com>]

At 12:43 PM 7/27/2001, Roy "The Shooter" Spence wrote:

>"The Shooter"!?!! :)

         Heh heh...I was watching WWF SMACKDOWN! (as I am wont to do) while 
I was replying to your mail. (In wrestling-talk, a "shoot" is anything real 
and legitimate, and a "shooter" throws out the script and tells the fans 
what they REALLY think. Given the honesty and clarity of your DP feedback, 
it seemed appropriate.)

>Yet more Dead Presidents thoughts and spoilers...
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>If it makes you feel better the Slaughterhouse scene creeped me out as I
>read it, it half crossed my mind that I might not make the scene quite as
>graphic when I come to run it - however fortunately I realised that doing
>this would probably ruin the scene.

         It does indeed, good sir.;-) Thank you!

>I've been considering just what atmosphere to use to set a Back East
>Deadlands campaign, and you know, I might just have found it.

         Hammer Films are a great resource for ideas on how to incorporate 
litres of blood in Victorian settings. Being 1/3 responsible for Back East: 
The South, you'll find a Hammer sensibility informing at least that much of 
it.;-)

>   Cheers  (now
>how to fit a Mr. Christopher L. McGlothlin in as an NPC - it's only fair
>that the people on the list get our own back you know)

         I introduced myself at the GenCon dinner by saying, "As I look at 
the faces of those I have wronged...". You folks WERE warned!:-)
         Just please make me either a true Virginia gentleman, or a big, 
drunken Scotsman, OK?

>Actually this is something else, I meant to ask, is there something in the
>works that covers just what happens as a result of the adventure? (as is
>implied above).  The South seems to be in pretty dire straights as a
>result - especially as the initial bokkors spell took out the cabinet (as
>per the errata), so this must have major ramifications for both the South
>and the war.

         The South did alright with Cabinets that were largely made up of 
incompetent boobs, so having no one at all on the job is actually an 
improvement.;-) The Confederacy endures....

>Thanks for the thoughts, it just fills in a few holes in my thinking - I
>kind of expected Varina to come from a powerful family - but being UK based,
>my knowledge of American history is sketchy at best.

         You're most welcome; filling in the historical details is why I'm 
here.;-)

         Thanks again for your interest and comments!

Deo Vindice,
Mr. Christopher L. McGlothlin, M.Ed.

Freelance Writer for the Deadlands and DC Universe RPG Lines
Moderator of the New Gamers Order Listserver
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