The Gunhand
Mercenary / Lawman
"I don't make the laws. I just enforce the ones that pay."
- Type
- Mundane
- Prime
- QUICK / IRON
- Starting Erosion
- 0
You make your living with violence — as a hired gun, a bounty hunter, a sheriff, or a soldier. Your reputation is your resume, and your revolver is your reference letter.
Starting Choices
- Prime Attribute: Choose +1 QUICK or +1 IRON.
- Skill Allocation: Distribute 6 Skill Points among Career Skills (maximum starting Rank 2).
- Starting Talents: Choose one Gunhand Talent from the Calling-specific list above, plus one general Mundane Talent (Combat or Non-Combat list — player’s choice).
Starting Loadout
Career Skills
Starting Gear
Starting Talents
Choose One
Pick one of the following at character creation. See Starting Choices above for the full rule.
The Law's Weight
- Cost
- 1 Mettle
- Tempo
- —
"Your authority is written in iron."
Bounty Hunter's Eye
- Cost
- Passive
- Tempo
- —
"You never forget a face on a wanted poster."
Gun Kata
- Cost
- 2 Mettle
- Tempo
- —
"You move like the bullet wants you to."
The Draw
- Cost
- 1 Mettle
- Tempo
- Weapon Base
"They saw the flash. They never saw the hand."
Marked Man
- Cost
- 1 Mettle
- Tempo
- T0
"You've called your target. The Frontier will remember if you miss."
Posse Leader
- Cost
- Passive
- Tempo
- —
"You don't ride alone. And the people who ride with you fight harder for it."
The Stare
- Cost
- 1 Mettle
- Tempo
- T4
"You don't need to draw. Sometimes the look is enough."
Horseback Fury
- Cost
- Passive
- Tempo
- —
"You fight better from the saddle than most men fight with both feet on the ground."
Veteran's Sense
- Cost
- Passive
- Tempo
- —
"You've survived enough ambushes to smell one coming."
No Surrender
- Cost
- Passive
- Tempo
- —
"You don't holster your iron until the job is done."
Two-Barrel Justice
- Cost
- 1 Mettle
- Tempo
- Weapon Base
"One for the body. One for the soul."
Executioner's Calm
- Cost
- Passive
- Tempo
- —
"The killing gets easier. That should worry you, but it doesn't anymore."
Drive Examples
- The weight of the badge in my pocket.
- The face on every wanted poster I've ever folded into my saddlebag.
- The day my partner put on his iron and didn't come home.