Re: [DL] Outlaw Posse

[Jason Young <jason_d_young@yahoo.com>]

--- Dan Cichoracki <cichoracki@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> 
> I was just wondering if anyone has run/been in a campaign with the posse
> bein' the bad guys (and knowin' it).
> 
> I have a lot of ideas for one, but I'm not too sure about the whole
> set-up, reading through the player's guide, etc. everything is so
> custom-tailored to players bein' the good guys.
> 
> I was throwin some ideas around with my buddies tonight and they said my
> ideas sound pretty good. One sugested that I hafve a posse of outlaws
> and someone else run a posse of heroes and then we have them go at it
> against each other. I'm not sure how well this would go over, since most
> people don't intend to kill their character intentionally (although both
> of mine came darn close to it tonight)....

Outlaws and anti-heroes are as much a part of this genre as a Law o' the
West-abidin', silver bullet-shootin' Texas Ranger or a square jawed, fair
handed Marshal who's quick with a shootin' iron. The Deadlands rules /do/
expect your posse to occasionally be peopled by outlaws (or there wouldn't
be the Hindrance), but as a Marshal I would be very conscious of giving
the posse chances to still be agents for the forces of Good -- they're
still going to need to kill monsters and whatnot, for their own good,
though that will occasionally help the local town, too. Yes, they can be
inadvertent agents for Good, but you are correct in saying that the
Deadlands materials are written assuming that the posse will be working
for the side of Good.

And outlaws always have ties to family, friends, people that owe them
money, or whatever that can tie them to to many plots where they don't get
to just be "bad."

Just make sure that there is a price paid for being the bad guys from time
to time.

If you can make a two-posse idea work, good for you, but I can't even
imagine the logistics.

Good luck!

Jason

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