Re: [HOE] Doomies and EMP

["Jason Panella" <saeder_krupp@hotmail.com>]

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> > Where is the FUN in that?  This implies that Throckmorotn gives a flying 
>fart
> > about his troops.  He dont!

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> >     I don't care if Hopler made the call, the call isn't any fun.  And 
>it's
> > more FUN for the players to make them combiners easy kills, and easier 
>kills
> > if they get creative.


Well, here is my response...


>
>No, creative is setting a trap, or making them shoot each other in a
>cross-fire or getting a town to overwhelm them. Creative is NOT (IMHO)
>using yet ANOTHER doomsayer power to kill things (talk about your one
>trick ponies!)
>I've always seen the black hats as a force to be feared. They have
>numbers, equipment (that can't be used by anyone else) and just enough
>skill to be dangerous. Plus automatons and raptors and what not.
>People all over the wasted west fear these guys and give up half their
>crops just to not get blown-away by them. To make them REALLY easy to kill
>just takes away from their danger-factor. Throckmorton's army becomes a
>joke, not something to be feared and respected.
>Of course, it's you campaign, so do what you and the players like.
>

<Jason high-fives Theo>

I agree wholeheartedly. I guess it all comes down to how you Marshall, but 
I've always been one for grim, gritty, and deadly roleplaying. HoE is no 
exception, and the Black Hats are some of the worst enemies I've thrown 
against my posses. Sure, they might be "goons," but they have a human 
thought process that a lot of nasty critters don't. One posse decided to try 
and face an equal number of the Black Hats on an open stretch of desert. The 
result was most of the posse was dead or dying. Cruel as that might be, I 
like real over pulp, and making Black Hats easy to clip is totally against 
my book.

JP
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