Re: [DL] d20 spells, metamagic feats, and magic item creation

[Paul-André Beaulieu <beaulieu@pipcom.com>]

Well, the shooting wasn't motivated by hate. It was purely accidental. He
was just trying to disarm a little girl who, despite wielding a scattergun,
had only about a 50/50 chance of hitting him.

Oh, apparently I forgot to mention the second taint: No matter how well
cleaned, oiled and polished, the gun constantly oozes small amounts of
blood, ruining clothing and making people around you wonder just what you've
being using this gun for.

-P-A

----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Maguire <mikejmaguire@hotmail.com>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 12:30 PM
Subject: Re: [DL] d20 spells, metamagic feats, and magic item creation


> It is a cool idea at that...  though I know some people who would comment
> that the Marshal was unbelievably kind.  After all, he could have made the
> relic's curse/side-effect more like that of Bowie's Knife, only instead of
a
> burning desire to kill Mexicans it afflicts the wielder with a tendency to
> attack children or other innocent people...
>
> Then again, maybe my play group has become accustomed to cruelty,
villainy,
> and assorted uber-badness over the years.  :-D
>
> Mac
>
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> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>
> Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: Re: [DL] d20 spells, metamagic feats, and magic item creation
> Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 11:50:42 -0500
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>
> On Wednesday, March 26, 2003, at 11:07  AM, Paul-André Beaulieu wrote:
>
> >Relics can also be created by terrible mistakes. One of my posse tried to
> >shoot a shotgun out of the hands of a little girl (she was quite insane,
> >the
> >only survivor of a burnt down orphanage), but rolled '1' on both his
attack
> >rolls. We ruled that he'd hit the little girl instead, and of course blew
> >her away. Disgusted, the PC threw his revolver on the ground in front of
> >him, where (he didn't bother to check) the little girl's blood was
pooling
> >(!). When he picked it up later, it had become a relic that inflicted
> >better
> >critical hits. However, its taint was that it could only be used for
> >killing. Any sort of trick shot (disarmin', creasin', pinnin') aimed at a
> >person would always hit the person instead.
> >Even after he found out what the revolver was about, he still kept it, so
> >that it wouldn't fall in the wrong hands.
>
> THis is an extremely cool idea.
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