Re: [DL] Lever action rifles

[darklord@dark-sky.net]

Wow, my question made it into AR, thats a first...

Dirk "surprised to see his name in AR" R.

Allan Seyberth wrote:

> At 02:15 PM 3/4/00 -0500, you wrote:
> >I recently got a copy of Law Dogs and it says in it that you can fan lever
> >action rifles. Has anyone ran into any problems with this? It seems a bit
> >powerful
> >to allow anyone (PC or NPC) to be firing off 3 rounds at 4d8 each.
> >Personally I'm leaning towards setting the limit at say only 2 or at the
> >most 3 shots.
> >Any "official" or house rulings on this?
>
> Well - the only thing I have in the AR is this:
> Weapons: Winchester, fannin
> Q)      While flipping threw Law Dogs and checking out the weapon notes, this
> thought occurred to me:  Winch 73, weapon notes: LA (Lever action)  Under
> lever action, it says: "and can be fanned"  Does this mean you can fan a
> winch?  I know the TN would be incredible, but I just want to make sure I
> am reading this right.  Can someone give  me a ruling? - darklord
> A)      You're reading that correctly.  In this case the "fanning" isn't like
> fanning a revolver where you rapidly pull the hammer back with one hand,
> it's more like a rapid combination of levering and pulling the trigger, but
> in game terms they're both just a "special effect" for filling the air with
> a lot of lead quickly.      In the original draft of LAW DOGS, fannin' a
> lever action rifle required the Fannin': Lever Action aptitude.  However,
> during editing the rules were changed, eliminating the need for that
> requirement. [Steve Long, DL Listserv, 12/20/99]
>
> For a house rule - I'd probably just double the penalties for fannin' and
> also limit the number of potential shots to 3.
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