Leofwyn

I would say that, as the cultist attacks, Harvey can either fight back, dodge, or maneuver. As drawing the gun and shooting is an attack, it is not an option at that time. On Harvey's initiative, he can draw the gun and fire. (Debatable if this is an other action or not, I'd say not if readily available from holster or pocket) Firing into melee is at disadvantage, but point blank is advantage - they should cancel out. (I could be convinced that as Harvey is in the melee, he is still at disadvantage) Next round, Harvey will act first as firearms are at dex + 50. The cultist is in trouble as he brought his fist to a gun fight!

Title says it all, do we have any news on when this could see publicaton?

Hello, Lets see, my experiances w/ BRP are mostly confined to Call of Cthulhu, Stormbringer, and Pendragon. I didn't like Stormbringer at first as the GM who ran the game in college ran it as a "lets see how many characters I can kill!" game. (We had to create 6 different characters and generally went through them in a night.) I took me running CoC to see how BRP can shine. Currently, I live in a very small town in East Texas where there doesn't appear to be any gamers. However, I am always hopeful. I am looking forward to BRP and using it to flesh out some ideas I have for . . . wait for it . . . yet another fantasy world and/or a western. Thanks, Leofwyn