RE: [DL] DeadLands d20 ... love it? hate it?

["William Ogden" <w_ogden@hotmail.com>]

>At 03:11 PM 3/25/2002 -0500, you wrote:
> >When d20 hit the streets, I was all about loving it.  I though it was
> >the best thing since sliced bread, except for Deadlands classic, of
> >course.  I saw a lot of potential there for d20 in all its incarnations,
> >but as time has gone on, I've come to a conclusion: d20 works
> >wonderfully for Fantasy, but lacks for most any other genre.
>
>I have to disagree - at least the part about working for fantasy.
>
>Very few fantasy novels I know of allow the hero to get away with being
>stabbed 19 times with a sword, and if he ever was stabbed with a sword - it
>slowed him down and hurt his ability to do things, and it slowed him down
>right away.

that's part of the whole "nicks 'n' skratches" idea.  At first level 6 hp is 
a big bad hit, at 10th level you parry/dodge asside and it's a little hit.
this of course does not explain how a low level healing spells become less 
useful at higher levels

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