Target Numbers: Difficulty Target Number Foolproof 3 Fair 5 Onerous 7 Hard 9 Incredible 11
Chip Type Bounty White 1 Red 2 Blue 3 Legend 5
Improvement Type Improvement Cost Raising a Trait's Die Type 3 x New Die Type Raising a Trait Level 2 x New Level Raising an Aptitude up to 5 1 x New Aptitude Raising an Aptitude above 6 2 x New Number Adding a Concentration 3 x New Concentrations Purchasing an Edge 3 x Edge Level Purchasing Arcane Ability Special (Ask Marshal) (ie, Hexes, Miracles, Etc.)
Result Cards Bust 0 2-4 1 5-9 2 10-14 3 15-19 4 20+ 5
Random Hit Location Result Location 1-4 legs* 5-9 lower guts 10 gizzards (one extra damage die!)** 11-14 arms* 15-19 upper guts 20 noggin (two extra damage dice!)**
Shootin' Modifiers
Situation Modifier
Firer is walking –2
Firer is running –6
Firer is mounted –2
Firer is wounded Varies
Size Varies
Target moving Pace 20+ –4
Target totally concealed –4
Torchlight, twilight –4
Moonlight –6
Blind, total darkness –8
Hip Fire -2
Drawing a Bead (+6 Max.) +2 per Action
Fightin’ Modifiers
Situation Modifier
Attacker is running –4
Attacker has high position +2
Attacker is wounded Varies
Size Varies
Target totally concealed –4
Torchlight, twilight –4
Moonlight –6
Blind, total darkness –8
Defender Armed Weapon’s
Defensive
Bonus
Called-Shots
Size Penalty
Guts –2
Legs, arms –4
Head, hands, feet –6
Eyeball, heart –10
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TN Dice Description
3 1d6 A terrifying but otherwise normal
creature, like an angry grizzly or
a rattlesnake.
5 2d6 Something slightly strange and
disturbing, but not immediately
dangerous, like a radrat.
7 3d6 A bizarre but almost plausible
creature, such as a croaker; a
gruesome corpse.
9 4d6 An undeniably supernatural creature
or a gruesome abomination such
as a walkin’ dead; a sickening
scene, such as a dismembered or
mutilated corpse.
11 5d6 A unique and overwhelming horror
like a wormling; a nauseating
scene of mass carnage.
13 6d6 A creature that defies the
imagination; grisly carnage that
serves some arcane and evil
purpose “man was not meant to
know.”
Roll Effect
1–3 Uneasy: The character stops and stares
for a moment at the grisly scene. For
his hesitation, he loses his next
Action Card.
4–6 Queasy: The victim stares in horror at
the scene, loses his next Action Card,
and subtracts –2 from any Trait or
Aptitude rolls made the rest of the
round.
7–9 The Willies: The character staggers
back and stares in horror, missing his
turn for the round. Just have him toss
in all his Action Cards, including
anything he might have up his sleeve.
He takes 1d6 Wind, and his actions
are at –2 until he makes a guts check,
which he may attempt once per
action—once this round is over and
he again has cards to use.
10–12 The Heebie-Jeebies: The character
turns white as a sheet and loses his
entire turn and 1d6 Wind. Again, he
should simply toss in all of his
Action Cards, including anything up
his sleeve. All actions suffer a –2
penalty for the rest of the encounter.
13–15 Weak in the Knees: The victim loses
1d6 Wind. At grotesque scenes, he
loses his lunch and staggers away,
choking the entire way. At terrible
scenes, he puts his tail between his
legs and gets the Hell out of Dodge.
In either case, he is completely
ineffectual until he makes the guts
check that caused this result. (He can
try this on any action.) He suffers a –2
penalty to any Trait and Aptitude
rolls for the remainder of the
encounter. A white Fate Chip negates
this penalty once the guts check is
successful.
16–18 Dead Faint: The character takes 3d6
Wind. If she’s reduced to 0 or less,
she faints dead away until she
recovers. Chips can be spent to
reduce Wind normally. If the
character has faith, she must make
an Onerous (7) faith total immediately.
If she fails, the horrors of the
Deadlands cause her to lose 1 level of
faith permanently.
19–21 Minor Phobia: The character
goes weak in the knees and
gains a minor phobia (a 2-point
loco Hindrance) centered
around the event. When affected
by this irrational fear, he suffers a
–2 penalty to any actions.
22–24 Major Phobia: The character goes
weak in the knees and gains a major
phobia (a 5-point loco Hindrance)
focused on the event. This is the
same as above, except the penalty is
–4, and the victim must make a Hard
(9) guts check to directly affect the
object of his fear.
25–27 Corporeal Alteration: The character
gains a minor phobia and suffers a
physical defect of some kind, such as
a streak of white hair, his voice box
contracts and he can only speak in
whispers, etc. Whatever it is, it
immediately lets people know that
this poor soul has had a brush with
unspeakable horrors that has left an
indelible mark on him. He may never
be the same.
28–30 “The Shakes”: The survivor gets a
major phobia and must make a Hard
(9) Spirit roll or reduce her Deftness
by –1 step permanently due to
constantly shaking hands. If the Spirit
roll is made, the terrible nervous
condition is only temporary, and her
Deftness is only affected for the next
1d6 days.
31–35 Heart Attack: The poor sap’s heart
skips a beat. He must make a Hard (9)
Vigor roll. If made, he suffers 3d6
Wind and gains a major phobia. If
failed, he suffers 3d6 Wind, his Vigor
is permanently reduced by one
step, and he must make a second
Hard (9) Vigor roll. If failed, he
has a heart attack and dies
unless someone else makes an
Incredible (11) medicine or
healing roll within 2d6 rounds.
If his Vigor ever falls below d4,
the victim automatically dies.
36+ Corporeal Aging: The character
has a heart attack and ages 1
year—if he survives.
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Type Speed Example Actions
Simple 0 Saying a single short sentence,
moving, making a stun check,
resisting a power or test of
wills.
Short 1 Saying a few short sentences,
drawing and cocking a
weapon, making a recovery
check, making a test of wills,
reloading a single shell or magazine,
climbing, jumping, or any kind
of movement that requires an
Aptitude (skill) roll.
Long 2+ Relating complex information,
short speeches, some powers
and spells, searching a pack,
or readying a gizmo.