Re: [DL] Shadowin'

[Reemull <reemull@yahoo.co.uk>]

--- Butch R <darth_rose@hotmail.com> wrote: 
> Greetings All,
>   I have a question.  Found a NPC online, but was confused by the
> ability 
> Shadowin'.  I tried to find it in a quick search of the books, but
> turned up 
> nothing.  So....  can anyone tell me the associated trait for
> Shadowin'?  
> And maybe what book/area/page to check for it?
> thanks,
> Marshalll Rosenbalm

The Shadowin' description was cut from Law Dogs, but was listed as a
Pinkerton in the original published Law Dogs book.  The accumulated
rulings at  http://www.sonic.net/~dkjedi/deadlands/wwrules.htm

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Q) Shadowin' is listed as a Pinkerton skill in Law Dogs. I was
wondering where this skill is found. - ?

A) It was in the manuscript, but apparently was cut for space. Had it
been left in, it would be on pages 44-45. Here's the text from the
manuscript: Shadowin': This new Aptitude, based on Cognition, is a
favorite with detectives and spies. It allows the character to follow
and observe someone without being seen not very polite, really, but
sometimes the Weird West requires a little rudeness. Typically,
shadowin' someone requires a Fair (5) roll for every block or so that
they walk in a city or town, or every mile or so they ride or walk in
the wilderness. The roll is reduced to Foolproof (3) if there are
plenty of crowds or other obstacles to cover the character's actions,
and increased to Onerous (7) or even Hard (9) if there's nowhere to
hide, the subject being followed knows the character on sight, or there
are other difficulties (it's mighty hard to shadow someone across the
desert when he can see for miles in every direction, after all).
Characters being shadowed can make a shadowin' or search roll to figure
out that they've picked up a tail; the Target Number for this roll is
based on the circumstances, as described above the more cover the
shadower has, the harder he is to spot. [Steve Long, DL listserv,
7/25/98]
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Q) I can't say that I've read Law Dogs, but that skill sounds like a
Sneak roll, or a sneak roll based on a different trait. Why did they go
and create a whole new apptitude for the same thing? - ?

A) They didn't -- I did. As the original post observed, that Aptitude
was referred to in LAW DOGS, but the actual description of the Aptitude
itself was cut, so I posted the full description to clear up any
mystery. Sneak and shadowin' are two completely different skills,
though. Someone who knows how to be sneaky doesn't necessarily know how
to follow people without being seen. In some cases the two skills
overlap extremely, but in many others they don't -- so I whipped up a
new Aptitude for Pinktertons and other detective types. :) [Steve Long,
DL listserv, 7/25/98]
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Hope this helps 


Roy


		
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