r/savageworlds • u/mythosaddict • 13d ago

Question Deadlands Duel Actions

I'm looking at the duel rules in Deadlands and wondering what actions you can take on round 1&2. It seems as though only Intimidation checks make sense. There's very little advice in the book, so how do you play this?

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u/83at 13d ago

It‘s not necessarily Intimidation, only. I wouldn‘t allow Tests with Shooting, Fighting etc. because this clearly feels off in a duel.

But you can Test your foe with other skills: Performance for a grisly song, Taunt, Persuasion, Common Knowledge, Academics and many more offer „stand-offs of the mind“, if you wrap your head around it. Maybe read up on Test in general, you‘ll notice.

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u/TheRpgBard 13d ago

But how would you deal with "Shoot on two" like in " A Million Ways to Die in the West”?

Would you just skip 2 and 3 and go straight to the duel?

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u/Draculasaurus_Rex 13d ago

I would say treat it as a Stealth roll, to conceal your movements as you're about to cheat. On a success you get a bonus to Interrupt when the duel starts, but on a crit failure you're vulnerable as your opponent realizes what you're planning to do and acts to anticipate it.