Re: [DL] Harrowed Death Wound Chart

["Justin Baldwin" <innovmr@hotmail.com>]

There are tons of interesting ways to die in the weird west, check out 
http://www.darwinawards.com for some interesting ways to meet the maker.  
For instance if someone was killed while trying to open up a hand grenade 
with a chainsaw they might get a differnt mantitou than someone who tried to 
eat ghostrock



>From: Joey Fanning <wraith530@comcast.net>
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>Well, I find that there seem to be so many more ways to die in the 
>future...
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Steven Walmsley" <swalmsley@icegallery.com>
>To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 6:47 PM
>Subject: RE: [DL] Harrowed Death Wound Chart
>
>
> > I like, I like. I see it more as a Veteran table for the harrowed than a
> > quick death wound chart. But hey, it's pretty cool none-the-less. The 
>only
> > changes I'd make would be to take out the references of HOE, but that's
>just
> > me.
> >
> > Good work!
> >
> > -Steve
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Joey Fanning [mailto:wraith530@comcast.net]
> > Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 3:41 PM
> > To: HOE mailing List; deadlands@gamerz.net
> > Subject: [DL] Harrowed Death Wound Chart
> >
> >
> > Here's a chart you can use if you're too lazy to figure out how your
>deader
> > got that way.  It can also be used by marshals to help come up with
>creative
> > punishements for the newly undead.  I only have two suits, red and 
>black,
> > and the jokers.
> >
> > 2B:Hung:You got strung up by the neck.  You have a v-shape on your neck
>and
> > your head tends to tilt to one side when you forget to keep it upright.
> > It's downright distractin' and not particularly intimidating.(-2 to
> > persuasion rolls, friendly or otherwise.)
> > 3B:Drowned:You decided Davy Jones' locker was a nice place to visit, but
> > you'd rather not spend the rest of your unlife down there.  Your skin is 
>a
> > nice shade of blue, and you tend to gurgle when you talk.(Gain
> > hindrance:Squeaky)
> > 4B:Decapitated:One way or another, you got your head lopped off.  It 
>took
> > awhile to find your body, and even then it's never been the same.  Aside
> > from the scar all the way around your neck, when you take two or more
>wounds
> > to the head it pops back off.
> > 5B:Fall:Someone pushed you off a cliff, and you fell screaming to your
> > death.  Your features are all a bit..well..flatter, and it's kinda 
>creepy
>if
> > they look at you from the wrong angle.  Raise your terror rating by two.
> > 6B:Rituallistically Murdered:You were one in a series of cult sacrifices
>or
> > bizarre serial killings.  He carved you up real nice, but what's worse 
>is
> > that he used you as a slate for his arcane jibber-jabber.  People with 
>an
> > arcane background can read you, and you tend to generate a bad aura.  
>For
> > this reason, good magic doesn't work on you at all.  As usual, though, 
>bad
> > magic can have its way with your sorry corpse.
> > 7B:Impaled:Whatever did you in didn't stay to watch the fun, and it's 
>left
>a
> > hefty hole in you.  It's almost always in the chest, though if the
>marshal's
> > feeling evil, he can move it wherever he pleases.  You're ugly as sin to
> > anyone who sees it, but it does have one advantage.  When you are 
>attacked
> > by things like bullets and are hit in the area your hole is, roll a d6.
>On
> > a 6, the projectile has passed through.
> > 8B:Melted:Yuck.  Looks like you were done in by some nasty acid, and 
>your
> > face shows it.  Your skin appears to be melting off the bones, which is
>ugly
> > as sin unless you cover it up.  It also got to your voicebox:  Your 
>voice
> > comes out very low and seemingly in slow motion.
> > 9B:Frozen:Brr.  Your skin is a light blue and you still have the
> > shakes.(habit:annoyin')
> > 10B:Ripped in Half:Ouch!  You musta been feelin' that for awhile.  When
>you
> > take three or more wounds to the guts, you fall back in half.  Hey, at
>least
> > you're not dead..again..or something.
> > JB:Kibbled:You got blown to pieces.  Miraculously your head was okay, 
>and
> > you eventually managed to piece yourself back together.  When you take 
>two
> > or more wounds from massive damage, your body shatters again and you're
>back
> > at square one.
> > QB:Starved:The hunger...the hunger!  While you don't feel such a need to
>eat
> > anymore, your stomach won't shut up about it.  It constantly growls, 
>which
> > imposes a -2 penalty to your sneak rolls.
> > KB:Minced:You fell into the meat grinder or something and came out in
> > bite-size chunks.  You don't have to worry about blowing apart, but your
> > skin is covered in a jigsaw pattern of scars.
> > AB:Burned:You were the main attraction at someone's fourth of july 
>parade.
> > You smell like charcoal and have blackened skin, but you're a bit more
> > resistant to fire than most zombies.  Reduce all damage taken by fire by 
>a
> > step.
> > 2R:Crushed:You were compressed to death.  Reduce your size by two, but
>since
> > you're so compact, you still take wounds as though you were your normal
> > size.
> > 3R:De-boned:You had all your bones ripped out.  Sounds like you pissed 
>off
> > some skyer.  Reduce your vigor by two steps, but increase nimbleness by 
>a
> > step.
> > 4R:Gunned down:Aah, a classic.  You're peppered full of holes, and can't
> > keep any drink down, since it comes out quicker than normal.  If you're
>the
> > kind to mask your scent with alcohol, you'd better find another way.
> > 5R:Animal Attack:Yuck!  you got torn to pieces by something.  Other
>animals
> > really don't like you.  You get an additional -4 to handling animals in
> > addition to the normal penalties for smellin' like the dead.
> > 6R:Asphyxiation:Let's not ask how.  Something suffocated you, and when 
>you
> > woke back up, your voice sounded lacking for air.  Gain the Squeaky
> > hindrance.
> > 7R:Poisoned:At least there isn't a wound.  Unfortunately, to die like
>this,
> > someone's usually pretty pissed at you.  Gain an enemy of the marshall's
> > choosing.
> > 8R:Gutripped:Man, you were the unlucky one.  Something ate out your
>insides,
> > and it was sooo close to coming out.  draw a card every session.  If 
>it's
>a
> > joker, it finally pops out, and you take 4 wounds to the guts.  Use the
> > "skinny gutripper" from the syker veteran table.
> > 9R:Popped:After you managed to collect yourself, you didn't look quite
> > normal..Gain the big un':obese hindrance.
> > 10R:Voo-dooed:There's still a little voodoo doll of you out there, and
> > someone can use it to cause pain to you, even though you're harrowed.
> > whenever the marshall's feeling sadistic, he can turn up the pain.
> > JR:Zapped:Sizzle.  Your hair stands on end constantly, and your voice
> > crackles, but you can store up energy in your body to do 1d6 damage 
>every
> > round it's stored with a touch attack.  This attack does the same damage
>to
> > your hand, though, and if it takes a maiming wound you'll have to get
> > another one.
> > QR:Sleepin' wit da fishes:The cement feet that put you to your grave 
>just
> > won't chip off.  Your pace is reduced by 4.
> > KR:Sucking chest wound:You tried to put everything back in, but it keeps
> > falling back out. Every round you fight, your innards fall out.  This 
>has
>a
> > terror score of 9, and you're ugly as sin until you take a round to put
>them
> > back in.
> > AR:Slit Wrists:Decided to do yourself in, eh?  Now that you're back,
>you're
> > paying for it.  At the beginning of every session, make a fair(5) spirit
> > check.  If you fail, blood oozes out of your wounds constantly, giving 
>you
> > a -2 to all deftness checks.
> > Red joker:Lucky!:Whatever done you in, it didn't leave no mark.
> > Black joker:Eww...:  Draw three times, pick the worst two.
> >
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