Owl Hoot Trail: spaghetti western + fantasy = awesome. Come playtest!

[Piratecat]

DRAW would be good if it wasn't so specific; the ability applies to anything done with speed. I want a 4-letter word. I don't have any trouble thinking of snap as general quickness, but I see your objection.

I am editing the final playtest version, adding a bunch more material and some rules clarifications. Gatling gun is in there. I'll finish this tomorrow, then send it over to Pelgrane. Please be sure to sign up with them at the above link if you're interested in playtesting!

 

[Storminator]

DRAW would be good if it wasn't so specific; the ability applies to anything done with speed. I want a 4-letter word. I don't have any trouble thinking of snap as general quickness, but I see your objection.

I am editing the final playtest version, adding a bunch more material and some rules clarifications. Gatling gun is in there. I'll finish this tomorrow, then send it over to Pelgrane. Please be sure to sign up with them at the above link if you're interested in playtesting!

CLIP?
RUSH?
PACE?
GAIT?
STEP?
DASH?
DART?

Not sure any of those are better than SNAP.

PS

 

[Hypersmurf]

CLIP?
RUSH?
PACE?
GAIT?
STEP?
DASH?
DART?

Not sure any of those are better than SNAP.

DASH is my favourite of that set, but I still prefer SNAP - most of the others feel like they apply to physical quickness, but the stat covers reaction time as well as agility and mobility, and I think SNAP caters to both better than the other options.

-Hyp.

 

[Piratecat]

In unrelated news: the game now supports rules for Gatling guns, explosives, ogres, ogres wielding Gatling guns, orc PCs, staggering across a desert on no water, and a bevy of other features. Still a few more things to add before I sign off on the playtest copy: better spell lists, better gadgeteer flavor, and some publisher comments to accommodate.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Have sent my playtest email to Pelgrane.

Incidentally I met Beth from Pelgrane in the queue for a London Rollergirls Roller Derby bout last year at Earls Court, a few weeks before GenCon. It is sometime a very small, and quite random, world.

 

[Piratecat]

Okay! The playtest docs are in Pelgrane's hands and are headed out to playtesters. If you haven't signed up yet, please do so; it may be a week before the next round of playtest emails go out, however.

Things I particularly want tested:

- The gadgeteer and the shaman, at different levels. Do the burnout rules work? Does the cost feel about right? Is the power selection sufficient? Is there an issue with over- or under-poweredness?

- The preacher and the mentalist. Are the preacher's prayers useful enough? Is the mentalist overpowered in town but underpowered in the wilderness? Does the preacher's weapon selection cause any issues?

- Combat. Is "trailin'" well enough explained? Do you find you need the "hardened characters" option to stay alive in combat?

- Organization. The book isn't indexed yet, of course, but does the flow make sense? What doesn't it have that you wished it did? What does it have that you think is extraneous?

And of course, the adventure "They Rode to Perdition" (name courtesy of Hypersmurf) needs laytesting in all its glory. I claim the adventure is unbreakable because I give GMs enough NPC motivations to adapt on the fly. If that's not true, I should know about it!

Thank you to everyone playtesting this. It's very much appreciated.

 

[RangerWickett]

Good luck. I hope I can beat my own deadlines so I'll have free time to arrange a playtest of this.

 

[Mathew_Freeman]

Got the documents, thank you!

 

[WizarDru]

I'll try and grab these this weekend and see if I can grab the team for a test!

 

[Nytmare]

Got the documents, thank you!

I have been lost and forgotten...

Should I send another email, or does that just mean that I didn't make the first round of distro?