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RE: [DL] Snipers
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- Subject: RE: [DL] Snipers
- From: Nicholas Bouquet <nbouqu1@prodigy.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 03:43:15 -0800 (PST)
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unless your posse survives/is missed with the first
oh, half dozen shots... be prepared to make lots of
harrowed pulls and/or make new characters
Lord Mortium
--- Adam Dunn <agd83@msn.com> wrote:
> I'd be tempted to have the sniper miss the first
> shot, dependign on how many
> snacks your posse bring you. You could also have it
> so that the first shot
> either takes down a horse from under a PC. Redshirts
> are also an easy way to
> get a warning of danger across.
> You could also make them make fear checks, because
> I'm sure being used as
> target practice by someone you can't see is pretty
> frightening.
>
> >From: "James Killick"
> <james.killick@btinternet.com>
> >Reply-To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> >To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
> >Subject: [DL] Snipers
> >Date: Sat, 26 Nov 2005 17:24:10 -0000
> >
> >Hello
> >
> >I was wondering if anybody could offer me some
> advice on how to run a
> >combat where the heroes come under fire from a
> single sniper. They are
> >approaching across a plain while the sniper is
> embedded in a hill range up
> >ahead, there is limited cover for the heroes.
> >
> >I am quite a newcomer to the game and have only run
> the scenario in the
> >back of the Marshall's handbook as well as a couple
> of shoot-outs just to
> >get used to the rules with the players.
> >
> >Any marshals run anything like this? Should the
> sniper get an automatic
> >free action? How should I manage whether the
> heroes can actually see the
> >sniper? Should I have them make a cognition roll
> before every action?
> >
> >Any advice would be greatly appreciated, or a
> reference to the rules that I
> >might have missed. I am playing the classic
> system.
> >
> >Regards
> >James
>
>
>
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