Re: [DL] Hanging Question, need an answer by 3pm EST (GOFF)

["Erik Weissengruber" <epweissengruber@hotmail.com>]

Depends on the method:

Average lame lynchers could take a long time: after all, they are simply 
asphyxiating the victim.

Plus, if the character is rescued or is cut down they might not be dead 
(although asphyxiation can cause brain damage, lets not get gruesome)

Professional hangmen will weight the feet of the victim, or plan a steep 
drop that will break the victim's neck.

I say: just follow the old rules.

If you have a particularly nasty hangman, you might want to have a contested 
roll to see if the character's neck just snaps right away.

Hope the victim pulls some jokers!


>From: darklord@dark-sky.net
>Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>To: deadlands@gamerz.net
>Subject: [DL] Hanging Question, need an answer by 3pm EST (GOFF)
>Date: Tue, 20 Jun 2000 12:10:13 -0400
>
>Hey everyone, I have a question that I need answered before we play
>tonight.  As you may have guessed by the Subject line, it's about hanging.
>The question is... how long does it take?  I know that it is a hard (9)
>vigor check at the beginning of every round, but at what point is he dead?
>When he reaches 0 wind?  When he reaches 5 wounds to the guts by taking 5x
>his wind (that seems like it would take a very long time)
>
>If someone would be so kind as to answer this for me I would greatly
>appreciative.
>
>--Dirk
>
>"The hangin Marshal"
>
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