Re: [DL] The Black Chip

Here is my version of the black chip. The Black Chip Just as fate smiles on those that persevere against the odds and accomplish their goals, fate also frowns upon those that cause trouble and fail their desires. When the posse royally screws up an adventure and ends up leaving things worse than when they started, they earn a "Black Chip". Some examples of screwing things up include raising a the fear level, a major public disgrace for the posse, letting tough opponents get away, getting involved in the wrong side of a dispute, and gaining major notoriety for their magical or bizarre talents which would draw the attention of the Tombstone Epitaph or government agency. An Unlucky Draw When a posse member draws a Black Chip from the fate pot, fate frowns upon the group and bad things are soon to come. Remove the Black Chip from the pot just as you would a used Legend Chip and the posse member who drew the Black Chip does not get to draw a replacement chip. Each posse member gains the bad luck Hindrance for the remainder of the session. And to make things worse, the player who actually drew the Black Chip gains the Hindrance for 1d4 sessions. Calling on Hate As an alternative, if the Marshal draws the Black Chip from the fate pot, he may treat it as a Legend Chip for himself. In addition to the normal Legend Chip abilities the Marshal may call upon some other wicked devilry to fling at the posse. The only drawback is if the Marshal uses the Black Chip for any of these additional effects it is removed entirely from the pot. Fear: When a player fails a guts check the Marshal can spend this chip to add 2d6 to the result on the Scart Table. Giveth: The Marshal may spend this chip at any time to give any posse member one of the following Hindrances; Bad luck, grim servant o? death, lyin' eyes, night terrors, scrawny, or thin skinned. The hero is stuck with the Hindrance for 1d4 sessions. However, the unlucky sod can get chips for roleplaying the Hindrance like normal. Taketh: The Marshal may spend this chip at any time to negate all the effects of a hero?s Edge, Gift, or Knack. Simply treat the player as if she never had the Edge, Gift, or Knack in the first place. This is only in effect for the remainder of the current session. Enjoy! -Steve > > From: perry glen <marshal_stone@yahoo.com> > Date: 2003/08/19 Tue PM 07:16:10 EDT > To: deadlands@gamerz.net > Subject: [DL] The Black Chip > > Howdy Yall > First off I'd like to start out by sayin' howdy,.....oh wait I done that already huh? > Well I guess I need to get to muh question. > As Marshal I have in my possession the "Black Chip" Now this is to me as the Gold Chip that the posse can have...correct?.. So if I allow it this chip can do just about anything i.e. Old Pete was ridin hard into town and botched his ridin' roll, fell off the horse and broke his fool neck. With the gold chip he can forgo the botched roll as if it had never happened. > So the way I see it I can use the black chip sorta in the same manner only use it to MY advantage. I'm not a killer Marshal so I really don't want none of the posse drawin' 12 new cards. > Thank you for your time and opinion. > Marshal Stone > > > > --------------------------------- > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software >

Howdy Yall

First off I'd like to start out by sayin' howdy,.....oh wait I done that already huh?

Well I guess I need to get to muh question.

As Marshal I have in my possession the "Black Chip" Now this is to me as the Gold Chip that the posse can have...correct?.. So if I allow it this chip can do just about anything i.e. Old Pete was ridin hard into town and botched his ridin' roll, fell off the horse and broke his fool neck. With the gold chip he can forgo the botched roll as if it had never happened.

So the way I see it I can use the black chip sorta in the same manner only use it to MY advantage. I'm not a killer Marshal so I really don't want none of the posse drawin' 12 new cards.

Thank you for your time and opinion.

Marshal Stone

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