[Poison'd] Some questions

(1/2) > >>

Klaus_Welten:
Hi! I really love Poison'd, but I have some doubts about its rules:

1) Maybe I'm wrong, but is there any incentive to choose a mutilation or disfigurement at character creation, or not to go around armed to the teeth (which I see as more pirate-like, anyway)? In both cases, it seems you only lower your Profile by doing so.
2) Do you have to use all of your weapons to have full Profile? For example, if you get Profile 4 from a musket and grenades, in melee combat your profile is 4 or 2?

Thanks for your attention and answers. ^_^

lumpley:
No problem, Klaus. I love to answer rule questions.

1) No incentive.

If your character has suffered mutilation (from earlier in character creation, when you were choosing what your character has suffered), you must choose a mutilation or disfigurement. Otherwise, you can choose one if you want, I suppose, if you got it by some accident or mishap, not by violence. But there's no reason to.

2) I always give the PCs their full profile unless they're specifically unarmed. I don't see why I should be a stickler about it; I'm sure the pirate in question is a terrifying and violent figure even if he's just hitting you with his musket butt, not firing it at you. But if you as GM want to be a stickler (like "musket and grenades count as unarmed if you're in a sword fight") that's fine, it's your call.

Follow up questions welcome, as always. Thanks, Klaus!

-Vincent

Klaus_Welten:
Another question for you, Lumpley: p. 24 mentions the GM buying "a company of marines", but what does that mean? Is it an extra mob, besides the ship's crew?
Thank you again for your attention.

lumpley:
Exactly.

-Vincent

Klaus_Welten:
Played my first game tonight... and got more questions! ^^

The situation is the following: the Resolute came very soon and confronted the pirates. The captain PC first tried to fell, but they lost the combat at the first tier, so they decided to engage the Resolute at boarding range (is this possible?). They lost, however (BTW, if the Dagger's specialty is Boarding, do the crew gets +1 to its Profile, since the ship's profile is not used?), at the third tier of escalation; now, what happen to the PCs in such a case? Are they wounded?
The PCs got arrested and are now escaping; but what happens when (I hope it'll not be an "if" ^^) they reach the Dagger? How can they steer the ship with five men? How can they get a new crew, with no money?
Some unrelated questions:

1) What happens when the GM and a player tie in a success roll?
2) What exactly do the second and third tier of escalation of a fist fight mean?

Thanks for your attention. ^_^

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page