| From: | Cugel the Clever <cugel@**.NET> |
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| Subject: | Playing in Bug-city (was: Re: Distractions) |
| Date: | Fri, 29 Sep 1995 19:28:26 +01.0 |
> > Depends on their knowledge. If they know Chicago is infested, you
> > could try a plane crash when the players are flying close to
> > Chicago (attack by insect or something). This also keeps their
> > weaponry away from their greedy hands :>.
> Keep their weaponry away? C'mon, insects == blastfest :-)
I know, I used them a couple of times like that. But as Gurth can
tell you, this kind of adventures quickly turn into an old-fashioned
A$&$ slaughter-party. The approach without any heavy weaponry can
give you a lot of new entries for runs: get some decent weaponry
while keeping out of the hands of the Bugs, gangs, whatever; or gain
support from gangs, local people, etc.
Eve writes:
> Yeah, and it's real annoying (not to mention threatening to bring up
> the "magic is too powerful" thread again) when all the gun types
> have no guns and have to sit in the back and sulk while the mages
> and shamans chuck fireballs.
Yes, that is a danger I didn't actually take into account when I
thought of the idea of the plane-crash, but it doesn't have to be
that bad. Magicians without support don't stand a chance against
the bugs and you can always take away spell-locks, fetishes, foci,
etc. if you think the mage is to powerfull. Just let the sec-officer at the
airport detect the stuff and force them to place it in the luggage.
Also magicians already suffer pretty good by the restrictions on
spirits and elementals.
Martin Steffens (Cugel@**.net / bdi05626@***.rhij.nl)
Many an ancient lord's last words had been, "You can't kill me
because I've got magic aaargh." (Terry Pratchett, Interesting Times)
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