Federal Special Services

Adventures in

The Wild, Wild West

The Characters

Sean Lincoln, the PC agent
Arliss James (AJ) Strebs, his PC partner
Aloyisous MacAllister, Sean's NPC partner
Max Pringle, one-legged ex-soldier; now cook and guard of the private rail car
The Major, the head of the FSS
Perkins, the armorer for the FSS

Character Generation

Originally, this game ran under Hero System, 5th Edition. While that was OK, it wasn't quite doing what I wanted it to do, so as of April, 2009, the game has shifted to a slightly modified version of 7th Sea. I'm hoping that this will capture the flavor of the genre a little better.

The main changes are as follows:

All the background/setting information is gone, as are Sorcery, Swordsmanship Schools and Backgrounds.
A character may begin with any one Trait at 4.
Virtues and Hubrises will be dealt with on a case by case basis.
The Scholar skill will include various sciences and scientific professions but not Occult.
Firearms will be split into Pistol and Rifle, and there will also be Mounted Pistol and Mounted Rifle advanced knacks (like horse archery). A Quickdraw advanced knack will also be in play.
Languages will cost 1 point each at character generation.
A new military skill exists: Special Weapons, with the following knacks
- Basic - Demolition
- Advanced - Artillery
- Advanced - Attack (Crossbow)

Of course, some knacks are less likely to be useful than others, but, heck, Fashion might matter ...

At some point, I might rewrite the Skills/Knacks to better reflect the genre.

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