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Note 2 - Buying goods on the cheap ('''El Cheapo''') </Br> | Note 2 - Buying goods on the cheap ('''El Cheapo''') </Br> | ||
:Cost: El cheapo gear costs half the normal price, but a survivors only receives a discount on types of gear described below.</Br> | :Cost: El cheapo gear costs half the normal price, but a survivors only receives a discount on types of gear described below.</Br> | ||
− | + | ** Breakage: Cheap guns, saddles, and so forth—anything a survivor might use in a skill roll—break if the player rolls a Critical Failure. An el cheapo axe falls apart while you’re trying to whack some nogood rascal, or a secondhand wagon loses a wheel. If your cowpoke has the All Thumbs Hindrance, the breakage is spectacular enough to Stun the user. Powered items explode, the cinch on a saddle snaps like thunder, and so on. | |
− | + | ** Persuasion Penalties: Items that don’t come into play for skill rolls might affect folks’ perception of your hero. It rare in this setting (as everyone wear old cloths, etc.) but items that are especially cheap looking or maybe mildly radiative, etc. might give a penalty. Each of these items inflicts a −1 modifier to your hombre’s Persuasion rolls, but the maximum penalty for el cheapo gear is −2. | |
:EL CHEAPO HORSES or MOUNTS </Br> | :EL CHEAPO HORSES or MOUNTS </Br> | ||
− | + | ** Skinflint characters who cheap out on horseflesh are in for a whole different addition to their normal statistics, have two Minor Hindrances or a Major Hindrance of the Marshal’s choice. That’s right, partner, you could wind up with an Elderly nag, a Stubborn mare, or a Mean stallion full of piss and vinegar. You pays your money... | |