I'm sure this is an old one, but I have to ask... I am very excited about starting a new Deadlands campaign (2nd edition), but I am less than satisfied by the...
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Two obstacles I see are speed and probability issues. The combat rules look like combat may involve a lot of game time. For example, to resolve a gunfight you...
... Your GM should know the distance and TN. ... Only if you're using a gattling gun or some other form of Mad Scientist gun (and even then you can roll that ...
... Combat actually plays pretty quick once you're familiar with the rules. The learning curve can be a bit steep, especially for a newbie GM (players have it...
... Read the Marshal's handbook. It has various short cuts on making combat quicker. About Armour, most people don't walk around with it, only beasties and...
Thanks. I have already seen some of the quick tricks in the Marshall's Handbook. They do look helpful. I'm trying to introduce a new system to a group who are...
Seems like someone created a "cheat sheet" at one point (perhaps the one someone referred to earlier in this discussion?) that sped combat up considerably. I...
... I've just uploaded the two cheat sheets that I found many a year ago, to the yahoo group files section. I can't remember where they come from, so if...
... It shouldn't take more than a minute to do a round of combat with 4 players. If you have more, it might take a bit longer, especially if you're all new to...
There used to be a page with a great Deadlands timeline on http://mscof.home.texas.net, titled "Waste of Space". This site is now retired. Does anyone have a...
Whoops! I had that same site bookmarked and now it is, indeed, gone. ... From: "grendelpreacher" <no_reply@yahoogroups.com> To: <deadlands2@yahoogroups.com> ...
Do all relic weapons adversly affect supernatural creatures? Some of the weapons in the marshal's handbook specify that they do (like Cortez's Sword) but...
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Hi I live in the whittier area of socal and am very interested in finding a group to play deadlands with I would prefer to play classic deadlands over D20 but...
Greetings. Long Time Lurker - First Time Poster (I Think...) Just wanted to say thanks to everyone for some of the excellent ideas I've gleaned from here since...
In "The Junkman Cometh" in the power section, they reference the power Ammo. They mention anti-personell rounds and reference that info on "frangible" and...
... Are you looking in the core book or the World book (called Wasted West)? They aren't in the core book, and I unfortunatly don't have a page reference for...
... Hmmm. Just to be clear, what is the actual full title of the book you reference? I can't find a book with just that name "Wasted West." The nearest that...
... http://www.peginc.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=S&Product_Code=6TWWC&Category_Code=AHC ... Which unfortunatly doesn't seem to say...
Well tis the season and as such it's a time to be considering all that has gone before as well as all that will come in 2006. To this end i have set up a new...
It has been a while. It is good to see that the crew is still going. I have a posse in the Great maze (HOE), and I was just wondering if any of you have...
