Re: [DL] Fudging

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 01:54  PM, John Billings wrote:

> On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 11:53:41AM -0500, Matthew DeForrest wrote:
>> At 04:13 PM 3/13/2003 +0000, you wrote:
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>> The second question has to do with the player in question.  Why is she
>> bored with being the only non-powered character?  What are the other
>> characters?  Is there an unbalance between her characters and the 
>> others?
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> There is - she tends to be overwhelmed, and doesn't really get to do a 
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> in combat - in the end, i'm a newbie marshall, and am still feeling me 
> way
> and I don't want to lose a player cos she's bored this early into my 
> career
> :-(   Perhaps i just need to make her life more exciting in another 
> way.
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>> I hope this helps.  Take care.
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> it's certainally given me something to think about.

You're running classic Weird West, so this isn't as much of a problem 
as I've seen it become in HoE.

First, remember that every Arcane background has /something/ that 
doesn't like it. Hucksters and Mad Scientists get hunted by the agency 
or Rangers, Blessed tend to be prime targets for a lot of the 
occult-oriented black hats, etc.

The 'mundane' thus has an advantage in that they are unlikely to get 
lynched because someone thinks they're a witch. Always a bonus.

Also, don't forget that those ABs take a LOT to develop. The bounty to 
buy three hexes is more than it costs to become practically ungodly 
with a pistol (6d10, or similar). and the gunslinger's guns only cause 
her  head to pop off when something really, really bad happens.

Which makes me think of something else: Have you considered allowing a 
Relic into your game that would be up the character's alley? It's a 
sort of limited, specialized arcane ability, but it can make the 
character very powerful in a specialized way.