Re: [DL] Yarn for a posse of two / NPC Posse members

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In a message dated 9/3/02 8:36:38 AM US Mountain Standard Time, jmb@dwarven.co.uk writes:


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>     I'm about to start Marshalling for a small posse of
> two people.  I'm going to start them off (as this is their
> first roleplaying game of anysort) with the senario i saw
> in a previous thread, to have the posse play towsfolky 
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> Last Stop before Last Stop


I think the townsfolk thing is a fine idea for an introduction to the rules.  However for a first adventure, I'd recomend something with a little less supernatural bent than last stop.  I prefer to start out with a fairly normal western and throw in a slight supernatural twist at the end.  As the PC's adventures continue I'd throw in more supernatural stuff, including a familiar town that has been overrun by zombies...

>     The question is what do i then lead them into?  I have
> given this some thought, please let me have the benefit
> of your collective experience, guys and gals..
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>     I'm going to let them choose archetypes from the 2nd
> Ed. players guide - we'll round 'em out as we go along, or
> roll up custom ones as they kill them off.
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>     My first idea was to use a sort of 'Last Stop Lite',
> with half the Zombies, a toned down Bob, and only one
> Patch coyote for each player...  various other things would
> need reducing to, like the amount of people in the ambush
> that is slaughtered.  I guess you'd also have slightly 
> harder tracking roll etc. to track the zombies, if there
> are less of them?  Not sure on this.
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>     Secondly i wondered if there are any yarns that are
> designed for small groups?
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>     The third idea was to give the group a couple of NPC
> characters to bulk out the posse, and run a full strength
> last stop - what are the thoughts on this?  Do players
> tend to end up relying ro much on the NPCs?
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> anyway, i'll look foward to your responses :-)
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> cheers,
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> John