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

["William Ogden" <w_ogden@hotmail.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"

by "levels" I mean experienced characters.  In DnD, higher levels.  In DL, 
more Grit and/or having spend a lot of bounty in skills etc.

> > 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)

True, but it can be frustrating.  Basically you have realistic games where 
combat is deadly (GURPS, Deadlands) and not so realistic ones where an 
expereinced character is semi-invulnerable to less powerful characters.


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