Re: [DL] Fudging

[Greg Vose <kitsune@xmission.com>]

Yes, I agree 100% with Gerry here.  The relic isn't something to be just
handed to her.  But you build the adventure around her and obviously she
gains the most from it.  She has whip skill and we can pretty well be
certain she is getting the whip.

I also agree that she shouldn't get any knowledge about the whip for free.
Make her use it. After she has used it a few times, you can reveal what the
game mechanic for it is.  You can also keep some of the mechanics or
abilities secret (or add them later for plot hooks if you like).  The same
goes for the taint.  Don't tell her about that at all. Just have bad
things...happen ;> This can also be a point of small contention between the
Blessed and her.  The Blessed is against the item of evil and she simply
thinks it is a great tool. Played properly the players will be grinning at
one another will hamming it up about how stupid the other (character) is.

As for background, where it came from, etc.  That's all up to you.  The
nastier you can make it, the better.

At 12:12 AM 3/14/2003 -0000, you wrote:
>> Special whip sounds good - i'll try to come up with a decent backstory for
>it
>> and a set of abilities.  I wonder who a previous owner could be.. Is it
>worth
>> allowing chips to be spent to give specific effects on a relic - and is it
>a
>> better plan to allow the character to find out the effects of the relic by
>> experience or to tell them right off the bat what they can do?
>
>A cool relic like this isn't often found under a rock - the posse usually
>take it from the still cooling fingers of the badass they've just defeated.
>Generally this means the badass was using it when the posse took him or her
>down, so they probably saw at least some of its effects during the battle.
>
>"As Cruella cracks her Cat o' Nine Tails at Bob, he is shocked to see the
>individual lashes seemingly extend and stretch, well beyond their normal
>length. The lashes wrap around his gun hand, then, almost tentacle like,
>writhe and coil up his arm, across his shoulder, and around his neck"
>
>Finding out that the taint of this whip involves the unhealthy attention of
>Rattlers for miles around is something she'll find out of her own accord...
>:o)
>
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