[UA] Golden Guns, and a Mini-Series

[STUART ANDERSON]

The *only* flaw I could see with the guns was that they couldn't talk, a la 
Smith & Wesson in Buck Godot. I would suggest that they were, in a prior 
life, old service .45s from WWII that a prop man brought in for for Darren 
McGavin's Mike Hammer.
The pistols came to like McGavin and inhereted his ambivolence for playing 
gritty action without any comic relief. They carefully studied Bob and Ray, 
recording in a nearby studio--Abbott & Costello, Burns & Allen--all the old 
greats.
Now, in their gaudy new costumes, they can't blow holes in some unlucky sap 
without cracking wise. Come up with some demented, pomo "Who's on First" to 
delight and terrify the shootist. Of course, he's going to have a hell of a 
time being stealthy. And I think we can work in a few good "Warner Bros. 
Frog" routines.
"You talkin' to me, buddy?"
"It wasn't me, it was....oh, hell. Just punch me."
--Stu



>From: Tim Toner <thanatos at interaccess.com>
>From: "Infamous36" <theinfamous36 at ivebeenframed.com>
> > <I would heartily recommend NEVER bringing the
> > god-awful things into your game, but you could have
> > them constantly whispered about.>
> >
> > Hmm were they that bad Minister? Oh, well i really like that idea 
>though,
> > perhaps il will work that in....since im sure mosat of my players are
> > expecting me to talk about an artifact that is really an artifact, i 
>keep
> > forgetting the fact that there are countless rumors in the underground..
> >
>
>To me, the most obvious flaw is that the two guns are hideously jealous of
>each other, as the twins were secretly.  Woebetide the man who goes 'both
>guns blazing' with these peashooters. More than likely, he'll be doing a 
>one
>man re-enactment of the end of Reservoir Dogs.  If two people are wielding
>the guns, any sour cherries sends the round in the direction of the other
>gun--usually ricocheting off some conveniently positioned lamp.
>
>I'd also tone them down quite a bit.  There's power, and then there's 
>power.
>In the hands of the Godwalker of the Executioner, maybe all these powers
>come to pass.  In the hands of a neophyte, maybe +5%.


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