Down Darker Trails - Expanded Gun List

[TheEnclave]

DDT's incredibly fun, but it gets overlooked a lot. One common criticism I've seen and that I had myself was the weapon list was underwhelming and not very balanced, and it lacked a lot of iconic firearms from the Wild West, especially of decades before the 1870s. I've worked to expand the list to cover the late 1860s, and I plan to do additional tables for the 1870s-1880s, and 1890s-1910s. I've tried to fine-tune and balance every gun based on their historical pros and cons, be it cost, range, or loading speed vs. stopping power. This'll give both your players and NPCs a much more diverse and flavorful arsenal to pick from. Lemme know what you think!

 

 

 

 

DDT Gun List (1860s).txt

Edited February 18, 2022 by TheEnclave

[TheEnclave]

Updated with explosives and heavy weapons, along with a few changes I forgot.

[Ian Absentia]

[Odd -- I thought I'd hit SEND on this response yesterday.]

First, agreed that Down Darker Trails doesn't get the love it deserves, both as an adjunct to CoC and as a straight-up Western game in its own right.

With regard to gun lists, I'm conflicted.  On one hand, I'm generally unconvinced that damage ratings can be dialed in realistically to differentiate the fine granularity of, say, +1 vs +1d2, etc. -- but that's cool and I don't doubt the sincerity of your efforts.  On the other hand, effective ranges, number of rounds loaded, availability, and cost by name are invaluable to a game that relies on historical references.  This is a setting where the gap between wanting or needing something on the frontier and having it in hand may be weeks, months, or even years, and a lot of the charm is in the historical details.

I guess I'm leaning on flavor over functionality, and I like what you're doing.

!i!

[Agentorange]

Liking it. can I suggest one further column, not so important now but if you do a master list for the entire period....Year available