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Message no. 1
From: Luke Kendall <luke@********.CANON.OZ.AU>
Subject: Killing characters (Was: Re: Questions (fwd))
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 10:30:06 +1000
Paolo Marcucci writes:

> My intention was to KILL THEM ALL! Actually I managed to kill one...

A big mage will do it easily, unless your group is ultra-paranoid.

E.g.:

An Initiate with Centering Skill (say Level 6) (to reduce Drain TN);
Confusion spell (unless they all have Will 6) or Sleep.
Cast with Force 8, and all magic pool dice.

Maybe throw in a Force 15 spirit or elemental. (Increase Charisma +4,
take the risk of physical drain, Heal afterwards). Even a Hearth
Spirit (manifesting, so dual-natured) would be attacking with 15 dice,
doing 3M3 (SR I). Summon the thing in advance, natch.

Who knows? He may even need some mundane backup...

But give them warning - if they do come through it, they'll rave
about the excitement. If they don't, and you've been unfair, you
may lose a lot of players (not just characters).

Why do you want to kill them? Adjust the power of their opponents
up gradually, until you find the right threat level to keep everyone
tense.

luke
Message no. 2
From: Paolo Marcucci <marcucci@***.TS.ASTRO.IT>
Subject: Killing characters (Was: Re: Questions (fwd)) (fwd)
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 09:13:33 METDST
> Why do you want to kill them? Adjust the power of their opponents
> up gradually, until you find the right threat level to keep everyone
> tense.
>
> luke

Because I feel like having to adjust the power level of the runs instead
of writing good runs. As I said earlier, I don't think it's right to
show millions of nuyen in front of the PCs just to get them out of their
houses.

BTW: our rigger now owns an art gallery. Not a bad thing to do, but...

Bye, Paolo
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Message no. 3
From: Loki <jek5313@*******.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Killing characters (Was: Re: Questions (fwd))
Date: Fri, 22 Jul 1994 12:07:40 -0500
Paolo:
--> Because I feel like having to adjust the power level of the runs instead
--> of writing good runs. As I said earlier, I don't think it's right to
--> show millions of nuyen in front of the PCs just to get them out of their
--> houses.
-->
--> BTW: our rigger now owns an art gallery. Not a bad thing to do, but...

The tools available to (the Penitent man kneels. . . the ) Penultimate GM
are numerous and varied, from coersion to being the passive intermediary
between your players and their "world."

If one doesn't work, try something else, but don't EVER just jump to the
other extreme. Your players will see it coming, and be sorely disappointed.



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