Re: [DL] Combat question

[Evil Robot Shane From Another Dimension <wishkah@redbrick.dcu.ie>]

On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 12:27:34PM -0700, Munch Wolf said:
> The old saying is never bring a knife to a gun fight,
> and Deadlands reflects that by having shooting guns in
> combat easier than brawling, but what do you do if
> someone is trying to wrestle with a gun weildier? 
> Does it make the shooting harder?  Logic would dictact
> yes, but the game mechanics don't really reflect that.

 The way I run this is that if you're in hand-to-hand and you want to
 shoot somebody, you roll shootin' as normal, but your opponent gets to
 add his fightin' level to your target number to hit.  He does NOT get to
 add his weapon's Defensive Bonus, though, because keeping you at bay
 isn't going to help him.  You add +2 to your Hit Location roll as well.

 Rifles and full-length shotguns give you a -2 to hit (because they're
 utterly unweildy to use in close combat as a shootin' iron) and a shotgun
 does not get the +2 for firing shot - although it does do full 6d6 damage
 if it hits.  Scatterguns and other mid-length weapons only incur a -1 to
 hit, and pistols nothing.

 Works well for us.

 Wishkah

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