Re: [DL] Test of Wills - Fate Chips

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On Saturday, June 22, 2002, at 03:35  AM, Markus Finster wrote:

> At 09:28 22.06.2002, Nick Zachariasen wrote:
> >> now, my question is: can players/marshals save this chip for later 
> use, or
> >> has it to be spent on the next action/during the scene/whatever? 
> Could it
> >> be exchanged for bounty?
> >
> >It's a regular Fate Chip as far as I know. I don't see why it would be 
> any
> >different from a Fate Chip gained any other non-arcane way.
>
> Well, my players doubted that because it's so easy. They asked me: 
> "What stops me from overawing any single person I see until I have 10 
> blue chips?!"
> My answer being "Mostly the fact that we all want to have fun and you 
> sure don't want to be the jerk who ruins the story by terrorising 
> innocent townsfolk" seemed to work good enough - but they're to used to 
> the "no good thing comes without a price"-thing, so they doubt 
> everything and everybody.

Yup. I'd say any attempt to overawe or ridicule without at least some 
roleplaying is doomed to failure. And, if they are trying to use it as a 
source of cheap chips, it'll get turned around on them. Imagine the 
ridicule bonuses when that strangely high-meined little old lady starts 
turning things around. But the chips earned from any fitting attempt are 
given without strings attached.

On a related note:

While i talk big, I'm actually a pretty easy going GM. In deadlands (and 
HOE) I don't like to kill characters, and I find that they generally can 
stay unwounded until they get to the boss of the adventure. One of my 
players seems to feel that Deadlands is the type of game where 
characters constantly suffer misfortune... I took this as a compliment 
of course. Just because I have a bad habit of setting things up to mess 
with the posse. (I.E.  when I'm letting them loot & pillage, they know 
they are going to need the cash to by transportation, or else they 
assume the gear is a nasty bad-tainted relic...

I do stick with the rule that if you're heroic (hindrance or not), 
things are a lot more likely to go your way, though.

--
Brett

LORD, WHAT CAN THE HARVEST HOPE FOR, IF NOT FOR THE CARE OF THE REAPER 
MAN? (Reaper Man, Terry Pratchett)