SV: [DL] survivability

[Nils Anker Oldefar <he1021@non.tietgen.dk>]

I've always seen the rules about adding the skill of the defending fighter
to the targetnumber as a way to build in parry's. Remember that it's
important to tell the action done in combat as if it was a movie and not
just go for numbers. It gives the players alot more than simply: hit/miss
dam. I've always liked the rules for damage in Deadlands, for their
"reality" (Try only going for a shot that disables the baddie in any other
game and you wind up with a dead baddie or character)To hell with trying to
move HtH combat along as if it was a firefight. It takes alot more to deck a
guy that to simply shoot and kill.

Mashal Oldefar (Sinister Plotmaker for the Laramosa Posse)

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Sendt: 11. februar 2002 06:47
Til: deadlands@gamerz.net
Emne: [DL] survivability


first off- I have noticed that fighting may be a little too good with the + 
to difficulty to hit, being used to dodge fighting, and the ability to hit 
things with it.    has anyone experimented with dropping the addition to 
difficulty to hit? this would speed up combat since two insanely good 
fighters wouldn't just whiff each other continuously, also it would bring it

more in line with shooting (though still better because it's used to dodge 
HTH attacks.   just a thought, the rest of this message is


MARSHALLS ONLY...   the rest of you can bugger off.......


















ok, a memeber of my posse just died to Los diablos (2 out of 3 so far for
the 
people that made it that far), and he did bring up a point.   the combat 
monkey characters have a chance (however slim) against them.   the
non-combat 
character classes have no chance to face them in head to head combat, which 
is the arena the diablos try to force you into.   I've come up with some 
ideas on how to deal with this (it shouldn't be right that only combat 
monkeys get above 5 grit)  and I was wondering what you people had done in 
your games before I mention any of my ideas...


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