Re: [HOE] advice needed for dealing with insane draws

["c m hylton" <cmhylton@earthlink.net>]

Ah, yes.  My favorite Phenotype... Of course, mine is more along the lines
as a regression. Just think of "Cat" from Red Dwarf.

but I digress...

Well I have seen, and done, insane draws as well.  Might want to lean her to
some of the hindrances that actually lower a stat.  Maybe she's a cat..er
cougar woman who actually has an allergy (Ailin' 3 Chronic) to her own fur.
Real cats have that allergy as well.  Also, remember if she continues this
phenotype, it starts to hamper.  Her Deftness starts to suffer negative
penalties.

As for the syker, they all seem to have something that is a vice.  Cigs,
Liquor, skirts, or something that may keep him busy.  Also, might want to
curb the "Vet o Wasted" edge.  After all, you can have huge stats but then
not have enough points to cause much of a use.

I hate to take stats away from someone.  If you know they aren't going out
of their reach to make a uber-char (my German is literally non-existant),
you shouldn't penalize them.  The thing with my "Cat" is that he has decent
stats but I never play him for the stats.  He could probably do a huge job
taking care of business, but I rather have fun with him.  Can't wait to see
the look on the GM's face when he sees "Cat's" version taking a bath.  Also,
posse's are really powerful depending on what's in it.  So, tweaking the
stats may or may not do anything if someone else actually picks up the
slack.  I think your best idea is to come up with a compromise where they a
few minor advantages (one's that really don't over help a char: ex Purty,
The Voice, etc) and take some hindrances that will actually help the RP.  A
Syker with a bad hankerin' for a substance would really be pathetic even
though he has a lot of powers.  Maybe even make him a specialist in a syker
field so that he won't be a Syko with a few Pyro's put in.

Just an opinion

C M Hylton
----- Original Message -----
From: "Nick Zachariasen" <zacharin@pluto.dsu.edu>
To: "Deadlands HoE" <hoe@gamerz.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 1:14 AM
Subject: [HOE] advice needed for dealing with insane draws


> First, the stats in question:
>
> Carrie's Stats:
> 3d8, 3d10, 3d10, 4d10, 1d12, 2d12, 3d12, 4d12, 4d*, 4d* (both Jokers)
>
> John's Stats:
> 3d8, 4d8, 4d8, 3d10, 3d10, 4d10, 4d10, 4d12, 4d12, 4d12 (also both Jokers)
>
> I don't know how Carrie managed to do it, but she pulled ALL FOUR Aces,
both
> Jokers with spades for the suit, and a Queen of Hearts, along with a
couple
> Kings. Now, I want to let her have this draw, as three other players
> witnessed it and say it was a fair draw (indeed, that deck seemed unable
to
> draw low last night except in the hands of our current Junker- I've since
> prohibited its use). However, on the other hand, I don't want to let her
use
> this draw if the character's going to end up being too powerful and
> overshadowing everyone/unbalancing everything. If she uses both Jokers as
> d12s that's 5 stats at a d12. We're actually discussing lowering them so
> that character is in the remote vicinity of sane, but I'm still not sure
> that would even do it. Her idea for the character is a cougar-woman, which
> we've figured will use the Phenotypes from City o' Sin and just give her
> some kitty traits. My problem, though, isn't how to turn her into a
> less-frightening version of a furry. It's how to use her draw to my
> advantage without screwing her over unfairly just because she got a good
> draw. There's always the Harrowed angle, but I've played that one already.
>
> John also had a very good draw. He's planning on making a former Texas
> Ranger Syker. His Mysterious Past draw was Destiny, which we have yet to
> hash out. However, his stats are also damn good, so I have to worry about
> how to deal with him as well. I'd really appreciate any advice anyone has
on
> dealing with situations like this and still being fair to all involved.
>
> Nick Zachariasen
> Editor Emeritus
> Trojan Times
>
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