[DL] Re: Brain Damage (was long-term campaigns)

["d_scott" <d_scott@ntlworld.com>]

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> To be a walking dead, or a harrowed, the brain needs to be available and
> whole.  Sufficient head wounds are assumed to demolish the brain, leaving
> insufficient material for a manitou to take up residence.  This is in the
> books.

Agreed, but the books also contradict themselves at least once, the manitous
animating the bone golems in Lost Angels graveyard only use tiny pieces of
leftover brain to inhabit. I think the point being made was that even though
a maiming wound to the head will kill a living person, a Harrowed and a
walkin' dead - the living need a lot more of their brains intact to keep
going, whereas the other two can survive on less.

It's not part of the rules but I like the sentiment - once you put 'em down
once make sure you use a shotgun to stop 'em getting back up again!

>
> In real life, Lincoln was shot in the head, but the wound "level" wasn't
> terribly high.  He died of blood loss and other complications, not head
> wounds.  In canon Deadlands, Lincoln could and did become harrowed.  In
> Allan's world, either the original gunshot wound was much worse, or no
> manitou was ever sent to inhabit the body, so Lincoln stayed dead.
>
Anyone who plays HoE notice the similarity in theme/concept/idea/whatever
between Lincoln and the Director?

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