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SV: [DL] keeping players alive
Yeeee-haw preach on Brother Billy!!!!!!
Personally I try to keep my players alive, although I've aquired a taste for
dismemberment and reducing their traits if wounds are not properly healed
(One player had a crit in the head and guts and botched 7 natural healing
rolls... I decked him for mental stats along with vigor. The player was cut
down by a french legionaire wielding Cortez' sword)Actually the biggest
problem with keeping my players alive is making sure that they don't bleed
to death after an ambush or fight. I lost two PC's from bleeding
(accompanied with two botched medicine attempts to plug the holes)One of
them had been in game for less than an hour (luckily I encourage players to
have back-up characters in case this happens, so nobody misses out on any
play time)
I know a lot of players don't like to play maimed heroes, but I try to
encourage them.
Why do players feel that their heroes are less than heroes, just because
they've got a gamey leg and only one functional arm.
-Nils, Marshal of the Red Eye Society
Looking back on some very old notes I discovered something I find funny.
In my first campaign I ran a very small group (okay only two
players, I didn't know many gamers then)one played a bitchin' gunslinger
called Maria Lopez (I still remember this character, because of her ability
to come out on top of any fight, usually this involved hiding for the first
round of combat and them picking off the left-overs with her buffalo rifle
at point blank range)and a new blessed character. They were riding along a
trail somewhere near Dodge when they were attacked by Prarie Ticks. After
turning almost all of them into paste, they were both infected. They desided
that something needed to be done and decided to operate on each other using
a... BOWIE KNIFE. The priest went first and slit the guts open on Maria
Lopez and reached in and pulled the Tick out, then he lay'd a good deal of
hands on her. Now the gunslinger was up for a stint in the "OR" She took her
trusty bowie and slit him up, not as deep as she needed but almost there.
Second try she rendered a crit on him (only a serious was needed), reached
in and pulled the bugger out. Now she was supposed to stop the profound
bleeding that the priest suffered from. A failed medicine roll later the
priest lay dead from bleeding after being cut to ribbons by his friend.
-----Oprindelig meddelelse-----
Fra: William Ogden [mailto:w_ogden@hotmail.com]
Sendt: 17. april 2002 16:57
Til: deadlands@gamerz.net
Emne: RE: [DL] keeping players alive
Not also that deadlands is generally a more realistic game than DnD;
standing in the open and blazing away with your 6-gun is going to get you
killed. Cover, concealment, good tactics, etc. are important to stay alive.
And role-playing like a fiend, to get extra chips to soak damage
>From: "Yuri" <yuriz@twcny.rr.com>
>Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
>Subject: RE: [DL] keeping players alive
>Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2002 09:59:05 -0400
>
>Welcome to the game and the list.
>
>Here's a couple of questions: do you give out enough chips in the game?
>There may not be armor (or at least not common), but the chips absorb
>wounds!
>
>Are you throwing too much combat at them? That eats chips faster than
>anything. Especially if it takes a while for the players to find some
>weakness of the monster you created.
>
>Yuri
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net] On
>Behalf Of T.
>Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:46 AM
>To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>Subject: [DL] keeping players alive
>
>
>New to the list, new to the game, but I love the whole idea of it and
>have
>really enjoyed the sourcebooks immensely.
>
>However, what the books do not address and I havent seen on any
>Deadlands
>websites is suggestions on how a Marshal can keep his or her players
>alive!
> I'm not a killer GM, nor do I coddle my players, but I forsee problems
>with practically no armor in the game and a lot of flying lead. I had
>similar problems running Cyberpunk, and that game even had armor.
>
>Speaking of armor...I've always wondered why armor disappeared with the
>general introduction of firearms. Surely the older firearms, even up
>until
>the Civil War couldnt penetrate metal? Ignore for a moment the
>difficulties of wearing metal armor, especially in a western
>setting--does
>anyone on the list know enough about ballistics to answer the question?
>Because this game is going to be new to my players as well, and being
>used
>to d&d someone is gonna ask me why cant they just west plate or
>chainmail
>and sweat it out?
>
>
>Thanks,
>
>
>--Tim
>
>
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