Re: [DL] Gamesystems (was d20 DL and HOL)

[Patrick Downs <knick_nevin@yahoo.com>]

--- William Ogden <w_ogden@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Let's face it, no game system is perfect, most break
> at higher "levels".

But Deadlands doesn't really have "levels"

> In deadlands, for example, if two very good
> gunfighters are fighting it out; 
> the first one to get a shot off probably wins
> (ignoring the effect of 
> chipping wounds); a more experienced character in DL
> classic can't really 
> survive being shot at more frequently than a low
> level one.  Which is 
> realistic, but can be frustrating, esp when a lot of
> the nastier (high 
> level) monsters do so much damage.

this is actually why i LOVE deadlands so much
a character just starting out has just as much chance
of getting killed by a stray bullet in a gunfight as
an experienced character (not including chips)
 
> In d20, you start out being able to basically take
> one hit and then you are done, and end up being 
> unkillable by low level characters or weapons.  

another reason I don't like d20, or level-based rpgs
the only thing that makes starting characters in
deadlands weak is the fact that they don't have alot
of skill points so they're largely unsuccesful when
lockpicking, searching, or trying to remember what
they read in the Necronomicon (academia: occult)

-doc

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