Re: [DL] Becoming Harrowed (potential spoilers)

["c m hylton" <cmhylton@earthlink.net>]

Well, gaining hindrances "in game" isn't that hard.  After all "Angst" is
probably the easiest.  Your Deader just came to the family home and found it
burned down with 3 graves (one seems to be dug out).  Boom... everything is
lost and he shouldn't be (then comes the revenge factor).
As for "unusual appetite,"  just have fun with it.
"You see a 'possum that got squshed by a recent wagon... my doesn't that
look tasty."

Degeneration would be something gradual, bits of flaking of the skin, a lost
toe nail, possibly even a toof (er tooth).

Aura of Death isn't that hard either.  Everyone in the Deader's group just
starts to feel.... uncomfortable, some even more so.

Just remember, the hindrances are gradual.  The powers should manifest
themselves gradually as well.  The "Book o' the Dead" has hints as to what
powers would be for whom.  Just make sure that when the player is buying
them, he becomes more uncomfortable with his state of unbeing.  He isn't a
superhero.  He's something unnatural.  And everything should reflect this.

C M Hylton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Markus Finster" <markus.finster@chello.at>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 2:06 AM
Subject: RE: [DL] Becoming Harrowed (potential spoilers)


> That's what I was thinking initially.
> Right now, I have two Harrowed in my posse. One is aware of his situation,
> the other found out last Friday.
> Both don't have any benefits from their special condition right now, but I
> was flipping through The Book of the Dead again to see what they might
gain
> over time - and then I found the Hindrance section (again).
>
> Before those two, I only had one Harrowed character and the player started
> already Harrowed. We didn't have the Book of the Dead yet, so we just came
> up with some things.
>
> I just don't know how to work the Hindrances in for "in-game" Harrowed.
>
> ("You're riding in town, when all of a sudden a finger falls off! Yep, you
> just got Degeneration at -5! Congrats! Roll D10 to see which finger...")
>
> Hmmm... maybe the first powers manifest only with gaining the Hindrances
as
> well? That would stress the point that it's not all merry-laughter, when
> you're walking around dead...
>
> Markus
>
> At 07:51 22.04.2003, Cyvas, Andrew J PR2 (VFA115) wrote:
>  >Just my two cents, but why would a new harrowed have any powers if they
do
>  >not know they are dead?
>  >
>  >-----Original Message-----
>  >From: Nick Zachariasen [mailto:zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu]
>  >Sent: Monday, April 21, 2003 17:20
>  >To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>  >Subject: Re: [DL] Becoming Harrowed (potential spoilers)
>  >
>  >
>  >>  >Spoilers
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>
>  >>  >I don't think so, part of the Harrowed hinderances is to pay for
>  >starting
>  >>  >off with some harrowed powers, I think newly activated harrowed have
to
>  >>  >power thier powers from zero with regular bounty.
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> IIRC.  Not quite  - characters who become harrowed do get the 5 free
>  >points
>  >> of harrowed powers, as balanced by the inherent disadvantages of being
>  >> Harrowed.
>  >
>  >No, I believe you ONLY get the 5 free points if you're Harrowed from
>  >creation, not from becoming Harrowed. If you die and come back, then you
can
>  >spend Bounty to gain powers but you don't get anything free.
>  >
>  >Nick Zachariasen
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