Way of the Cowboy, Get of yer horse and drink yer soymilk |
Way of the Cowboy, Get of yer horse and drink yer soymilk |
Feb 16 2005, 03:37 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,133 Joined: 3-October 04 Member No.: 6,722 |
I'm sorry. The idea struck and I couldn't resist.
It kind of sprang from the argument over adept Ways that went on recently. I was just reading an old JT Edson novel and it struck me - the romantic image of the cowboy plus an impressionable physad, and boom... So powers that fit the way would be... what do you say? Improved Reflexes (most cowboy heroes are quick on the draw) IA: Pistols, possibly rifles for a more Ysabel Kid/Annie Oakley type. IA: Riding Animal Empathy (Horses) Anything else? |
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Feb 16 2005, 03:41 PM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Quick Strike and the Attunement (Horse) Metamagic. :D
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Feb 16 2005, 03:46 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
IA: Survival
Telescopic Vision, Iron Will, etc etc. Just about any of them fit really, except for close combat powers. |
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Feb 16 2005, 03:54 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
You could try to talk your GM into allowing an Improved Ability that covered both Clubs and Edged Weapons but was geased to Only with Bottles…
~J |
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Feb 16 2005, 03:56 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,664 Joined: 21-September 04 From: Arvada, CO Member No.: 6,686 |
Nimble fingers perhaps? (reload that six shooter a bit faster at least)
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Feb 16 2005, 03:58 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 749 Joined: 22-June 02 From: Parts Without Member No.: 2,897 |
You could geas off a cyberholster with the "must be wearing 37.85 liter hat" geas (or the "must be wearing "Dallas" line of armored clothing" geas)
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Feb 16 2005, 04:44 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,073 Joined: 23-August 04 Member No.: 6,587 |
IA brawling would not be out of place,
nether would IA edged weapons geasa only aplyes to knives if you went the knife fighter rout. Edward |
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Feb 16 2005, 05:03 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 478 Joined: 18-December 03 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 5,918 |
Don't forget, gotta have plenty of TNT.
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Feb 16 2005, 05:29 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
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Feb 16 2005, 08:43 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,001 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Michigan Member No.: 1,514 |
mfb is my hero. That article is very good in my opinion. I'd get some good prep material and watch Pale Rider, and some other classic bad ass westerns too.
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Feb 16 2005, 09:21 PM
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Avatar of Mediocrity Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 725 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle, WA (err, UCAS) Member No.: 277 |
O Discordia!
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Feb 16 2005, 09:25 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,840 Joined: 24-July 02 From: Lubbock, TX Member No.: 3,024 |
Blaine is a pain, and that is truth.
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Feb 16 2005, 09:39 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i'm pleased with the fact that the article focuses on the gunslinger style, rather than introducing a bunch of shooting-related adept powers.
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Feb 16 2005, 10:04 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
IA: Performance for those oh so sad cowboy songs
I could see Unarmed specialized in boot spurs, or just Kicks knowledge skills in cattle and land navigation some medical skills wouldn't be amiss IA: Whips to cover lasso or make it it's own skill I forget the name of the power that lets you fall unharmed, but that would be handy for jumping onto your horse without ruining your night with the ladies. |
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Feb 17 2005, 01:47 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,144 Joined: 22-September 04 Member No.: 6,690 |
Freefall, and as for improved abilities, pistol, rifle, and shotgun would all be appropriate.
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Feb 17 2005, 01:49 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i love that power. i take great satisfaction in describing the pavement cracking apart under the unbearable impact when my character steps off the top of a third-story building.
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Feb 17 2005, 01:53 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 6,640 Joined: 6-June 04 Member No.: 6,383 |
Does SR have any kind of equestrian system?
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Feb 17 2005, 02:05 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
well, some of the rules are horseshit. (hah, i kill me.)
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Feb 17 2005, 03:17 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 586 Joined: 22-November 02 From: Gordonsville, Virginia, U.S.A. (or C.A.S.) Member No.: 3,630 |
Don't forget an edged weapon of some sort. :)
Most of the classic gunfighters in Western fiction were pretty good with a knife--usually a Bowie Knife or Arkansas toothpick. :) Also, in spite of the Hollywood stereotype, few real-life gunfighters were ambidextrous--James Butler "Wild Bill" Hickok, John Henry "Doc" Holliday, Henry McCarty (a/k/a "William ('Billy') Bonney", a/k/a "William ('Billy') Antrim", a/k/a "Billy the Kid"), and John Wesley Hardin are about the only real-life characters from that era who were truly ambidextrous. Most gunfighters and gunmen (the distinction is intentional--"gunfighters" were usually law-abiding, or wore a badge; "gunmen" were usually criminals) who carried a second revolver usually fired their first weapon until it was empty, switching to the second only if their opponent was still shooting, or if there was more than one--although the ones who were skillful enough to successfully take on more than one opponent simultaneously were few and far between. Hickok, for example, supposedly did so on at least one occasion, taking out two guys who tried to kill him by coming at him from two different directions--one attacking from the front, the other from directly behind. He killed the man in front of him with the gun in his left hand, and the man attacking from behind by pointing the gun in his right hand over his left shoulder and firing in the direction of the man's footsteps (on a wooden floor, cowboy boots are noisy). I say "supposedly" because, while Hickok was admittedly quite skillful, he also had a nasty habit of embellishing his own reputation. (I hesitate to call him a liar, because I never knew him personally. :) ) (Incidentally, "Doc" Holliday was also one of the gunfighters who carried a knife regularly, because he often plied his trade--gambling--in areas in which the carrying of firearms was forbidden by town ordinances.) I also recall reading about an unnamed lawman who wore a veritable ARSENAL of concealed weapons (eleven, IIRC) --mostly derringers, but he did carry at least one knife. However, to the casual observer, he was unarmed. :) Here's a link to a site where I found a Gunslinger character for SHADOWRUN: D.J. Faux --Foreigner |
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Feb 17 2005, 03:33 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,102 Joined: 23-March 04 From: The Grizzly Grunion, in a VIP room. Member No.: 6,191 |
I'm actually playing a character like this. Edged, pistols, whips, unarmed, ambidex... Not exactly Roland, but the idea had crossed my mind. I nixed it because Roland is waaaaay too good, but the archetype stuck.
(The man in black fled accross the desert and the Gunslinger followed! Hile!) |
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Feb 17 2005, 06:06 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 349 Joined: 28-January 05 From: Phoenix, Arizona Member No.: 7,030 |
Definitely use a Lasso, Manriki Guisari, or Bullwhip as a melee weapon.
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