Re: [DL] Expectoratin' skill ;-)

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

Throwin': Spit.



At 09:39 PM 7/9/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>     I woke up this morning with the strange and somewhat silly concept of 
> the Expectoratin' skill for the Weird West.  Essentially, the user is 
> skilled at spittin' tobacco juice, or like substance (say cherry pits) 
> with precision.  I see two potential uses.
>     The first would be using precision spitting in combat situations to 
> say, spit tobacco juice in the eye of the guy you are grappling with in 
> order to blind or distract him.
>     The second would make it something of a "test of wills" skill in vein 
> of overawe:  e.g.  "He spat into the spittoon with a clang.  The sound 
> reverberated in the sudden stillness of the saloon, as the un-named man 
> returned his gaze to the Mariposa Kid's now trembling hands."
>     Botching a roll, means the character has dribbled spittle down his 
> shirt.  ;-)
>     Any thoughts?
>           Daniel
>"Thus conscience doth make cowards of us all."
>      Hamlet, Act III, scene i.

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Allan Seyberth
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