Re: [HoE] Seeing mutilated bodies

[bax <bax1@concentric.net>]

>     This one has always bugged me personally.  As a player, I once had to
>make a Guts check upon seeing a dead horse out in the desert.  Now my
>character (in Deadlands) had been fighting in the Civil War before this and
>I just don't see how he could possibly see a dead horse, get the
>Heeby-Jeebies and maybe even run away in fear and/or lose his lunch.
>According to the rules though, he needed to make the Guts check.


  A case for the use of common sense.  A green kid out in the wastes for
the first time?  Sure, have 'em make a Foolproof guts check.  A waster
who's been around a while, blowing away trogs and wading through hip-deep
gore in their quest for justice?  Don't make me laugh- they'd be too busy
seeing if they could salvage the hide for a pair of pants to go weak in the
knees.
  When I'm Marshal, I only call for guts checks when I can justify it to
the character- green characters have to make them more often, experienced
characters less often, as it should be.

  bax