Re: [HoE] character types

["R.M. Dukes" <jedi@netusa1.net>]

My group has been pared down since our beginning game back in November.  At
the start we had a randy junker (Picture LOBO from DC comics), a Templar, a
Syker, and a gunfighter/ex-soldier based off of Snake Plisskin from Escape
from LA/New York.  We currently have only the gunfighter and syker.
    The gunfighter, Wraith Geisturm, is awesome.  He drew very well during
character creation and ended up with some great scores (3 d12's!!!)  This
coupled with his well role-played personality, make him a really great and
interesting character.  What am I getting at you ask?  The Syker has pretty
average scores, a lot of d6's.  This past weekend they were looking through
some ruins and were attacked by some Wormlings...  Wraith Geisturm unloaded
with his submachine gun, which did indeed slow about four of them down.  But
it was the Syker with his "average" scores (The player was complaining prior
to this that his character was Joe Average), who decimated the Wormlings.  I
figured the wormlings would pose a serious threat, which they should...  but
an "average" Syker with some hot dice rolls eliminated them without either
player characters taking a single wound or wind.
    The moral of this story:  Normals had better stick with their Syker...
Templars...Junkers...Doomsayers...  You get the idea :-)

Mike "Wait 'till they happen upon the nest" Dukes

cmpetro@household.com wrote:

> >Y'know, I miss the days when Posses consisted of at least one
> >(relatively) normal human for every one with one of the arcane edges...
> >Most of the games I run where the players make characters inevitably
> >ends up with the phrases "Okay, I'll be the templar of the party, who
> >wants to play the syker?".  Sometimes I think they need to be reminded
> >that these things are relatively rare and are sometimes rather cautious
> >to work with each other.  This isn't a complaint to anyone in
> >particular, but I was just wondering if i was the only one who felt
> >this...
> I played a "Normal" in Deadlands.  But in HoE you'd be toast in no time.
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