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Re: [DL] Snipers


I have a couple of questions regarding your sniper
Why is he shooting at them?
Is he after a specific person?
Is he trying to kill them or warn them off?
Is he smart enough to move between firings?

If he is trying to warn them off, killing off horses would be an obious move.
If he is trying to kill one person, then that person is probably hit, but chance can make it not deadly.
If he is trying to kill them off, it would be more logical to employ guerilla tactics -- sniping at them on and off during their ride.

    
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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