Vol. 1, No.
8
WANNABE, ARIZONA
Read This to Get
Started Playing
The world of 10 Paces is ruled
by the almighty equalizer of the
bullet. Many live in fear of the
threat of violence, and there is
little difference between an outlaw
and the wannabe lawman. With
prospecting towns popping up
constantly there are fortunes to be
earned, or stolen. The federal gov-
ernment has little oversight of the
area, making the choice to draw
your gun the most important one
you can ever make.
One person in your group will
the GM and the others will be the
players. The GM should set up a
scenario where the players can en-
gage in duels and shootouts. We
recommend starting in a fiesty
saloon in Wannabe, Arizona as
a rival posse strolls in and causes
trouble.
This page covers basic rules.
Everything starts with setting the
pace. There is a handy progress
chart on the bottom of page 2 to
help players keep track of their
numbers. The GM is always free to
declare pace instead of rolling for
it. In fact, the GM is allowed to do
whatever they want to make the
game more interesting and fun.
Players can learn how to build a
character on page 2.
SET THE PACE
Roll 2D20. This sets the pace.
Your goal is to match the pace
without overshooting. You try to
match the pace by rolling your
pace die once or more and add-
ing the cumulative result. This is
called your progress The smaller
your pace die, the more accurate
your progress can be, but the slow-
er you may be to get to the pace.
For example, if the pace is 24
and you are rolling D4s, the soon-
est you can hope to match the
pace is 6 rolls, but you have less
of a chance to overshoot. Someone
rolling D12s can get there in only 2
rolls but may overshoot by a wide
margin.
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Playing the game, matching the pace and rolling dice
All skill checks require an at-
tempt to match pace. There are
3 distinct ways to match pace
“Timed Pace,” “Opposing Pace,”
and “Duel pace.”
TIMED PACE
Timed pace happens in player
vs. environment situations. Roll
2D20 to set the pace or the GM
may decide what the pace is.
The GM then sets the difficulty
by picking a number of rolls the
player has to match the pace. A
low pressure situation like “tying a
knot” may be 10 rolls, while a high
pressure situation like “jumping
on a speeding train” may only be
1.
Often there will be no penalty
for overshooting during timed
pace. Instead the player can reset
progress at 0 and try again as long
as they still have rolls remaining.
The GM may decide that get-
ting close is enough or that pace
must be matched exactly depend-
ing on if the action the player is
attempting needs to be precise.
Combat rules: What to do once all the guns are going off
ACCURACY
Sometimes you don’t need to be
exact to be successful. When you
throw dynamite, you just need to
get it close to blow everything to
hell. A bullet that misses the cen-
ter mass could still nick the arm.
The GM should consider wheth-
er precision is a factor during any
roll. Is this a horseshoes and hand
grenades situation? If so, the roll
can have up to +/- 3 leeway.
Accuracy or the lack of has par-
ticular rules. On the next page is a
target that allows you to roll accu-
racy to see if you get lucky with a
near miss. Anything more than 3+
off will be a miss. Anything else
has a chance.
OPPOSING PACE
Opposing pace is used in com-
petitions of skill or will between
players or NPCs, with the excep-
tion of duelling and shootouts.
Roll 2D20 to set the pace. Then,
players roll their pace dice to try
to match. Whoever’s progress is
closest without going over the
pace wins. In a tie, whoever did it
in the fewest rolls wins.
Overshooting during opposing
face will lead to losing your foot-
ing, blurting something out awk-
wardly, or having a tell when lying.
When there is a disparity be-
tween opponents (for example,
one has their hands tied up), the
DM can choose to give a +/- 1-5
per roll to the person with the ad-
vantage. A player granted a
+/- 5 could reach a pace of 10
with a D4 by rolling a 4 and add-
ing 4, and then rolling a 3 and sub-
tracting 1. Adding or subtracting
cannot be retroactive—it must be
done before the next roll.
DEALING and TAKING
DAMAGE
Everyone has 4HP. This is how
much damage anyone can take.
Bullets are deadly, after all.
A shot to a limb will do 1 DMG
every time. Roll a 1D4. On a 4 you
can disarm. Disarmed opponents
are out of the fight (and their gun
may be damaged), unless you have
TWO GUNS (see page 2).
A shot to the chest does 1D4
DMG.
On a shot to the head, roll a
1D4. On a 1 you are knocked un-
conscious with 1 HP; any other
roll is fatal.
When you take any damage,
you roll recoil before you continue
rolling your pace die.
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DUEL PACE
Duel pace is combat for both
dueling and shootouts. When
someone touches the butt of their
gun, a duel will begin.
Roll 2D20 to set the pace. All in-
volved fighters state the body part
they are aiming for.
The opponents will roll their
own pace die at the same time,
stating their progress after each
roll. Each player can then decide
to shoot or continue rolling. A
fighter may choose to fire after
hearing that the other player has
chosen to fire, but they can not
choose to fire after both players
choose to continue rolling.
Dueling is also the only time
you can choose to subtract your
pace die if you overshoot: this rep-
resents steadying your aim.
For example, a player is at 18 to
match a pace of 24. They roll 12
on a D12 and are now at 30. On
the next roll, they roll 5 on a D10.
They choose to subtract, bringing
them to 25 and allowing them to
get off a reasonably accurate shot.
RECOIL AFTER A SHOT
Roll recoil whenever you take a
shot or get shot. All shots in a sin-
gle round resolve at the same time.
Start with the pace die you
last used. Roll the die twice.
Add or subtract that number
from your current progress—
whichever takes you furthest from
the pace.
For example: If a player last
rolled a 1D6 pace die and fired
their weapon, they must roll re-
coil. The pace is 18 and their prog-
ress was 16. They roll 2D6 and get
a 10, so they must subtract to a 6
progress. If their progress was 20
in the same situation, they must
add, resulting in a 30 progress.
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Aiming, Accuracy and Aces
Before you begin rolling duel
pace, you must declare what part
of the body you’re aiming for.
This will determine how you cal-
culate accuracy.
Some shots are more difficult
than others. For precision and
called shots such as a headshot,
hand shot, or shooting a bottle
out of the air, you have to match
the pace exactly in order to hit.
Aiming for the chest allows you
a little leeway in accuracy. The
bullseye chart to the right shows
how this works.
If you match the pace exactly,
you get a direct hit.
If you are +/- 1 off the pace,
you roll a D6 and have a chance
at a hit. A 5 hits the hand and 6
hits the head.
When you are +/- 2 off the
pace, you roll a D12. A 10 hits the
opponent’s gun and a 12 shoots
their hat off. If they are not wear-
Choosing Your Skills
Every player will choose their
skills. These skills will decide your
pace dice. Mark them in the space
on the right. You can choose any
that you want, but only mark one
die per skill.
Education is used for actions
that require knowledge--a small
die favors planning and study
while a large die favors spontane-
ous action.
Temperance involves emotion
and social interaction--a small die
is calm and collected and a large
die is fiery and short-tempered.
Daring will influence events
that involve physical skill--a play-
er with a small die will be good at
precise tasks such as safe crack-
CUSTOMIZE YOUR COWPOKE: SPECIALTY CATALOGUE
TB: You’re really sweaty. You
can fake death once.
Baby-faced: You have 1 chance
to roll back (subtract your die
by 1 roll) a temperance situation
you’ve overstepped.
Badge: You have 1 chance to
roll back a daring situation you’ve
overstepped
2 guns: Ignore recoil once and
start firing from 0 on the pace die.
10 Paces Sunday May 19, 1878
ing a hat it hits them in the head.
However, if you ace your shot
and match the pace exactly in
only one roll, you can hit any
body part you choose, even if you
were originally aiming for some-
thing else.
The GM is encouraged to
change up bad guys stances and
allow different rolls to hit body
parts.
An example of rolling for ac-
curacy:
You are trying to match a pace
of 26 and have said you’re aiming
for the chest. You reach a prog-
ress of 25 and decide to take the
shot. You are only 1 off pace, so
you roll a D6. You get a 3 and
miss, shooting right between your
opponent’s legs.
Next time, you match the pace
exactly. You don’t need to roll­—
you hit your target in the chest.
ing, while one with a large die will
be more comfortable blowing the
lock off with TNT. TEMPERANCE
Draw is special because every-
one can use any die when rolling
Duel Pace. Untrained, you can
move only 1 die step between rolls
and have no bonuses. For every
point towards quickdraw you can
move 1 more die step between DARING
rolls. A quickdraw player can
move from a D12 to D10, D8 or
D6 in only 1 turn. For every point
towards sharpshooter you can
add +1 to a roll. A sharpshooter
can add +1 or +2 to their pace die
result. This must be added before EDUCATION
rolling the next pace die.
Finally, choose a specialty!
Laudanum: Ignore recoil from
being shot once.
Balanced handle: Only roll 1
DRAW
recoil die after your first shot.
Quick Draw Holster: Roll an
extra D6 pace die on your first
duel pace roll.
I’m your Huckleberry: Take
the place of someone that is being
challenged to a fight. SHARPSHOOTER QUICKDRAW
Make your own! It’s a lawless
world.