Re: [HoE] [hoe] "Bang your dead"

["Fuzyn9feet" <Fuzyn9feet@email.msn.com>]

I like it with one change, when the Shootin' roll is failed it should affect
the hand and not the arm. Other than that I like but without the comma in
the subject line you don't want I thought this post was about.

Christopher Merrill

-----Original Message-----
From: Jason Hawver <frasierbros@yahoo.com>
To: hoe <hoe@gamerz.net>
Date: Saturday, April 03, 1999 11:21 AM
Subject: [HoE] [hoe] "Bang your dead"


>Note: This is one of 15 new hexslinger hexs I've written for my Wasted
>West Lawdog/Hexslinger.  I'm going to be sending out a few more of
>these.  Please comment.
>
>Bang, your dead
>Trait: Cognition
>Hand: Ace
>Speed: 1
>Duration: instant
>Range: Self
>
>Sometimes a man will find himself unarmed and in a bad place.  But the
>Hexslinger who knows this hex may still be able to shot their way out.
>With an Ace, the hexslinger can hold a .22 bullet in his hand, point
>his index finger at the target, and use his thumb to mock the action
>of a guns hammer to fire the bullet as though his finger were a gun.
>Each hand above an Ace increases the caliber of the bullet, shell, or
>slug that can be fired in this manner (there by increasing the
>potential damage).
>Please note that this hex carries a number risks. First, after the
>draw to fire the bullet, slug, or shell a Shootin':pistol Aptitude
>test must still be made to hit the target (though this does not
>require an additional action card).
>Second, should the hexslinger fail to draw the required hand for the
>bullet he is attempting to fire, the "weapon" backfires and the
>hexslinger takes damage to their hand and arm.
>Finally, drawing the black joker carries with it an extra risk when
>casting this hex.  In addition to normal backlash, the black joker
>carries a 33% chance that the hexslinger loses the hand he was trying
>to fire a bullet with.  When the black joker is drawn the marshal
>rolls a d6.  On a roll of 1 or 6 the hexslinger's hand is blown clean
>off!  (the character instantly gains the Hindrance "One armed bandit")