RE: [DL] Fanning, Single and Double action pistols.

[David Sumpter <lordthrog@yahoo.com>]

I'm a little confused, the weapon spreed rules were
dropped in the Revised Edition books, which are the
most recent.  What it comes down to is a SA can fire
every action (as long as there are shots left).  A DA
can fire twice every action with a -1 applied to the
second shot.  

--- Bobby Farris <herogm@redbow.net> wrote:

> 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.
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net
> [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net] On
> Behalf Of Daniel Gwyn
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 8:58 PM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: RE: [DL] Fanning, Single and Double action
> pistols.
> 
>  
> 
> 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-----
> From: owner-deadlands@gamerz.net
> [mailto:owner-deadlands@gamerz.net] On
> Behalf Of Bobby Farris
> Sent: October 19, 2004 9:21 PM
> To: deadlands@gamerz.net
> Subject: [DL] Fanning, Single and Double action
> pistols.
> 
>  
> 
> 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.
> 
> 


=====
David Sumpter

"I'm not close-minded, you're just wrong." - Bucky Katt


		
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