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Re: [DL] Youthful Sherlock Holmes
I think that it is important to rememberr that deadlands revolve around
several literary figures. Raven, Stone, Baron LaCroix and the like never
actually existed yet no one is discounting their impact on the game. I would
just throw him in as an NPC and if one of your players starts whining about
him not being a real person have Holmes a powerfull abomination that is
trying to come to life by inventing its own legend and will make anyone who
is spreading the truth around that they don't exist dissappear
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>Because of his fictional origin, I had at first planned to write him up
>as a "Living Legend", but that won't answer - the stories are not
>published until significantly later. The only way he *could* be
>encountered would be as a living, breathing young adult. But as to
>that, he's no more fictional than the Lone Ranger, Flashman, Cyrus
>Harding, the Man With No Name, etc etc.
>
>I am aware of the poker incident. I was trying not to go too overboard
>with the stats which is easy to do with this character, I tried to reign
>in my initial assumptions. That said, I agree with increasing his
>Strength to 2d10. While certainly extremely fit, I'd imagine one as
>resourceful as Holmes used skill and knowledge when unbending the bar as
>well. After all, even a weak person can tear a phone book in half if
>you know the trick, and martial artists who break cinderblocks with
>their bare fists do not all have 4d12+4 strength, they know how to apply
>it efficiently.
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