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Inspired by Dark Trails, I've created a new Star Crawl class, the Space Cowboy! This is a gunslinger inspired by "space western" characters like Firefly's Captain Reynolds and Cowboy Bebop's Spike.
This is a first draft of the class, completely untested. I'll be playtesting it & will likely include a revised version in a future release. I'm eager to hear your thoughts if you try it out in your own games!
Space Cowboy Rule Sheet
Space Cowboy Character Sheet
Space Cowboy
Bounty hunters, duelists, and trackers: space cowboys ride the
wild frontiers of space, surviving with guts & guns. Though valued by most
crews for their combat prowess, they are just as likely to strike out on their
own. When creating a space cowboy, high Agility and Luck statistics will be
especially helpful.
Hit Points: Space cowboys
gain 1d10 hit points at each level.
Quickdraw: Space cowboys are
always ready for trouble and don’t hesitate to throw the first punch. They add
their level to Initiative checks.
Trick Shot: Making their
living at the end of a gun, space cowboys are the undisputed masters of
firearms. The Trick Shot die should be rolled when a space cowboy makes a
ranged attack. This result is added to all ranged attack and damage rolls this
round (cumulative with any other bonuses).
Before making a ranged attack roll, a space cowboy may declare a Trick
Shot. This can be a special maneuver specific to the situation such as shooting
a gun out of the target’s hand, reflecting a photon beam off a mirror to hit
the target in the back, or the “road agent spin” (flipping a gun being
surrendered to make a surprise attack). If the Trick Shot die roll is 3 or
higher and the modified attack roll is a success, the space cowboy pulls off
the shot. If no special maneuver is attempted and the space cowboy gets a
critical hit, add the Trick Shot die roll to the final result on the critical
hit table.
True Grit: Space cowboys
are just tougher than most other folks, able to survive situations that would
lay most low. Any time a space cowboy spends a Luck point to modify a saving
throw result, roll their Trick Shot die and add the result to the saving throw
total.
Tracking: A space cowboy gains
+1 die type when attempting to track, follow, or otherwise find a target (typically
resulting in a d24 for such checks).
Lone Wolf: The space cowboy
is accustomed to fighting against the odds. In situations where foes might gain
an advantage for attacking in numbers (such as flanking bonuses or pack
fighting special abilities), they do not gain such benefits against the space
cowboy.
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Space Cowboy Level
Advancement
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Level
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Attack
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Crit
Die/ Table
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Action
Dice
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Ref
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Fort
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Will
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Trick
Shot Die
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1
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+1
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1d10/II
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1d20
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+1
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+1
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+1
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d3
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2
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+1
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1d12/II
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1d20
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+1
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+1
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+1
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d4
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3
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+2
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1d14/II
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1d20
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+2
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+2
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+1
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d4
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4
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+2
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1d16/II
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1d20
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+2
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+2
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+2
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d5
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5
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+3
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1d16/II
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1d20+1d14
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+3
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+3
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+2
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d6
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6
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+3
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1d20/II
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1d20+1d16
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+3
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+3
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+2
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d6
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7
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+3
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1d20/II
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1d20 (x2)
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+4
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+3
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+3
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d7
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8
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+4
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1d24/II
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1d20 (x2)
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+4
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+4
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+3
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d8
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9
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+4
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1d24/II
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1d20 (x2)
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+5
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+4
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+3
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d8
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10
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+5
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1d30/II
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1d20 (x2) +1d14
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+6
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+5
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+4
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d10
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