Sword fights in the Wild West?

[Edge of Dreams]

I just had a crazy idea about a sword-wielding warrior in a wild west setting. Have you ever come across this particular kind of genre-crossover in a game or other media? Is there any game system that would support this idea well?

[Conners]

Sure, DnD. Everyone has so much HP, with a couple of levels and some CON, that your fighters could said through bullets and cut people to bits with Great Cleave.

There's bound to be some sourcebook or homebrewed rules for wild-west guns, by now.

[Ravens_cry]

Sure, it's called the DMG. If you are willing to use Pathfinder, Ultimate Combat added a whole bunch o' guns and it's in the PF SRD now.

[Kaun]

It hapens in deadlands a bit.

Eastern immigrants who stick to the old ways or cavelry men who have a fondness for their old saber.

It doesnt mean you can charge across a battle feild with sword in hand and not get shot up but an indian brave with a tomahawk up close will put the hurt on ya faster then any 6 gun.

[Morph Bark]

Sadly in DnD the Deflect Arrows feat requires use of a hand in which you aren't wielding anything. As written, you can deflect bullets with it.

Switch Improved Unarmed Strike proficiency for Weapon Focus (any) for prerequisites to do so with a weapon of that kind. CUT BULLETS.

You will be the man who outsmarted bullet.

[flumphy]

The anime Gun Sword sort of does this. As for the best system to handle it, I guess that depends on whether you actually want swords to be balanced with guns. For a cinematic game where Mr. Swordsman has a fair chance, I'm thinking M&M would handle it well.

Alternatively, I know there's a system based on Highlander. I've never actually looked at it, but that sounds like it may work for the concept.

[Anarchy_Kanya]

The Warrior's Way?

[Hazzardevil]

The anime Gun Sword sort of does this. As for the best system to handle it, I guess that depends on whether you actually want swords to be balanced with guns. For a cinematic game where Mr. Swordsman has a fair chance, I'm thinking M&M would handle it well.

The problem with guns in dnd is that it's hard to balance them with swords. I dislike some of what pathfinder has done with guns.
You eventually get into the problem of guns have such a long range you have to kill someone before they get too close, but at the same time make sure the guy with a sword has a chance of getting there first.

[Prime32]

I just had a crazy idea about a sword-wielding warrior in a wild west setting. Have you ever come across this particular kind of genre-crossover in a game or other media? Is there any game system that would support this idea well?

I have seen one such crossover

[Conners]

I have seen one such crossover

Holy.... this guy is the IRL version of Kamina!!

[Wyntonian]

Wait.... I have an idea..... What if we put samurai alongside cowboys and outlaws.... in space..... AWWWW YEAHHHH!!!!!! I'd play the hell out of that game.

In case you didn't know, that's the premise that first got Lucas started on Star Wars. "Well, I like samurai movies, westerns and sci-fi. Waaaaaaiiiit a minute....."

[Conners]

.....That sounds a LOT like Firefly, a tv series. They made a movie of it called Serenity.... also made a RPG game of it called Serenity. I recommend all three things.

[Mikeavelli]

I have seen another such swordfight.

[Greenish]

Kurosawa's Yojimbo had guns and swords, and the remake was set in wild west (but lacked swords).

[Nerd-o-rama]

Wait.... I have an idea..... What if we put samurai alongside cowboys and outlaws.... in space..... AWWWW YEAHHHH!!!!!! I'd play the hell out of that game.

In case you didn't know, that's the premise that first got Lucas started on Star Wars. "Well, I like samurai movies, westerns and sci-fi. Waaaaaaiiiit a minute....."

.....That sounds a LOT like Firefly, a tv series. They made a movie of it called Serenity.... also made a RPG game of it called Serenity. I recommend all three things.

Also sounds a lot like Cowboy Bebop when phrased that way. Then again Firefly was pretty much Live Action American Bebop with a more dignified Space Hooker.

[Morph Bark]

This. Oh so very much.

[Hiro Protagonest]

Wait.... I have an idea..... What if we put samurai alongside cowboys and outlaws.... in space..... AWWWW YEAHHHH!!!!!! I'd play the hell out of that game.

In case you didn't know, that's the premise that first got Lucas started on Star Wars. "Well, I like samurai movies, westerns and sci-fi. Waaaaaaiiiit a minute....."

I was gonna say that's Star Wars until I saw the white text. Basically, the thing the OP's talking about would be Star Wars in renaissance/industrial period.

[dsmiles]

Alternate suggestion:

Pray for a Malifaux RPG.

[Knaight]

Far West does exactly this:

"The FAR WEST Adventure Game is a tabletop RPG featuring blazing sixguns, over-the-top kung fu action and far-out steampunk inventions, where you and your friends can create the adventures of warriors who wander the Dust Road — fighting for their clans, their cause, the oppressed, or their own interests in an endless frontier that lies beyond the confines of civilization."

In short, Western meets Wuxia.

[Acero]

Its in progress.
Far West Baby

Cowboy and Samurai blend well, both being lone travelers.

Warrior's Way was also a good cobination of the two genres. The higly trained warriors could kill a whole lot of baddies, but they weren't bulletproof.

EDIT: Swordsages...

[Knaight]

Its in progress.
Far West Baby

Cowboy and Samurai blend well, both being lone travelers.

Warrior's Way was also a good cobination of the two genres. The higly trained warriors could kill a whole lot of baddies, but they weren't bulletproof.

EDIT: Swordsages...

Eh, you used a different link anyways. On a side note, its not a matter of Samurai, its clearly far more influenced by China than Japan. What, with the Wuxia genre being distinctly Chinese. Also for that matter, Samurai are very connected to a larger feudal structure, and don't fit the "lone traveler" description very well, except for when they have been sent to do something.

[Hiro Protagonest]

Far West does exactly this:

"The FAR WEST Adventure Game is a tabletop RPG featuring blazing sixguns, over-the-top kung fu action and far-out steampunk inventions, where you and your friends can create the adventures of warriors who wander the Dust Road — fighting for their clans, their cause, the oppressed, or their own interests in an endless frontier that lies beyond the confines of civilization."

In short, Western meets Wuxia.

Its in progress.
Far West Baby

Cowboy and Samurai blend well, both being lone travelers.

That looks awesome!

Pathfinder has the Gunslinger base class, in Ultimate Combat and on the SRD. Guns and ammunition (ammunitions is expensive, but Gunslingers and anyone who takes the Gunsmithing feat can craft it for only 1/10 of the cost).

[Ason]

The Wii game "Red Steel 2" also does this, I believe. I haven't played the game personally, but I recall it featured a man dressed in cowboy attire wielding a katana and a pistol.

[Conners]

Yep. Its cowboys with motorcycles and swords, in Red Steel 2. Pretty cool concept, and fun to play.

[Dr.Epic]

Swords in the wild west? What's next? A campaign devoted to cowboys and aliens? Actually, that sounds pretty badass! We should get Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig to do it.

[Morph Bark]

Swords in the wild west? What's next? A campaign devoted to cowboys and aliens? Actually, that sounds pretty badass! We should get Harrison Ford and Daniel Craig to do it.

It wasn't until this post that I realized the irony in casting Harrison Ford in a movie where he fights with a gun against aliens.

[Dr.Epic]

It wasn't until this post that I realized the irony in casting Harrison Ford in a movie where he fights with a gun against aliens.

At least he shot first in this film.

[Zonugal]

I just had a crazy idea about a sword-wielding warrior in a wild west setting. Have you ever come across this particular kind of genre-crossover in a game or other media? Is there any game system that would support this idea well?

You really need to watch Sukiyaki Western Django, it is pretty much this concept taken up to 11.

Just check out some of the images from it:

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[Morph Bark]

You really need to watch Sukiyaki Western Django, it is pretty much this concept taken up to 11.

Just check out some of the images from it:

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Ninja'd by 12 posts, but the images explain it lots better. Something about a thousand words...

Also, first pic does not work.

[SowZ]

This is pretty common, especially in Anime conventions where the Wild West is considered pretty cool but crossed over with traditional Japan.