Mar 4, 2025 7:13 am
For discussin' varmints 'an such...
Six Gun Fury OOC
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Mar 5, 2025 6:17 am
You made it!
The overall scenario I'm thinking of is a classic tale, along the lines of your PC coming west looking for someone, coming to someone's aid at their request, etc. A complicated situation is discovered and we go from there.
I'll share some specific ideas shortly, but in the meantime I'll share the game in Discord. I think you know my policy there -- I share PDFs like I share books with those at the table. But if you like the game and plan on playing it further or running it, please buy it for yourself.
The overall scenario I'm thinking of is a classic tale, along the lines of your PC coming west looking for someone, coming to someone's aid at their request, etc. A complicated situation is discovered and we go from there.
I'll share some specific ideas shortly, but in the meantime I'll share the game in Discord. I think you know my policy there -- I share PDFs like I share books with those at the table. But if you like the game and plan on playing it further or running it, please buy it for yourself.
Mar 23, 2025 12:17 am
Sheet's ready! Just click 'Create Character' in the top right and you should be good to go.
SIX GUN FURY
MAKING ROLLS
Roll 2d6 and add ability rank to the total rolled to determine result:
♠ 7 or less is a failure
♠ 8 to 10 is a costly success
♠ 11 or more is a success
Bonus and penalty dice cancel each other out.
If left with bonus dice, add them to the roll and use the two highest rolls as the action dice.
If left with penalty dice, add them to the roll and use the two lowest rolls as the action dice.
[ +- ] Six Gun Fury
Create character
SIX GUN FURY
Name:
Drive:
Archetype:
Flaw:
Drive:
Archetype:
Flaw:
CAREERS
| BRAINS: | BRAWN: | FIGHT: | GRACE: | GUTS: |
| RIDE: | SENSE: | SPEED: | SHOOT: | TINKER: |
TALENTS
DESCRIPTION
BACKSTORY
BACKSTORY
HEARTSTRINGS
GEAR
MAKING ROLLS
Roll 2d6 and add ability rank to the total rolled to determine result:
♠ 7 or less is a failure
♠ 8 to 10 is a costly success
♠ 11 or more is a success
Bonus and penalty dice cancel each other out.
If left with bonus dice, add them to the roll and use the two highest rolls as the action dice.
If left with penalty dice, add them to the roll and use the two lowest rolls as the action dice.
SPENDIN' GRIT
Luck: buy a lucky break
Mercy: keep an enemy alive
Rerolls: reroll a roll
Skills: get a random skill
Blaze of Glory: die a heroic death
Luck: buy a lucky break
Mercy: keep an enemy alive
Rerolls: reroll a roll
Skills: get a random skill
Blaze of Glory: die a heroic death
RECOVERIN' GRIT
Drive: play to it
Flaws: succumb to it
Judge’s Fiat: deal with it
Survival: make it
Blaze of Glory: witness it
Drive: play to it
Flaws: succumb to it
Judge’s Fiat: deal with it
Survival: make it
Blaze of Glory: witness it
Mar 23, 2025 12:26 am
jason says:
Rugged pioneer, maybe a foreman in a cattledrive or a former one?
I can post more, but just having the PDF handy is probably all your need. Let me know if you have questions.
For the adventure, way I see, you've been summoned by someone for help. Who was it? Your brother? An old friend? Someone you knew from the war? And old flame? A mixture, because your brother wedded your old flame when you wouldn't settle down with her? That fancy woman from England who was trying to open a shop in a rough town you warned her about?
Start giving this some thought, but it might be easier after you develop your Background and Heartstrings.
Mar 23, 2025 10:33 pm
I'll finish this up tomorrow, I need to think a little more about the background and am not dead set on the Flaw or the Exceptional Horse talent although I like them. I'm thinking the hearing damage made him leave the Rangers and take on the life of a cowpoke and his natural leadership got him made a foreman. He is older which explains some of his lower physical abilities.
Mar 23, 2025 10:36 pm
Also I just subscribed to the thread so I should get notifications. I plan to check at least once a day from here on out.
Mar 24, 2025 4:44 am
No hurry! And are you filling him out? You'll need to 'submit' him to the game for me to see him. That's under Game Details at the lower right, then scroll to the bottom to 'Submit a Character...'
Mar 24, 2025 7:04 am
Is that just on a PC? I’m on my phone and don’t see the option. I’ll fiddle with it when I get a break at work, I need to hit the road.
Mar 24, 2025 7:12 am
Again, no worries or hurry. Should be on the phone too. I'll get a screen shot...
Mar 25, 2025 4:53 am
Man, it's all good.
Digging Milt so far. Tough old timer! Just noticed I didn't put a place on his sheet for Grit, so adding that.
Digging Milt so far. Tough old timer! Just noticed I didn't put a place on his sheet for Grit, so adding that.
Mar 25, 2025 10:25 am
Excellent. As I said I’m not sure about the Exceptional Horse, I like it in theory but it depends how you want to handle it. I have never owned a horse so I’m not sure I can narrate the day to day care ‘Trigger’ would need.
Mar 25, 2025 2:33 pm
I think it’ll work if we do an adventure with lots of outdoor stuff / travel — which we can! Let’s get it a shot, and if it’s not working for you, easy enough to have Trigger hit by a train and you pick a new Trait. ;)
Let me know if you want to bounce ideas for Heartstrings, Backstory, etc.
Let me know if you want to bounce ideas for Heartstrings, Backstory, etc.
Mar 25, 2025 4:07 pm
Still a work in progress, I’ve been doing it on the phone so excuse typos, let me know what you think.
Mar 26, 2025 1:07 am
Looks good! Give the man 6 Grit to start and me a minute to brew up a suitable adventure...
Mar 26, 2025 5:33 am
Some questions:
♦ You picked Oklahoma for a reason? I'm planning on setting the game around 1870, and it's still the Indian Territory at that time. Certainly there was a huge mix of people there, though, including white ranchers, freed slaves, and *many* different tribes / nations.
♦ The Duncannons own the Double D, is that right?
♦ Trigger. Seriously? 😂
♦ The Rangers most recently battled the Comanche in the 1850s. That work for what you were thinking? He was a Ranger 10+ years ago? Or should we shoot for more like the mid 1860s?
♦ Thoughts on what Martha's husband is like, or is that fully in my hands?
♦ Might make sense for Milt to just recently have hired on with the Double D. Would that work?
♦ You picked Oklahoma for a reason? I'm planning on setting the game around 1870, and it's still the Indian Territory at that time. Certainly there was a huge mix of people there, though, including white ranchers, freed slaves, and *many* different tribes / nations.
♦ The Duncannons own the Double D, is that right?
♦ Trigger. Seriously? 😂
♦ The Rangers most recently battled the Comanche in the 1850s. That work for what you were thinking? He was a Ranger 10+ years ago? Or should we shoot for more like the mid 1860s?
♦ Thoughts on what Martha's husband is like, or is that fully in my hands?
♦ Might make sense for Milt to just recently have hired on with the Double D. Would that work?
Mar 26, 2025 6:04 pm
Harrigan says:
Some questions:♦ You picked Oklahoma for a reason? I'm planning on setting the game around 1870, and it's still the Indian Territory at that time. Certainly there was a huge mix of people there, though, including white ranchers, freed slaves, and *many* different tribes / nations.
I only picked Oklahoma because it is near Texas, I’m ok changing it if you want.
♦ The Duncannons own the Double D, is that right?
No, the Double D is where Milt is employed as a foreman, a different spread.
♦ Trigger. Seriously? 😂
I was using it as a placeholder and never changed it. That said Trigger is better than Mr. Ed …
♦ The Rangers most recently battled the Comanche in the 1850s. That work for what you were thinking? He was a Ranger 10+ years ago? Or should we shoot for more like the mid 1860s?
That works, I figure he was 18-20 when he joined the Rangers and if he is in his 40s now that puts us to the 1870s. If you want to push it back to the 1860s we could. I’m thinking he served with the Rangers during the Civil War and that’s when he was injuried or he was injuried prior and considered not fit to serve, which isn’t very likely…
♦ Thoughts on what Martha's husband is like, or is that fully in my hands?
Fully in your hands, Milt might have known him when he was at the Duncannon Ranch or it might be someone he never met.
♦ Might make sense for Milt to just recently have hired on with the Double D. Would that work?
That’s fine. Maybe he worked there a short while but has just been promoted to foreman?
Last edited March 26, 2025 6:05 pm
Mar 26, 2025 7:22 pm
Alright, with those answers in hand (thanks), let’s tweak and button this down.
See how you feel about all this, based on the current year being 1870.
Please change any and all of this if you want! I’m just trying to bed some foundation stones so I can built adventures and shit on them. I like the idea of the Double D maybe being owned by a freed slave who needs ranching expertise, and of us exploring what will become Oklahoma as it starts changing hands. Lots of potential friction points.
See how you feel about all this, based on the current year being 1870.
| 1828 | Milt’s born on the Dale family ranch in northern Texas, up near the Indian Territory. |
| 1831 | Milt’s mother dies. |
| 1844 | When Milt is sixteen, his father Jedediah sends him to the ranch of his old Army friend, Aloysius Duncannon. |
| 1848 | The Duncannon girl, Martha, turns fifteen and captures Milt’s heart. They spend the next three years in love, and start planning a life together when… |
| 1850 | The Comanche slaughter everyone on the Dale Ranch. Milt joins up with the Rangers and rides with them for the next ten years, Indian-fighting. |
| 1860 | After he’s badly hurt and his hearing irreparably damaged in a black powder explosion, Milt leaves the Rangers and returns to Duncannon Ranch where he hopes to reunite with Martha and wed her. Martha, however, has gone and married someone else in the meantime, at the insistence of her father Aloysius. |
| 1861 | Perhaps broken-hearted, Milt joins back up with the Texas Rangers and fights in the War Between the States. |
| 1866 | The war is over and Milt is on his own. He does cattle drive and ranch work all over Texas and part of what will eventually become the Oklahoma Territory for the next two years. He sees Martha from time to time, but its too painful to stay near her for long. |
| 1868 | Milt starts working at the Double D Ranch in the recently reclaimed Federal Lands in the Indian Territory, where freed slaves and other settlers are starting to move to. |
| 1870 | The current year — Milt has recently become foreman. |
Please change any and all of this if you want! I’m just trying to bed some foundation stones so I can built adventures and shit on them. I like the idea of the Double D maybe being owned by a freed slave who needs ranching expertise, and of us exploring what will become Oklahoma as it starts changing hands. Lots of potential friction points.
Mar 26, 2025 7:50 pm
Looks good! Would you rather the horse be named "Socks" or "Castano" as opposed to "Trigger"?
Last edited March 26, 2025 8:00 pm
Mar 26, 2025 9:56 pm
Any name you want! Trigger just seemed a bit much…
If you’re good with the above, I think we’re ready to roll! I’ll try to get the IC thread up tonight or tomorrow!
If you’re good with the above, I think we’re ready to roll! I’ll try to get the IC thread up tonight or tomorrow!
Mar 26, 2025 10:20 pm
Sounds good! We’ll go with Castano in the hope you don’t kill him to death because his name bugs you ;)
Mar 27, 2025 5:42 am
Also, starting to brew up some NPC pics. Let me know if you want something in the same style for Milt.
Casey:
Ezra:
Casey:
Ezra:
Mar 27, 2025 4:30 pm
Slammed at work, I will dive into this tomorrow. I’d love to see a picture of Milt.
Mar 28, 2025 3:26 pm
What is the schedule like for the hands? Do they get rotating breaks? When would this young stud normally have time to go to town?
Mar 28, 2025 4:09 pm
How are you counting?
12
34
56
78
Or
15
26
37
48
?
On Casey's schedule, I figure he gets the Sabbath off, so not a lot of time -- or means -- to get into town on his own. He's low man on the totem pole, too, probably doesn't have a horse and Preacher Daniels likely doesn't trust him to take a horse or wagon into town...
12
34
56
78
Or
15
26
37
48
?
On Casey's schedule, I figure he gets the Sabbath off, so not a lot of time -- or means -- to get into town on his own. He's low man on the totem pole, too, probably doesn't have a horse and Preacher Daniels likely doesn't trust him to take a horse or wagon into town...
Mar 30, 2025 11:55 pm
So you don't miss it, there's now a Who's Who.
Apr 3, 2025 1:06 pm
Not ignoring this just dealing with a sick family and lots of work
Last edited April 3, 2025 1:07 pm