RE: [DL] Character Deaths

["Jeff Yates" <jyates@primaryfunction.com>]

Ha!  Very worthy of my own group!  Mine didn't let the Night Train get away
(they blew it up), but the whole rustler/gorge bit is too right!  It's
amazing what players will do when you tell them they can buy dynamite by the
box!

I don't let dice kill characters either (well, once, but one of the guy's
girlfriends said I should -- so an ancient Aztec spirit made the Curious PC
gut himself), the PCs kill themselves with impunity or the story just begs
for a death.  So far no complaints on this from my posse!

Jeff Y.
Marshal for the Dynamite Gang

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]On
> Behalf Of Dom Gallegos
> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 5:14 PM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: [DL] Character Deaths
>
>
> I've never really been one to allow dice to kill characters. Only
> by the big
> baddie and then I just usually maimed them. However, now that I've a good
> size posse I've not held back. I don't go out of my way to kill
> them, just
> if it goes wrong they need to learn to pull out and try again.
> I have one player who repeatedly tries things his own way,
> without telling
> the posse, and without any investigation. His first character was
> captured
> by the ranch hands who were looking for their boss who the posse just
> kidnapped. All they wanted to know was where their boss was. I
> figured he'd
> tell them and let the rest of the posse know. Instead he puffs
> up, tries to
> intimidate them and casts a hex right in front of them and only
> does a few
> points of damage. Yeah they got freaked out and 10 cowboys emptied they
> revolvers into him at close range. He didn't think that was fair.
> Second character, they posse's looking for an abomination. They
> think they
> know where it's at, but are going to wait to day light to check
> it out. He
> decides that he's going to head on in to check things out. The
> posse advises
> him not to, but he heads out when they are distracted. They found his
> carcass, gave him a burial and then fought over ownership of his mine.
> Finally, the most characters dying was impressive. They were chasing some
> cattle rustlers. They had a steam wagon and basically split up. The NPC
> Sheriff / NPC posse and one posse member crossed a gorge and got
> ambushed.
> The rest of the party were looking in the gorge and headed toward the
> gunfire. They got sniper fire from the edge and the fight starts. It was
> very impressive, with characters pulling off horse riding
> maneuvers, fancy
> gun play, everything to make a good movie. Finally the posse
> gathers on the
> steam wagon and decide to drive through the enemies' line and
> basically be
> the bad asses they are. They head up the gorge trail when at the
> top comes
> the rustler's steam wagon. Everybody shouts orders to the NPC
> driver and a
> roll off sends him up the trail straight at the enemy's wagon. A very
> impressive driving roll avoids collision. So the Mad Scientist,
> who bombed
> the town in Night Train, decides to drop a stick of dynamite into the
> enemies wagon while passing by. He gets a bust on demolitions, a
> few raises
> on the throw. It lands under the rustler's driver seat, then immedietly
> explodes! Damaging most ppl. They chip and take a few wounds. Both wagons
> get a reliability roll and the posse's wagon's boiler blows!
> Nobody having
> enough chips left they take 6d20 damage each. The explosion was
> seen back at
> town as then the other boiler went off as well. All except two
> posse members
> died. One wasn't there that game and his character was gambling
> back at the
> saloon. The other never got on the wagon. Nobody was upset
> really, but they
> sure gave the Mad Scientist's player a few ideas on what he could do with
> his dynamite next game session.
> The posse was bummed for making new characters. And my entire
> campaign was
> trashed. But it something we'll remember forever and still talk about.
> However, I don't just kill characters cause I can.
>
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