Re: [DL] Speed Loadin'

["Jeff Yates" <jyates@poboxes.com>]

I don't know about yours, but my Peacemaker needs a screw removed to pull
out the cylinder.  Later ones seem to have spring loaded push button things
to release the cylinder rod, which would speed things up some.

But like you said, gunslingers can stand a break to two ;-)

Jeff
Marshal for the Dynomite Gang


----- Original Message -----
From: "John Goff" <JohnGoff@deadlands.com>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 04, 2000 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [DL] Speed Loadin'


> >>Also, yer standard
> > > Peacemaker won't take too kindly to speed-load cylinders.
> >
>
> Point of order:
>
> Speed-load cylinders aren't the same as speed-loaders. A speed-load
cylinder
> is actually just a pre-loaded cylinder that the character slaps into the
> revolver--so a Peacemaker _will_ take one.
>
> Also, it's arguable on the how quickly a gun can be reloaded. Fitting
times
> to Action Cards is probably a bad way to figure it, as we've been
> intentionally fuzzy about how long a round really is.
>
> Finally, Deadlands isn't meant to be a dead-on simulation of real-life. I
> mean, come on--we've got guys zipping their consciousnesses off to another
> dimension to play a games with demons to cast spells. I think we can cut
> gunslingers a little slack. :-)
>
> Of course, if you want to limit it in your game that's fine by us. We just
> laid the framework; the Marshal does most of the work anyway. ;-)
>
> John
>
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