Re: [DL] Single Action/Double Action/Gattling Weapons

[Ross Coburn <coburn@videotron.ca>]

"Jacek Warecki" <jacek.warecki@rtswireless.com> wrote:

> 
> Thank you all for your responses.
> 
> After reading every reply, Ross Coburn's house
> rules fit my requirements best.
> 
> They are available at http://pages.infinit.net/deadland
> 
> They are very similar to the rules Nick put forth, but
> add an +2 hit bonus for Gattling.
> 
> To sum up:
> SA fire once per action, can fan as per the rules.
> DA fire one or two bullets per action.  One role
> to hit, need a raise to hit with second bullet.
> Gattling's    as per the rules, except receive a +2
> bonus to hit.
> 
> So, a SA fanning two bullets would need:
> TN=7 one bullet to hit TN=12 for both to hit.
> 
> DA firing two bullets would need:
> TN=5 one bullet to hit TN=10 for both to hit.
> 
> Gattling would need:
> TN=3 for one bullet to hit, TN=8 for two bullets to hit,
> TN=13 for three bullets to hit.

Is that what I wrote?  Nice to see it summarized so neatly.

I seem to recall that I gave Gatlings the +2 to hit so that it would not be
completely impossible to score with the third bullet, and under the theory
that if you're spitting all that lead at someone, something should hit.

I know this is not 'realistic' (my experience in the infantry, back when I
was young and stupid bears out John Goff's comments on the subject), but I
was aiming for something dramatically satisfying, as opposed to strictly
historically accurate.

After all, there were few Harrowed gatling gun wielders in the historical
west, as far as we know.  *grin*

-- 
Ross Coburn
coburn@videotron.ca