[HOE] The Syker Question

[Abdullah Oblongota <toadpooka@juno.com>]

As for killing off the character, its best to be somewhat fair.  After
all, if your first attempt fails, you can try, try again.  That, and if
you're too over-the-top, you may find yourself without a player.  If
you're going for an ambush, have the player take one in the head and the
arm.  Maim the arm; totally gone.  Maim the head too; that should knock
him out of combat.  Have the posse manage to drive off the attackers and
find some old, mad surgeon who just happens to have a collection of
surgical tools lying about.  Tell the player that he survived the head
wound, but there was some lasting damage done; reduce his Knowledge by a
die type and his Strain by half.  He won't be walking around with
Predator up all the time anymore.
My second thought is that the original complaint was that every time a
combat occurred, the rest of the posse would get stomped while he was
invisible and immune to damage.  How do the other characters take this? 
The guy eats their food, they watch him while he sleeps, and he turns
tail in the middle of a fight despite being the best fighter in the
group.  Talk to one of your players, and have them confront him
in-character about it.  That sort of behavior in the Wasted West would
get you dangling at the end of a rope mighty quick.
Oh, and find that "old Marshal" who allowed him to take that dumbass edge
with the swords and slap him around some.

From Whom It May Concern,
Rich A Ranallo

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