Re: [DL] Hand-to-Hand and guns

[Martha Frey <natasha_corey@yahoo.com>]

--- John Goff <JohnGoff@deadlands.com> wrote:
> Again, IIRC, John made it an opposed _fightin'_
> roll. A good opponent will
> know to press his attack and know how to keep his
> punching bag tied up
> (grabbing the gun, etc.). It also makes it a bigger
> concern for trigger
> happy heroes to go trying to...(wait for it)...bring
> a gun to a fistfight.
> ;-)
> 
> We've been working with that (and I hope I'm doing
> it right! <g>) for a bit
> and it seems a good tweak. Guns still have the edge
> in range and damage, but
> if your character doesn't know how to use his fists,
> he'd best stay out of
> reach...

Both of your systems make sense to me.  I just wanted
to say we use the brawlin' skill added to TN
convention not only when the shooter is in
hand-to-hand, but also when someone is shooting into
hand-to-hand, to simulate a good brawler manuevering
around his close up opponents to protect him somewhat
from the ranged attacker.  Gotta love that scatter!

[On a related tangent, Alex fired off two bursts with
a gattling rifle once, missed her target both times,
but outright killed other attackers with the scatter!]

Marguerite of EMGB, otherwise known as Maggie Jensen

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