Re: [DL] Experience in DL and D20 comment

["Patrick Sniegoski" <shotrey@elhazard.net>]

On 2002-02-19 14:33:45 deadlands@gamerz.net was overheard saying:
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> On Tue, Feb 19, 2002 at 08:29:20AM -0500, balance@tubas.net said:
>> I like Shadowrun, but again, I feel Deadlands does better by keeping the 
>> options low. Also, a big favorite concept of deadlands is 'power has a 
>> price' and metahumans could, conceivably, hurt this unless done right. 
>> For example, play a Huckster, get some nifty powers, but you are dealing 
>> with demons! Play a blessed, get  powers, restrict yourself to a moral 
>> code.
>> 
>> Anyway, I think that a Shadowrun-style explanation wouldn't have this 
>> balancing effect.
>
> Well, in Shadowrun metahumans have to put up with a certain amount of
> racism as well.  If you WANTED to do Deadlands as a fantasy type setting,
> you could have Orks and Trolls taking the place of blacks (like, they were
> the slaves, and have only just been liberated and are still mistrusted and
> looked down upon).  Dwarfs could be shunned from most society and expected
> to be mad scientists' assistants or something, and elves could be something
> like the Freemasons.

Some part of me screams to treat the Dwarves like the Irish. You know the horrible jobs the mockery of culture etc...
 
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