Re: [DL] Help with the Harrowed

["William Ogden" <w_ogden@hotmail.com>]

I'd give everyone with a Joker a near-death story.  They way if you only 
give the harrowed such a background history, it doesn't become obvious who 
is harrowed and who is not.


>From: Scott Foster <saf2c@comcast.net>
>Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>Subject: Re: [DL] Help with the Harrowed
>Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 12:57:10 -0500
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "William Watson" <ericw@shelby.net>
>To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
>Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2002 3:44 PM
>Subject: Re: [DL] Help with the Harrowed
>
>
> > Playing with an unknown Harrowed character for the first game can be
> > a little daunting.
>
>Tell me about it.
>
> >   First, you have to figure out HOW the character "died" and "came 
>back".
> > For example: The character was playing poker some time ago and was
> > caught cheating.  He remembers a fight/shoot out ensued.  The only thing
> > he remembers after that is laying face down in the desert, aching and
>sore.
> > He doesn't see any gun shot wounds on his body.  He does, however, have
> > some serious bruising around his neck and wrists(which never seems to
>quite
> > heal).
> > (He was hung and the fall didn't break his neck, he strangled to death.)
>
>Already got that part figured out. That bit was easy!
>
> > Second, HOW might the character find out they're Harrowed.  Wounds that
> > don't heal as normal are a give away.  Perhaps they've picked up an
> > Unnatural
> > Appetite.  Another sign might be occassional BlackOuts with evidence of
> > criminal activity.
>
>Now, it wouldn't necessarily give it away that they were Harrowed, would 
>it?
>I mean, wouldn't someone have to have some clue what a Harrowed is before
>saying, "Hey, that's me!"?
>
> > Third, WHO's got Dominion.  After determing the Manitou's Spirit
> > the total Dominion points remains constant (Unless the character 
>increases
> > their
> > Spirit).  For a starting Marshall, I would suggest that the Character 
>and
> > Manitou
> > start with Dominion points equal to their spirit.  During a test of 
>wills,
> > the player
> > or mantiou gains a point of dominion from the other.
> > Example:  A Character has a Spirit of 4d6 and by luck of the draw, the
> > Manitou
> > has a Spirit of 5d6(JH).  Both the character and Manitou have 6 Dominion
> > points.
> > During a test of wills the character rolls 8 plus 6 dominion and the
>Manitou
> > rolls a
> > 5 plus 6 dominion.  The character now gains a dominion point over the
> > Manitou
> >  and the character has 7 Dominion & the Manitou has 5.
>
>This is the part I was hazy on. This does clear it up tremendously. Thank
>you thank you thank you. I'm sure the player won't thank you.
>
> > Fourth, WHEN the mantiou wants to play.  After spending the appropriate
>chip
> > the Mantiou must make Spirit roll of 5 + the Dominion points of the
> > character.
> > Example:  Using the previous example the Mantiou rolls 5d6 and must make
> > a 12 to take control for a while.
> >
> > Hope this helps.
> >
> > William Eric Watson
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