Re: [DL] Will Someone Stop the Bleedin'?

["Joseph C. Wolf" <coyote@net-link.net>]

"Silverman, Sandor (LNG-MBC)" wrote:

> >> Is it arbitrary?  Yes.  Is it necessary?  IMHO, yes.
> >>  You've already got  enough rules.  Use what you have and use your
> >> imagination.
>
> >Whoa there.  No need to get fiesty.  *I* have no
> >problem using my imagination and making GM judgement
> >calls.  It's my PLAYERS who have problems with
> >arbitrary GM calls ESPECIALLY when it has a chance of
> >adversely affecting their characters.
>
> <snip Example>
>
> Keep using the Action Deck.
>
> It's not a "Combat Deck" that only comes into play when bullets are flying.
> It's a mechanic to resolve any time-sensitive action sequence. You don't
> stop dealing out cards once the shooting stops, if the players want to keep
> doing something. Theoretically, every single action that a PC can take could
> be governed by the use of the Action Deck, but as GM, you make the decision
> to switch the session into "story time" periodically to keep the pace of the
> game maintained.
>
> And now for my next trick, regarding ticks:
>
> Use the "Innocent Bystander" rules.

Whoa!

Leave it to Sandor to come up with an articulate, innovative, and downright
underhanded alternative.

<<All teary eyed and choked up>> You're beautiful man!

>>Joseph

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Joseph "the Ogre" Wolf
coyote@net-link.net
Line Developer, Dark Heaven Legends
Reaper Miniatures, Inc.