Re: [DL] Ketchum grenade

["Mr. Christopher McGlothlin, M.Ed." <sosentinel@adelphia.net>]

At 09:30 AM 12/5/2002, firebandit2001@yahoo.com wrote:

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>In the Texas Ranger book they give stats for the MKII. Granted, it's a mad 
>science grenade available only to Rangers of higher rank but it may work. 
>It comes as part of the S.P.S.(Supernatural Phenomenon Survival) kit. It's 
>not what you're looking for but it is a grenade that exsists in the 
>Deadlands world.

         The Rains grenade in LS is rather a different design than the 
Ketchum, and it's not a mad science creation.

>Stats: Burst 10  Damage 10d20

         Just FYI, the Damage was supposed to be 2d20.

>I had three Los Diablos come after my group two game sessions ago. The 
>Ranger borrowed one of these kits w/ two MKII's in it. The first Los 
>Diablos chipped away alot of the damage so it survived long enough to gore 
>his victim a couple of times. The second one hit by one of these took 
>eight wounds to the guts (excellent damage rolls and I had no chips left 
>to reduce it). The problem is the burst radius! They new it was going to 
>be bad so for the first one they took cover behind some boulders. The 
>second one Los D. came from the rear, so cover wasn't as easily taken 
>advantage of. Party members a little over 30yds away still took like 10d8 
>damage. OUCH! Be very very careful.

         Thanks for the battle account!

Deo Vindice,
Mr. Christopher L. McGlothlin, M.Ed.

Educator & Freelance RPG Writer
Fellow, Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design
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