[HoE] Re: hoe-digest.20000522

["Jack Romeyn" <lax_71000@hotmail.com>]

Evil Marshal Mayfield wrote:
>I've got hypothetical situation that I've been pondering, and need you
>guys' input.  Say that the posse is fighting a group of bad guys who are
>smart enough to have good knowledge of tatics.  They manage to set up a
>fairly well-done ambush.  The posse missing clues and/or Cognition rolls,
>walks right into it.  The bad guys get the drop on the heros, letting
>flying with big nasty ranged weapons (snipers, rockets, etc) from cover.
>The dice, and common sense dictate that the heros are smeared like a fine
>red jelly- all without getting a good look at the enmey or a chance to
>fight back.  Realistic, yes, but hardly fair.  How do I do realistic ambush
>type situations that show the bad guys' prowess but aren't unfair to the
>players?
>
>-Evil Marshal Mayfield


OK Mayfield, first of all I'm going to feed you spam, and nothing but, in 
fact I will force feed you the stuff, the next time you come over to my 
house to game if you do that.  Second, unless the roles are incredibly hard 
I guarantee that one of us will make it. Third, why didn't you put spoilers 
on there?  Fourth, I thought we were friends(read in whiney voice)!!!!
Oh well, my opinion is that if we are that dense you should beat the snot 
out of us anyway.  Besides, I was gettin' tired of my junker anyway, just 
kidding.  I agree though, it would scare me more if I saw zack's character 
suddenly drop from a head shot than if I heard a battle scream and saw a big 
rocket weilding mutant come after me.  It gives me something to run away 
from.  Remember the video on the Vietnam battle where they never saw the 
enemy, just got killed en masse by them, That would scare the s**t out of 
me.
Just remember Mayfield if you do this you had better grow to luv processed 
meat.

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^^JACK^^
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