NATIVE AMERICAN PLAYER CHARACTERS IN SIX GUN SOUND

This supplement was written for the original version of Six Gun Sound. Players will find that most of this material can be used as is in Six Gun Sound: Blaze of Glory.  Feel free to alter anything here to fit your view of the characters and situations presented here.

                                                Brig. M. C. Monkey-Dew (retd.)

                                                December 2011

            The following variant rules allow players to use Indians in the Six Gun Sound campaign game. As they represent a large departure from the other characters they have a lot of differing circumstances than the others. As such, if a player chooses to use an Indian Player Character then ALL of the optional rules that pertain specifically to them must be used.

Characters should be generated using the standard 6GS rules. Remember the +2 Toughness for Indians.

CHOOSING A PROFESSION

For the purposes of this game, player characters will be considered Renegades. This allows players great latitude of action without concern for the occasional years or relative peace between the government, the settlers, and the tribes.

Characters may be either Plains Indians (Comanche, Kiowa, Kiowa Apache, Arapaho, etc.) or South Western Indians (Jicarilla Apache, Mescalero Apache, Kickapoo, etc.)

LIFE AND TIMES

Not all of these are applicable to Indian characters. Use your discretion. Note that

Plains Indians will automatically receive #6 “Have exceptional horse” as their first result.

LOCALES

Plains Indians may operate in all three locales. while Southwest Indians are limited to the Southwest and Texas.

Locales Encounter Modifiers
	SW	Texas	Kansas (and the IT)
Capture (Attacker)	+2	+1	-1
Capture (Defender)	0	0	0
Cattle Rustling	+1	+2	0
Indians	+2	+1	-1
Posse	-1	+1	0

ENCOUNTERS AND PASSAGE OF TIME

Possible encounters for Indians are listed above in the Locales Encounter Modifiers.

All Indian encounters take place “On the Trail”

NON-PLAYER CHARACTERS

All Indian NPCs will be rolled for on the Warrior table.

Rangers will be rolled for on the Ranger table.

Soldiers will be rolled for on the Cowboy table.

AVAILABLE WEAPONS BY TYPE

For each figure required in an encounter roll 1d6 to determine what weapons are available.

Chief:

1 = bow

2-4 = rifle

5-6 = lance and pistol

Brave:

1 = bow

2-5 = rifle

6 = lance and pistol

Youth:

1-4 = bow

5-6 = rifle

Ranger:

1-3 = pistol

4-6 = rifle.

Soldiers will carry both pistol and Trapdoor carbine or rifle.

ENCOUNTERS

CAPTURE (ATTACKER)

In this encounter the player’s band will try and capture prisoners.

Follow the directions for a Capture encounter in the main rulebook except:

Roll 1d6 at start to determine whom the opposition will be.

1-3 Civilians

4-5 Cowboys

6 Indians

If the defenders are not Indians roll another d6.

1-3 Defenders set up in a building (shack, ranch house, etc.)

4-6 Defenders set up in a camp (tents, wagon(s) etc.)

Indian defenders always set up in a camp. Camps may have one tent or wagon for each two defenders or fraction thereof.

CAPTURE (DEFENDER)

In this encounter the player’s band is attacked while in camp.

Follow the directions for a Capture encounter in the main rulebook except:

Roll 1d6 at start to determine the attacker

1-3 Posse

4-5 Rangers

6 Soldiers

The defender sets up camp in the middle of the table, one wcikiup/teepee for every two warriors or fraction thereof.

CATTLE RUSTLING

The player’s band is the rustlers. Play proceeds as described in the 6GS rule book except:

Roll 1d6 at encounter start to determine the pursuit

1-3 Cowboys

4-6 Soldiers (Rangers in Texas)

INDIANS

The player’s band might find themselves on either side of this encounter.

Roll 1d6 at game start

1-4 Player is the attacker

5-6 Player’s and is attacked by a hostile tribe. Having determined which part the player’s band is to play, proceed as in the 6GS-rule book.

POSSE

Vengeful enemies are pursuing the player’s band. Play proceeds as per the 6GS-rule book except:

Roll 1d6 to determine the pursuit

1-3 Posse

4-5 Rangers

6 Soldiers

WINNING THE CAMPAIGN

Southwest Indians receive points just as other characters do.

Plains Indians receive points as follows:

Every time a character counts coup on an armed enemy he receives 15 points.

To count coup a character must make a successful hand to hand attack on an enemy figure.

The attempt at coup counting is declared before the attack die is rolled.

            A successful attack accrues points but does not harm the defender.

Coup may only be counted once on any given enemy.

Every time a character kills an armed enemy in an encounter he receives 5 points.

Points earned for successful encounters are awarded as for other character types.