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.