He gets an action for every 6 he throws, but he is
unlucky and does not get any this time. Darn it! Maybe
it’s the effect of the whisky! So he cannot carry out any
diced for actions, which includes aimed shooting, but he
can still undertake a free action. After briefly considering
running away, he decides instead on Wild Firing. In other
words, he fans the hammer of the revolver in his hand
and blazes away without stopping to aim. This gives him
seven dice (the usual two plus two for the Marksmanship
skill and three for Wild Firing), needing 6s to hit, and this
time he gets lucky. He throws 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 4 and 2.
Three hits. As he is Wild Firing he can only inflict near
misses, but he can allocate these as he wishes as long
as all the subsequent targets are within four inches of
the first. The inexperienced roughnecks are bunched
tightly together, so the rifleman, the man with the
shotgun and one of the pistoleros each collects a puff of
cotton wool dust as a near miss marker, which effectively
suppresses them and restricts them to free actions only
until the markers are removed.
The roughnecks’ turn
Now it is the roughnecks’ turn. The gang does not need
to take a morale test as it has not suffered any actual
casualties, but the guys with near misses must dice to
try and remove them. Each man gets three dice, as they
are Fighters, needing a 6 to succeed as usual. The one
with the shotgun succeeds, so two of the gang can
undertake any action the player wishes this turn,
provided they pass their action dice throw. As Fighters
they throw four dice, but yes, one of them is a 6, giving
the two unsuppressed guys one action each. The
pistolero decides to take an aimed shot, but he only gets
two hit dice at this range and neither of them is a 6, so
he has missed. The roughneck with the shotgun gets
four dice, scoring 6, 4, 2 and 1. This is a hit on The Man,
so the shooting player rolls the wound dice to find out
where he has got him. A chest wound. This looks
promising, but at six inches range the shot from a
shotgun is starting to spread out, so we deduct two from
the next throw, which tells us how bad the damage is.
unlucky and does not get any this time. Darn it! Maybe
it’s the effect of the whisky! So he cannot carry out any
diced for actions, which includes aimed shooting, but he
can still undertake a free action. After briefly considering
running away, he decides instead on Wild Firing. In other
words, he fans the hammer of the revolver in his hand
and blazes away without stopping to aim. This gives him
seven dice (the usual two plus two for the Marksmanship
skill and three for Wild Firing), needing 6s to hit, and this
time he gets lucky. He throws 6, 6, 6, 5, 5, 4 and 2.
Three hits. As he is Wild Firing he can only inflict near
misses, but he can allocate these as he wishes as long
as all the subsequent targets are within four inches of
the first. The inexperienced roughnecks are bunched
tightly together, so the rifleman, the man with the
shotgun and one of the pistoleros each collects a puff of
cotton wool dust as a near miss marker, which effectively
suppresses them and restricts them to free actions only
until the markers are removed.
The roughnecks’ turn
Now it is the roughnecks’ turn. The gang does not need
to take a morale test as it has not suffered any actual
casualties, but the guys with near misses must dice to
try and remove them. Each man gets three dice, as they
are Fighters, needing a 6 to succeed as usual. The one
with the shotgun succeeds, so two of the gang can
undertake any action the player wishes this turn,
provided they pass their action dice throw. As Fighters
they throw four dice, but yes, one of them is a 6, giving
the two unsuppressed guys one action each. The
pistolero decides to take an aimed shot, but he only gets
two hit dice at this range and neither of them is a 6, so
he has missed. The roughneck with the shotgun gets
four dice, scoring 6, 4, 2 and 1. This is a hit on The Man,
so the shooting player rolls the wound dice to find out
where he has got him. A chest wound. This looks
promising, but at six inches range the shot from a
shotgun is starting to spread out, so we deduct two from
the next throw, which tells us how bad the damage is.
The dice score is 3, reduced to 1, which is only a graze –
in other words a small hole in The Man’s coat, treated as
a near miss. The other two roughnecks could fire wildly,
but the best they could get is another near miss, which will
have no effect on The Man as they are not cumulative.
The player elects for them to stand their ground in the
hope that they can shoot next turn, if they survive the
inevitable retaliation.
The Man’s turn again
It is now The Man’s turn again, and we will see why
nobody has managed to claim that reward yet. First, as a
Gunman with Nerves of Steel he throws seven dice to
recover from the near miss, and gets a 6 which allows him
to act as normal. Then he throws another seven action
dice, which come up 6, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1 and 1. Two 6s give
him two separate actions. For the first one he decides to
take an aimed shot at the punk with the shotgun. Four
dice (basic two for aimed fire with the pistol, plus two for
Marksmanship) give him 6, 3, 3 and 2. A hit! The wound
dice tell us it is a head shot, which a damage dice throw of
5 converts to an outright kill. That will teach these thugs to
mess with The Man! But he still has another action to go,
so he takes a second shot at the next most dangerous
opponent, the pistolero who is not suffering the effects of
a near miss. Four more dice, scoring 6, 6, 4 and 4. Two
hits this time, but only one counts. If he was shooting at
close range with a revolver the Man could count them
both, but six inches is long range so he only hits once. But
again he is lucky, hitting the guy in the right hand and then
throwing a 5, which means he must drop his gun.
in other words a small hole in The Man’s coat, treated as
a near miss. The other two roughnecks could fire wildly,
but the best they could get is another near miss, which will
have no effect on The Man as they are not cumulative.
The player elects for them to stand their ground in the
hope that they can shoot next turn, if they survive the
inevitable retaliation.
The Man’s turn again
It is now The Man’s turn again, and we will see why
nobody has managed to claim that reward yet. First, as a
Gunman with Nerves of Steel he throws seven dice to
recover from the near miss, and gets a 6 which allows him
to act as normal. Then he throws another seven action
dice, which come up 6, 6, 5, 4, 2, 1 and 1. Two 6s give
him two separate actions. For the first one he decides to
take an aimed shot at the punk with the shotgun. Four
dice (basic two for aimed fire with the pistol, plus two for
Marksmanship) give him 6, 3, 3 and 2. A hit! The wound
dice tell us it is a head shot, which a damage dice throw of
5 converts to an outright kill. That will teach these thugs to
mess with The Man! But he still has another action to go,
so he takes a second shot at the next most dangerous
opponent, the pistolero who is not suffering the effects of
a near miss. Four more dice, scoring 6, 6, 4 and 4. Two
hits this time, but only one counts. If he was shooting at
close range with a revolver the Man could count them
both, but six inches is long range so he only hits once. But
again he is lucky, hitting the guy in the right hand and then
throwing a 5, which means he must drop his gun.
