I’m starting work on a Burning Deadlands kind of thing. Deadlands setting with BW rules. As part of that I need to make rules for 19th century firearms, which are obviously way ahead of the arquebuses in BWG. Here’s what I’ve got so far…
Note: light pistol refers to very small holdout weapons like the famous Derringer and other “pocket pistols.”
Firearm/Ranged Weapon Maneuver Mods
Weapon | Optimal | Extreme/OOR | Max |
---|---|---|---|
melee | - | - | 4 yds |
light pistol | 1d | 1d | 10 yds |
thrown wpn | 1d | 1d | 10 yds |
pistol | 3d | 1d | 30 yds |
shotgun | 2d | 2d | 40 yds |
bow | 1d | 1d | 80 yds |
carbine | 2d | 3d | 120 yds |
rifle | 2d | 4d | 200 yds |
repeating rifle | 3d | 5d | 200 yds |
Range Table
Versus… | melee | lt. pistol | thrown | pistol | shotgun | bow | carbine | rifle |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
LIGHT PISTOL | ||||||||
Optimal (1d) | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT |
Extreme (1d) | EXT | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | |
OOR (1d) | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | |||
THROWN WPN | ||||||||
Optimal (1d) | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT |
Extreme (1d) | EXT | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | |
OOR (1d) | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | |||
PISTOL | ||||||||
Optimal (3d) | EXT | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | |
Extreme (1d) | EXT | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | |||
OOR (1d) | EXT | EXT | OPT | OPT | ||||
SHOTGUN | ||||||||
Optimal (2d) | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | OPT | |||
Extreme (2d) | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | ||||
OOR (2d) | EXT | OPT | OPT | |||||
BOW | ||||||||
Optimal (1d) | EXT | EXT | OPT | OPT | OPT | |||
Extreme (1d) | EXT | EXT | OPT | |||||
OOR (1d) | EXT | EXT | ||||||
CARBINE | ||||||||
Optimal (2d) | EXT | EXT | OPT | OPT | ||||
Extreme (3d) | EXT | OPT | ||||||
OOR (3d) | EXT | |||||||
RIFLE | ||||||||
Optimal (2/3d) | EXT | OPT | ||||||
Extreme (4/5d) | EXT | |||||||
OOR (4/5d) |
I tried to take into consideration the ammunition capacity of each weapon in developing the maneuver mods. How hard would it be to advance or maneuver under fire from that weapon? Obviously it’s guesswork, as I’ve never been shot at directly. Comments, criticisms, and resources would be very welcome! I did see the Wild West lifepaths on the wiki, and I like them a lot.