>In the new
hand-to-hand maneuvers section I found one particular maneuver called the
"Stunner." The maneuver consists of >grabbing an opponent
by the neck, and forcefully dropping to a sitting position, injuring the
target's neck. In case it hasn't hit >anyone yet, a
certain pro-wrestler from Texas, one "Stone Cold" Steve Austin, presently WWE
inactive, used to use this move as >HIS finisher.
Mr.
McGlothlin’s proclivity for professional wrestling is fairly well known around
these parts. As is his use of “in
jokes.” (You must buy “Dead
Presidents.” You must buy “Dead
Presidents.”) Actually, “in
jokes” are fairly common in quite a few Deadlands
products.
Did
you also happen to notice the picture that accompanied the “Stunner”
description? The Ranger using the
maneuver bears more than a little resemblance to “Stone
Cold.”
Of
course speaking of resemblance, one of the most “open” in jokes is the
similarity between Hank Ketchum, the archetypal Ranger, and a certain
“Gambler.”
Clint
(My name is an in joke)
Black