Duelist Class
Iron sharpens iron. You’ve honed your skills by testing them against others in high-stakes duels. You long for a worthy opponent.
Whenever you make an Initiative Roll, gain bonus damage to Ranged attacks made on your first turn equal to the number of duelist Templates you have.
Starts with:
- A trophy from a duel you won (Decide what it is)
- A Box of 10 bullets
Choose one of - 2 Dueling Pistols (hand weapons)
- 1 Hand cannon (field weapon)
Templates
- Quick Draw, High Noon
- Double Tap
- Read the Room
- Fan the Hammer
Quick Draw
Anytime you succeed on an Initiative Roll, you can immediately make an Attack with a One-Handed Weapon. If you do, you are moved to the end of the Initiative order.
High Noon
Provided a target can understand you and is capable of feeling shame, you can challenge them to a Duel.
Outside of combat, you can challenge someone to a Duel. They must make a Mind Check to refuse. If they fail, they agree to the Duel, but can still negotiate weapons and stakes. Most Duels are to the death. Someone with followers may choose to send a representative to Duel in their stead.
When you make an Initiative Roll, you can challenge a creature to a Duel by yelling at it as a Free Action. The creature must make a Mind Check or Attack you on its next turn.
Duels
While you can set any terms for a Duel, the most common is pistols at high noon. The participants march ten paces apart, turn, and shoot. Faster reaction time wins, provided you don’t miss.
During this sort of Duel, the participants roll a contested Mind Check to determine who shoots first. The winner then makes an Agility Check to see if they hit. If they succeed, there is a 3 in 6 chance the loser is reduced to 0 Grit, and needs immediate medical care, and a 3 in 6 chance they are killed on the spot.
Before rolling the contested Mind Check, Duel participants can choose to take a bonus of any size to their roll. If they do, a penalty of the same size is applied to their Agility Check to hit their opponent.
If the first character to fire misses, the second participant can roll their Agility Check to attempt to hit their opponent. If both participants miss, the Duel ends in a draw.
Double tap
When using a firearm to Attack on your turn, you can choose to Attack twice. When you do, both attacks are Impaired.
Read the Room
You can tell when trouble’s brewing. After you exchange a few words with someone, you can tell whether they are hostile, unfriendly, indifferent, or friendly to you.
Fan the Hammer
You rapidly and inaccurately empty your gun at a single enemy. Make 1d6 Impaired attacks against them. Whenever you use this ability, you cannot Attack again with the weapons you used until you spend a turn reloading.