Re: [DL] DL: Los Diablos (SHANE, Marshals only)

[Bryce Perry <sandchigger@yahoo.com>]

--- Eric Avedissian <eric@pro-usa.net> wrote:
> Marshals only, please!
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> spoiler space
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> spoiled yet?
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> Okay, I'm throwing this out to the Listserv because it came up in
> Saturday's gaming session. One of the posse members with five Grit
> was
> visited by los diablos and the Devil's Own Herd. Needless to say,
> said
> character was killed by the los diablos. The player disputed he could
> come back Harrowed.
> The rule book specifically states (and I quote): "Other characters in
> the vicinity are 'trampled' by the ghostly hooves of the Devil's Own
> Herd and take 1d4 Wind per round until all los diablos are defeated.
> As
> usual, if Wind goes negative and starts causing wounds, the
> characters
> can die. Those who do become another soul in the Devil's Own Herd.
> Those
> fighting with los diablos suffer a similar fate. Their souls are
> taken
> into the Hunting Grounds to become diablos."
> According to the rules, a los diablos is an uber bad guy whose basic
> function is to destroy heroes who become a thorn in the Reckoner's
> side.
> The player insisted he could still return Harrowed, EVEN THOUGH HIS
> SOUL
> WENT BYE-BYE INTO THE HUNTING GROUNDS. This is probably the only
> instance where a hero can't return Harrowed.
> The next bit is weird.
> The player was really instistant and called the game store manager
> who
> was at GenCon and asked him to go to the Pinnacle booth and ask Shane
> about the ruling. A few minutes later, the phone rang and, according
> to
> the player, Shane said yes, it's okay, he could return Harrowed after
> being gored to death by a servant of the Reckoners.
> I don't buy it; it sounds like a load of bull dumplings. Returning
> Harrowed required a soul, or at least a fragment of a soul, otherwise
> the manitous would have full dominion.
> I ruled yes, he was definately dead and no, he wasn't coming back -
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> least not as a Harrowed, despite having made his Harrowed pull and
> gotten a red joker.
> Any thoughts on this, people?
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> Marshal Eric

See that last line there?  Where you signed your name?  You're the
Marshal.  Quote Rule Zero to the player and hand him a new sheet.

-Bryce "had a tough day" Perry

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