Hunter the Reckoning questions

Spike · July 29, 2008, 09:40:18 AM

I forgot to mention a chronic problem with WW games, to include Hunter: hurtin' stuff is occasionally awfully damn hard, depending upon the iteration of the game. Obviously, they give the monsters in hunter stupor powers to make up for it so they can kill you. Which, I suppose, makes sense.

To illustrate: Every WW game I played from 96 to 99, on up into the early 2000's included multiple players taking, as their primary weapon, the... erm... elephant gun. Because it had the only reasonable chances of wounding stuff. Never mind that meant we were all lugging around insanely large double barreled rifles (or whatever, to be honest it's been a while) with shells longer than our own hands... if you wanted to shoot stuff, that was the only way to go.

nWoD is, from all accounts, much worse about this little problem. Not the elephant gun, the fact that combat results in few, if any, 'wounds' being dished out.

shewolf · July 29, 2008, 10:21:13 AM

We saw that somewhat. The PC was using a Mag light as a club, and he was scoring hits ( the person we were fighting was a normal so he had base stats of 2 across the board) but somehow thie guy couldn't hit a non-moving target 5 feet away with a pistol. Then I cane in and held the guy. My 3 strength was enough along with the lost dice from his injuries. Including busted junk from a mag light to the crotch

DM quote " Bad news, he's still consious" *wince*

macd21 · July 29, 2008, 10:47:21 AM

There are different ways to handle powers. You can just let the PCs choose them as they advance. In my game, I chose them for them as they got them and never out and out explained how they worked. The PCs had to figure it out for themselves. It added an extra layer of fear and uncertainty to the game, which I think was appropriate.

KenHR · July 29, 2008, 11:53:22 AM

Quote from: shewolf;229221Including busted junk from a mag light to the crotch

I am doubled over in pain just reading that. Yowch!

KenHR · July 29, 2008, 11:54:39 AM

I definitely need to check this game out. I think my girlfriend might warm to it better than D&D.

Is there a Hunter book for nWoD? Just curious to see if it's similar.

The Yann Waters · July 29, 2008, 12:05:48 PM

Quote from: KenHR;229260Is there a Hunter book for nWoD? Just curious to see if it's similar.

That would be Hunter: The Vigil, which hasn't actually been published yet. WW is currently releasing teasers and previews for it at their site, here.

KenHR · July 29, 2008, 12:22:55 PM

Thanks for the link!

shewolf · July 29, 2008, 12:45:33 PM

I'm using lots of old rules

I'm a huge D&D fangrrrrrl though, so I can't really help there. What doesn't she like about it? I have a few different things, here, and I've played 3/4ths of it

KenHR · July 29, 2008, 12:49:55 PM

Nothing to do with rules (I try to handle as much of that load as possible when I GM, especially with folks who don't play RPGs a lot). It's a genre thing. Meredith's not a fantasy or sf nut, and about 99% of the games I own have been fantasy or sf.

She is, however, a big horror fan, so I think Hunter would hold her interest better.

GrimJesta · July 29, 2008, 12:57:14 PM

Same with my GF Ken. She was pretty much 'horror only' when I met her, and through that I was able to slowly lead her in different directions in gaming (though horror remains our favorite to this day, which is why WFRP is the fantasy game we play).

-=Grim=-

shewolf · July 29, 2008, 01:35:44 PM

Best horror game I've found is Call of Cthulhu. The SAN stuff really drives home how bad it can get.

And my last character, gained a fear of open spaces and outside after seeing Ithaqua. I was able to act (we failed to save a vermont villiage too) but I wasn't "right". It was the next morning that it all really came home and I got my sanitaruim time.

KenHR · July 29, 2008, 01:51:04 PM

Ah, WFRP...I'd never thought of that! Thanks, GrimJesta.

And I do have CoC. Never ran it, just played a session or two. I have this podcast of a CoC game Sandy Peterson ran involving soldiers in Iraq; it was wickedly cool.

Hmmmm...now the gears are churning.

shewolf · July 29, 2008, 01:56:29 PM

I've ran a CoC game. It's really easy. Start with the awesome one in the book (assuming it's the great one I played 3 times

. It's a great intro for new players and lends to all kinds of fun, like bleeding walls and the like.

Since this is probably going to become a thread about the game I'm in, should I repost the pertinent parts to that section? Or just continue this one?