The Hangman's Mark doesn't just tighten—it garrotes. Bennett climbs from #8 to #1, a seven-spot resurrection that makes last week's six-spot nosedive look like a feint. The noose that forgot to tighten is now a lasso at the top of the Deadlands table, and the frontier's got whiplash. tips digital hat Another drifter rides into the sunset... of the #1 slot.
Hangman's Mark
Dead Mans Hand @ River Bottoms·Competition group Pool A·
All-In · only the number moves
Craig Bennett
RAD
White
Season Arc · Dead Mans Hand @ River Bottoms
7
#1Now
#1Best
#18Started
16Weeks
All-In league: Hangman's Mark stays with its holder — only its number moves with each week's standings.
Character Sheet
AI-written · FATE styleHigh ConceptThe Noose That Forgot to Tighten
TroubleTarget on My Forearm
Crimson Pulse When Dominant
Your Missed Putts Amuse Me
Judged and Found Worthy
In the early days of the Deadlands, the first competitor to survive the culling did so by slipping the noose meant for them - a rope that refused to tighten around their neck. The frontier, impressed by this defiance, branded the survivor with a permanent mark as proof of their worthiness. Now all who escape elimination carry that same spectral brand, a declaration that they have been judged and found worthy of remembrance.
The Hangman's Mark appears as a dark, rope-like brand that wraps around the bearer's forearm in the shape of a loosened noose, with faint golden threads running through it like embers. The mark glows briefly with crimson light when the bearer achieves dominance or escapes elimination. It cannot be removed - only earned through survival. The brand feels warm to the touch, as if the rope that marked them still carries the heat of the frontier's judgment.
The Mark serves as both badge of survival and target - it identifies the bearer as proven worthy of remembrance, marking them as valuable targets for rivals seeking to claim a Mark-bearer's status for themselves. This creates eternal tension: the mark proves worth but also attracts those who would see the marked fall.
Season Story
narrated by Flippyadjusts headset The snake eyes rolled snake eyes for Bennett — a 62 and an 869 rating, which is 26 below his 895 PDGA average, and the Hangman's Mark slides from #2 to #8 faster than a tumbleweed in a dust storm. That spectral noose that forgot to tighten? Right now it's just a loose rope around a drifter who left his putting stroke in the river when the flood hit. The frontier's harsh, and this week the House collected its ante.
adjusts headset Another week, another +55 over his 897 PDGA rating—952 at Vahe Street, good for a three-spot climb from #5 to #2. The Hangman's Mark isn't just a noose that forgot to tighten; it's a lasso reeling in the top tier while the rest of the field shuffles cards. tips digital hat The frontier's harsh, but this drifter's made the culling look like a warm-up hand.
adjusts headset Another week, another +30 over his 897 PDGA rating—927 at Cottonwood Call, good for a six-spot climb from #11 to #5. The Hangman's Mark is less a survival token and more a grappling hook at this point, dragging Bennett up the ranks while the House's double-point holes just gave him extra rope. tips digital hat The frontier's still blinking, and this drifter's making the culling look like a ladder.
adjusts headset Craig Bennett backed up last week's +33 rating surge with a +54 over his 896 PDGA rating—a 950 that turned the Hangman's Mark from a survival token into a climbing tool. He slipped from #9 to #7 at Mud Slick Bluff, two more rungs on the rope that forgot to tighten. tips digital hat The frontier's still blinking, and Bennett's making it look less like luck and more like a habit.
Craig Bennett walked into River Bottoms carrying a Hangman's Mark and walked out having earned it a more respectable seat at the table. A 929 round rating—33 points above his 896 PDGA rating, a +33 delta that's more than a warm glow—lifted him from #18 to #9, jumping nine positions in the culling. The frontier's always watching, Bennett. Tonight, it blinked first. tips digital hat The House raised the minimum bet, and you called with a straight flush.
adjusts headset The Hangman's Mark is taking a detour. Craig Bennett's the vessel for this Dead Mans Hand @ River Bottoms spinoff. Call it a side quest while the main season loads. That spectral noose is glowing warmer already—let's hope the river bottom offers more mercy than the culling did.
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