Re: [DL] The Devil's Tower Trilogy *spoilers*

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

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From: "Frank" <frank.wisnes@student.uib.no>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 15, 2003 2:06 PM
Subject: [DL] The Devil's Tower Trilogy *spoilers*


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> *ADVENTURE SPOILERS AHEAD*
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> (The Devil's Tower Trilogy)
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> I'm running The Devil's Tower Trilogy, they are just past the first part
in
> Salt Lake and on their way to Lost Angels. At the moment I have them
> trapped at Overlook Hotel, but in a few sessions they will be moving on.
> The thing is, I have been GM'ing these players for 3 years, and even
though
> they have never met Stone, they sure as hell have heard of him (well,
> actually they have met him, but that was in a dream scenario.. long
story).
> The characters they are playing now on the other hand have never heard the
> name. But when the time comes and they are asked by Old Pete to rescue
> Stone from the prison, they are gonna guess the plot right away even
though
> their characters won't, which kinda ruins the feel. I've been trying to
> figure out how to change it without messing up the entiere plot, but I
have
> to say I'm out stomped at the moment. Any ideas on how to dupe my players
> as well as their characters? Have any other marshals experienced the same
> thing? How did it turn out? The only thing I've though of so far is to
have
> them run into some Guardian Angels and give them feel that they are so bad
> anyone who oppose them has to be a good guy in one way or another, but I'm
> not sure how well it will work.
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> The adventure in it self is good as long as the players don't know who
> Stone is. When they do though, I fear the entiere thing will be the case
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> "let's do what we're expected to do even though we're walking into a
trap".
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> - Frank -
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My posse is the same sort -- the players pretty much have all heard of
Stone, but the characters have not.  You could do what I did -- use Stone's
first name.  When they found out that the guy was named "Jasper" they
decided he was mostly harmless.  I don't know why someone named Jasper would
be less threatening, nor why the concept of The Stone being named Jasper
Stone was not considered, but they fell for it.

Jeff Y.