RE: [DL] Throwin' specializations

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

In the revised rules, yes, there's two types of throwing.  The books use the
words "balanced" and "unbalanced."  You can use "aerodynamic" if you like it
better ;-)

In the "old" rules, you are right again, you specialize by type of thing
being thrown.  You had options like knife, tomahawk, spear.  Deadlands:
Sports Illustrated Edition would've added Throwin': Baseball, football (USA
version, you're not allowed to throw everyother country's football unless
you're the goalie), dart, shotput, discus, frisbee...  Over the top I think.

There never was a complete list of Throwin' specializations, because there's
just too many things you could pick up and hurl.  Which I'm sure was the
impetus behind switching to the more simplified 'balanced' and 'unbalanced.'
Now, my problem is trying to remember what makes a balanced object balanced.
So, when I make characters with throwin' I always take both (we use the new
rules).  That way I don't have to remember which is balanced out of the
things I might throw (knife, dynomite, rock, spear, tomahawk).

Jeff Y.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net]On
> Behalf Of Martha Frey
> Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 1:36 PM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: [DL] Throwin' specializations
>
>
> Hi guys, I'm hoping you can help clear this up a bit.
> What are the specializations for Throwin', in -both-
> the 1876 and 1877 rules?  I'm asking for both because
> we still play with '76 rules but we're getting close
> to New Year's and the Marshall might want to use the
> '77 ones in advance.
>
> For 1877, I think, they become aerodynamic and
> non-aerodynamic.
>
> For '76, I'm pretty sure they're by object or type,
> like :lariat, :bottle, :stunned Mexican... :)
>
> I haven't been able to locate much digging through the
> books other than examples in archtypes, so any help
> would be appreciated!
>
> Marguerite of EMGB, otherwise known as Maggie Jensen
>
> p.s.  Did anyone else realize that there's a full moon
> on Halloween in 1876??!?!?!
>
> =====
>
> Marguerite
>
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