Re: [HOE] Ongoing story line

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On Wed, 16 May 2001, Matt Crawford wrote:

> If you insist on doing the Boise Horror, play it as it lies.  Just
> put the anti-templars on the other side.  Throw in an NPC templar if
> you need one (you probably do) on the "good guys" side.
>
> Or are you a marshal who never lets player-characters get killed?

I will let the dice do as they please. I will kill characters for game
related reasons, or if they are "too stupid to live"(tm).
My Deadlands game is trying to be a bit too epic n such to allow the
wanton killing of characters though, especially when one of them is the
lynch pin for about 66% of the ongoing story line.
>
> I haven't been at it long, but in three packaged adventures and a
> couple of sessions of improvising, two heros have gone down for the
> big nap.  And the Devourer darn near had canned food (an AV4 Cyborg)
> for lunch in the last session.
>
I've been running my game for almost 2 years now.
I haven't actually killed a PC yet, but instead have been cruel to them in
other directions.

-- Tim