Re: [HOE] Law Dogs: The red headed step-child of character types?(Shane, PEG,Marshals only)

["Dan Sulin" <grandmasternilus@hotmail.com>]

>  Shane Ho come the Law Dogs never got their own book in HOE?

I'm not Shane,  nor to I play him on T.V. but here is my guess as to why 
there was no Law Dogs books.

Almost all of the source material says that the Law Dogs are a very very 
loose nit organization.  There is no Law Dog H.Q. for the most part,  No Law 
Dog Academy,  No real Law Dog organization,  No real Law Dog Membership 
requirements.  Really its just a bunch of people who said lets bring some 
law into the west.  Although there is some mention of the first law dog,  
there really isn't a whole lot of history there IMHO.  Surely not enough to 
float an entire Splat book.

So then what do they fill the rest of the source book with.

A New Arcane Background?  Well probably not,  there are really enough of 
them, and although a revamp of the shootist could work for Law Dogs,  people 
who own the Ranger book would be unhappy because they already have the 
rules.

New Guns and Equipment?  Possibly,  but we have the Junkman Commeth for 
custom gear,  Road Warriors for Vehicles, and Waste Warriors for all thing 
guns(not to mention the Wasted Wests book).

Overall the Law Dogs are best suited for an Article in the Epitaph.  Hell 
maybe an Epitaph souly dedicated to the Law of the Wests(have a write up on 
the Law Dogs, Some new info on Ranger and the Agency,  and maybe some info 
on Banshee Rangers).

I just don't think there is enough there for a Source book.  I kinda like 
the fact that Law Dogs are nice and simple(You carry a badge,  you enforce 
the law).

Dan


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