[DL] Stigma (was announcement).

[Brom Clancy <spleen23@webtrolls.com>]

---- deadlands@gamerz.net wrote:
>  >Should homosexuality be considered a hindrance in 
Deadlands?
> 
> Yup.
> 
> I'd call it ferner as the closest hindrance that's 
already on the books, in 
> terms of alientation from the dominant culture.
> 
Ferner covers when someone is in a culture that they 
are not adapted too, while someone who is different 
can act normal for thier culture but are treated 
different or face bigotry regardless of thier 
behaivor.

You can could call a new disadvantage Stigma and it 
can cover things like being jewish, black, chinese, 
indian, or a half breed who might have to put up with 
racists, with the value of the hinderance varying 
based on the location of the game. Things like 
southerner, northerner, or even morman could count in 
various parts of the country. Things like 
homosexuality might be worth less then what the 
reaction it could cause since its something the 
player can keep secret, just like being a secret 
member of the whatley family, althought these might 
be taken as a seperate disadvantage like dark secret, 
which becomes stigma if you are found out.

If the disadvantage is based on outlaw with a 1 to 5 
scale it easy to use the value of the scale to add to 
difficulty number for any mien roll and such, 
althought I would probally limit it to a maximum of 3.