![]() ![]() A Grand Success occurs when doubles appear, and the total result is over the target number. ![]() There are three results, failure, success, Grand Success. The game’s mechanics are simple-roll 3d6 against a difficult number or higher. Each skill is linked to one or more attributes that can be incorporated to increase the skill when appropriate. The skills list is small but broad enough to cover most situations. These templates provide the character with attribute modifiers, skills, and special skills. They then choose from one of the five character templates: Gunslinger, Trapper, Gambler, Mountebank, or Voodoo Priest. Players have 20 points to distribute among the five attributes, Brawn, Agility, Mettle, Insight, and Wits. ![]() It only requires five steps: create a background, define attributes, select a character template, find derived values, and choose skills. When it comes to character creation, it’s short and easy. The authors do confront past depictions of first peoples and reiterate their diversity and culture, ensuring they are treated with respect within the game. Its description and background information are just as brief and shallow as the rest. One subject I’ve never seen associated with westerns is Voodoo as strange as it sounds, DESPERADO includes characters that are practitioners of it. Yet it does give you a decent feel for the era, though. It’s the same content you’d receive by watching a TV special on the subject, skimming only the surface but nothing too deep or immersive. It highlights the most common of western tropes:, cowboys, the gold rush, stagecoaches, the pony express, railroads, law enforcement, first peoples, etc. The PDF for DESPERADO begins with an overview of the Wild West. Using western cliches and stereotypes imagined in dime-store novels and later in Hollywood films brings a unique play experience and gaming mechanics to the tabletop. Free from its screen and game controller, players can now explore the wild west depicted in DESPERADOS III with stories of their own making. DESPERADOS A PEN AND PAPER ROLEPLAYING GAMEįrom the world of video games comes an adaptation of DESPERADOS III to tabletop roleplaying called DESPERADOS. ![]()
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