Sunday 8 October 2017

‘Steamtech’: Herr Jakob Rosenberg's Chloroform Gun.



‘steamtech’.

Herr Jakob Rosenberg's
Chloroform Gun.

Herr Rosenberg's Pacifistic mind was Greatly Troubled by the Suffering caused by the Machinery of Modern Warfare. Despite his peaceful ideals, the worldly-wise inventor doubted that mankind would easily give up combat as a means of resolving its differences. This led him to work on developing an alternate form of weaponry that might Reduce the Suffering of the Common Soldiery.




The Chloroform Gun was designed to render your opponent unconscious allowing you to disarm him & take him prisoner rather than kill or maim him. Its short range and slow loading actually makes this gun useless in Military Combat. It is, however, suitable for other uses. The Homburg Police force are known to be trialling the weapon as a means of apprehending Violent Criminals.

Cost:  144 Florins (12c)
Size: Small [ 5 wounds].
Description: A hand held brass cylinder with a nozzle
Operation Time: A few minutes
Controlled by: A small lever

Host’s information.
The Chloroform Gun has an effective range of 30 feet and a maximum range of 50 feet. It has a ten shot gas cylinder. This takes 30 seconds to replace with a new one when empty.

If fired into a strong wind the range is halved and the level of difficulty to hit is increased by one. If fired in a strong crosswind the difficulty to hit is increased by two. 

The user must wear a protective mask or suffer the effects of the gas on a fumble.

If a target is hit, draw a card & consult the table below:

Highest of Physique or
Courage
Unaffected if card drawn is:
Groggy for 5 minutes (treat as wounded)
Unconscious for this time if failed
PR
Ace
King, Queen
20 minutes
AV
Ace,King
Queen, Jack
18 minutes
GD
Ace, King, Queen
Jack, Ten
16 minutes
GR
Ace or Face card
Ten, Nine
12 minutes
EXC
Ace, Face card or ten
Nine, Eight
10 minutes
EXT
Ace, Face card, ten or nine
Eight, Seven
8 minutes
NOTE: if a Joker is drawn the character has been MORTALLY WOUNDED - draw another card & if it is a Spade the character has PERISHED! (Chloroform is Poisonous in large doses)

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