The Brandin' Iron Saloon - Out of Character

[Black Wyvern]

This thread is for out of character chatter.

Dice Roller Campaign Number is 664.

[Rex]

Are we rolling in order or rolling 6 times and placing where we want?

[Rex]

Not sure of details yest but here are my rolls.

Speed [1d100] = 85

Gun Accuracy [1d100] = 84

Throwing Accuracy [1d100] = 78

Strength [1d100] = 58

Bravery [1d100] = 26

Experience [1d100] = 10

handedness [1d10] = 1

With modifiers I have:
Speed 90 (+12)
Gun Accuracy 89 (+15)
Throwing Accuracy 83 (+10)
Strength 68 (15)
Bravery 41 (+1 / +3)
Experience 35 (none / -10)
Not ambidextrous

[jason.connerley]

I work this weekend (at least I'll get holiday pay) but I should have a character up in day or two. Really looking forward to this, I've owned these rules for years and this will be my first game!

[Zhym]

Yee-haw!

Here are my rolls:

Speed: [1d100] = 93; Gun: [1d100] = 10; Throw: [1d100] = 90
Strength: [1d100] = 31; Bravery: [1d100] = 48; Experience: [1d100] = 28
Handedness: [1d10] = 10

I think that gives me:
Speed: 93
Gun Accuracy: 35
Throwing Accuracy: 95
Strength: 46
Bravery: 58
Experience: 28
Ambidextrous

Fastest gun in the west! Now, if only he could hit the broad side of an anything.

[Zhym]

How much money do we start with?

[Rex]

The rules say $150, not sure if we are changing anything. I am almost done mine.

[Hanging_Judge]

Howdy pardners, just a heads up to revisit your Experience (bonus doesn't apply).

[Zhym]

Oh, right. I've edited my post.

I don't have the rule book. What's this about professions? And I don't see a whole slew of options for things to throw—is a throwing knife specialist something that's feasible?

[Rex]

Profession/occupation is just for color, nothing in the rules about it. No specialties that I saw, if you own a knife you can throw it. Experience bonus doesn't matter for my PC, nothing changes but I fixed it.

[Rex]

Zhym, If it fits in the scenario your rolls would be cool for an Indian with a couple of tomahawks. Several knives as well wouldn't hurt.

[Zhym]

Here's what I have so far, purely based on rolls:

Ted Briargulch

Speed: 93 (Speed: +15)
Gun Accuracy: 35 (Gun accuracy: +0)
Throwing Accuracy: 95 (Throwing accuracy: +15)
Strength: 46 (Wounds: 14)
Bravery: 58 (Speed: +1; Accuracy: +3)
Experience: 28 (Accuracy: -10)
Ambidextrous

First Shot: +16 (+weapon)
Base Hit (Guns): -7
Base Hit (Throwing): +8

How does combat actually work? I have no idea what a +16 or -7 actually means in terms of game play.

Also, should we coordinate on purchases? I assume we're going to be part of a group, not fighting each other, right? Should we all have horses?

[Rex]

Speed basically determines initiative, highest goes first. Add 50 to your accuracy and that is your % chance to hit. There are some situational modifiers (range, moving, surprised etc). I have never played but just read the pdf.

[Black Wyvern]

Sorry been a busy day. Accuracy modifiers are applied to the base 50% chance to hit. The number of attacks per round heavily favors guns over other weapons. Though being good with a knife or hawk can help in a pinch I wouldn't recommend building a character around throwing. It will be limiting.

I left the brawling tables off the character creation rules and I am not entirely sure what I am going to do but we probably won't use the brawling tables for hand to hand.

[Black Wyvern]

Hanging_Judge - You will need to keep your percent rolls as well, as they are what improves.

[Zhym]

Do all weapons do the same damage?

[Rex]

Here is some inspiration. Keep an eye on the time for the "Slow" lever action. in case you have a hard time counting that is 10 shots from a Winchester 1892 carbine.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPMH5Rn ... L7UfcfuhY5

[Zhym]

Is there any difference in game terms between a poor horse and a good horse?

[Hanging_Judge]

Hanging_Judge - You will need to keep your percent rolls as well, as they are what improves.

Yes, it's all filled out on my character sheet. Added to The Band page.

[Zhym]

I was thinking of leaning into Ted's quickness and ambidexterity to have him use a couple of quick-draw revolvers. But the range of the quick-draw revolvers seems pretty short. Is that going to be a problem? Would it make sense to have a quick-draw revolver and a single-action revolver? Or would I be limiting the character too much by not equipping him with a rifle of some sort? And how much is that extra +2 of speed likely to matter (especially since Ted will have a First Shot score of +24 with a SAR6)?