Re: [DL] Crying posse (Black Chip debate)

[Jacob Myst <jacobmyst2001@yahoo.com>]

If you are playing with ledgend chips then the players
need to suck it up and press on.  It is a very narrow
minded and selfish way of thinking if they are in it
for all the goods (ledgend chips) and none of the
bads.


Lets face it... the bad guys are outmatched half the
time and the story of the hero's is that of
overcomming terrible things.  Sometimes the bad guys
do roll a 58 on a D4.  Sometime's you Botch your
climbing roll over the pit of no return as the last
man on the rope.  SOMETIMES KARMA BITES YOU IN THE
ASS.  IN the book it tells you that "fate is a fickle
bitch".  They have to take the good with the bad, and
should be responsible for there actions.  If anything
perhaps the chip will bring about something to make
things right again.

Tell them to stop crying, make a quickenss roll, and
hope to god it is higher than the survivors, or that
of the badies that are comming out of the train that
just pulled in at 12 at night.

Its no fun if you are always going to win, and if you
overcome something like this (even after it has come
back to haunt you) then it just adds that much more to
the game.

Carl

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> A couple of sessions ago I ran Night Train. We all
> know how that goes. Well 
> my posse earned a Black Chip for 1. Blowin up the
> town folks as the critters 
> were carrying them off. 2. Just giving up cause they
> couldn't kill the 
> critters with their guns.
> They didn't know they earned one until they drew it.
> After I explained why 
> they all thought I was wrong. Their arguments were:
> "I made my occult roll, 
> why didn't you tell me how to kill them?" I tried to
> explain that they only 
> got one raise and told them what they believed the
> critters were and how 
> they should die according to normal beliefs. "We as
> players don't know what 
> our characters know so since I made my occult roll I
> should of known how to 
> kill them or at least some weaknesses." So I
> explained that what their 
> beliefs were could kill them or slow them down. "But
> you didn't state it, 
> you just said our characters believed this. How were
> we supposed to know it 
> would work." And it went on like this for about 10
> minutes. I didn't back 
> down. Told them to suck it up, play like a team and
> be heroes. "But if we 
> know we can't stop them, then being a hero is to
> alert the next town and let 
> them go. We couldn't do anything for the town folks
> anyway so why die? 
> Because sometimes it's better to run than die for
> ppl we can't help." etc.
> I hope they got the idea what they need to do. It
> was interesting. Keep in 
> mind that these guys are in their 30's+ with years
> of gaming. Usually a good 
> bunch. Anyway, did I sound out of line or to harsh?
> Does anyone have 
> something similar? Thought, concerns, questions?
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