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You know, I might not be remembering this correctly. Under the old rule, you could shoot a SA with one card at -2. A DA on one card with no penalty. So yes the SA had the same rate of fire, but at a higher penalty.
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I am really studying this problem and thanks for all the replies. Basically under the original rules the SA had a higher rate of fire, but at a penalty and could fan. Now, it has a lower rate of fire. I am thinking of saying the SA can also be used as a DA, but has a penalty of -2 per shot.
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Hi, You might want to assign a penalty on accuracy to simulate the stronger trigger pull of double action pistol. However, I think the double shot=automatic also works. Remember that in any case double shot=one target. Finally, you could try the “cool” factor: for some reason most of the historical double action revolvers aren’t as good looking as the single actions (IMHO). (While the Deadlands rulebook says that the Peacemaker was available in double action, apparently this doesn’t fit the historical reality.)
Daniel Gwyn
"Where is the horse and the rider? Where is the horn that was blowing? They have passed like rain on the mountain, like wind in the meadow. The days have gone down in the West behind the hills into shadow. How did it come to this?"
Théoden from Peter Jackson's The Two Towers -----Original Message-----
Howdy y’all. Gotta question for ya.
When I started playin’ Deadlands there wasn’t any weapon speed. Yep, I am that old. Anyhoo. I am now starting a new campaign and using the new weapon speed rules. I understand them fine and like that they speed up combat, ie by making it more deadly, but I hate what they have done to Fannin’ and Single Action revolvers.
My new posse won’t touch a Single action revolver because why do it? Just use a Double action and get more shots and not have any penalties to hit with lower TN’s.
So, I really don’t want to go back to weapon speeds, but I want to change it so that Single Action pistols have some bite to them and make it more of a question of preference on what to use.
So, what or how would you do it? I am playing around with the idea of making the double shot of the Double action pistol work like automatic fire where you have to get a raise to get the second bullet to hit. |