Re: [DL] Fortress of Fear (Marshalls Only)

[Markus Finster <markus.finster@chello.at>]

At 13:41 25.05.2002, Sitting Duck wrote:
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 >Just recently got Fortress of Fear and would like the
 >input of Marshalls that ran this one. Namely on how
 >they dealt with Jackie. As I read through it, it seems
 >near impossible to keep her from dominating the
 >action. I personally would prefer to just remove her
 >completely as she has Mary Sue written all over her.
 >But that would be no easy feat. Comments?

I kept her in the adventure until the portal. There she managed to cause 12 
wounds in various locations in a single round to stone (five of them  to 
the head!). I had enough chips to keep Stone unwounded, and it was ok to 
cut Stone down a bit - and on his next action he killed her. Viciously.
That did shock the group. they lost another one to Stone, one made it to 
Hell On Earth, the third one sneaked out of the Tower again. He went Back 
East for a while, trying to get away from Stone.

But Jackie is difficult. Either she'll dominate the players or players will 
nag about her being no good - saving all her ammo, not paying for the rooms 
and such...

If I would play it again, with different characters (two mad scientist and 
a doctor in the last session!), I'd kill her off sooner on one of the 
various encounters the posse has with him. Like whe he's getting back the 
Heart Of Darkness from her.

Markus

Markus