Re: [DL] Group Antics

[Brett Dixon <balance@tubas.net>]

On Nov 22, 2004, at 7:37 PM, Justin Baldwin wrote:

> play hardball. If the posse is being a bunch of jerks then have to 
> town form a little vigilante committee for a necktie party for the 
> offending cowpokes. They will either have to shoot their way out of 
> town, which will attract the attension of the law or perhaps the 
> Reckoners. Or they will die and their new cowpokes may be nicer 
> people. Don't let a posse ruin your adventure

Should I get the opportunity to run Deadlands again, I plan on 
mentioning a definite 'moral code' as part of my pre-game intro during 
character creation.

Basically, I'm running with the idea that the Golden rule does, in this 
case, have power. If players are nice, NPCs will be nice. If players 
are bandits (a campaign starter I've considered  running) the response 
from the Law will vary depending on their behavior. if they remain 
gentlemanly and hafe (and follow) flaws like the Law of the West then 
the law will send one or two agents (Texas Rangers, U.S. Marshals, 
etc.) after them who will try to capture them with non-lethal methods. 
if they are murderers or worse, they will have to deal with sneaky SoBs 
who consider sniping and overwhelming numbers fair game. Of course, 
shooting Things That Should Not Be is fair game and an exception to 
these rules...

--
Brett