Re: [DL] bursts per action [MUNCHKINS]

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

In the Weird West, a few steam powered Gatlings can get up to 6 or 9 ROF,
IIRC.  However, you don't often have to worry about recoil from these, since
they're hugely heavy and require a large steam source... like a train or
tank/armored steam wagon.  Not something you'd walk around with.  Being
securely mounted to the side of a vehicle takes care of recoil.
(Personally, I'd disallow something as flimsy-sounding as a "tripod"  to
hold up a steam powered Gatling.  But that's me and my game.)

Jeff Y.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard A Ranallo" <toadpooka@juno.com>
To: <deadlands@gamerz.net>
Sent: Saturday, March 16, 2002 5:41 AM
Subject: Re: [DL] bursts per action [MUNCHKINS]


> Since I already answered this question, I figure maybe I should try
> again.
> A burst is 3 bullets.  If a weapon has an RoF of 3, you can only fire one
> burst per action.  You make one roll, and one bullet hits for succeeding,
> plus one for each raise.  If a weapon has an RoF of 6, then you fire two
> seperate bursts per action, and hence two seperate Shootin' rolls.  Each
> consecutive burst suffers the cumulative recoil penalty.
> I don't think this comes up very often in the Weird West.  The tech level
> is just too low.  These rules were primarily written for HoE, where there
> are guns with rates of fire up to 15 in some cases.  For a weapon this
> fast, the shooter could make up to five Shootin' rolls in a single
> action.
>
> From Whom It May Concern,
> Rich Ranallo
>
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