Re: [DL] 2-Gun Kid (Mr. Long) was Law Dogs and Revised Edition Rules

[Martha Frey <natasha_corey@yahoo.com>]

Thank you, thank you, thank you!  One of the
frustrations I have when I hear people call Two Gun
Kid unbalancing is that they frequently don't
understand all it does is remove penalties, and that 
-anyone- can fire multiple shots in a round!

And your comment about the comparison to an Arcane
Background is perfect; Two Gun and Two Fisted never
give you anything more, and they can never do any of
the fancy or permanent things a huckster or mad
scientist can do.  

The upside to them is the complete lack of any
backlash.  The downsides are the cost (8 points!!! 
this from the person who's phobic of Veteran) and the
fact that they're, well, a bit boring in the grand
scheme of the flash that is the Weird West.

But for a gun-nut combat character, you can't beat it!

--- Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com> wrote:
>  >  I would agree with you about two gun kid being
>  >unbalancing, what I would like to know is how you
>  >would change this edge.
>  >                                  Horace Black
> 
> I don't know if it needs changing that much.  Even
> without the edge, you 
> can still fire four shots an action.
> 
> Those shots would be at the following modifiers: 
> -2/-6; -2/-6
> For three points, you get two fisted and the ability
> to make the following 
> shots:  -2/-2; -2/-2
>         (which isn't much of a penalty for someone
> with 5d12 Shootin' skill 
> - and what gunslinger would have less?  :-)
> For five more points, you get the ability to make
> the following shots: 
> -0/-0; -0/-0
> 
> For 8 points (13 if you count the points into the
> skill), you gain the 
> ability to shoot four shots a round.  Now, those 8
> points come out of your 
> available edges - requiring you to take 8 points of
> hindrances (or VotWW) 
> and restricting the number of other edges you can
> buy.
> Compare this to the arcane backgrounds like Huckster
> or Blessed.  For 3 
> points (8 if you count the skill), you get 5 powers
> plus the ability to 
> gain more powers for cheap.
> 
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Marguerite


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