The Wicked West
Familiar but Strange
The Wicked West game takes place in a world similar but
distinctly different from our own. Non-human races exist but
magic is rare and often evil. Demons and undead prey on the
living, posses of God fearing folk hunt very real and very
dangerous witches, and shamans traffic with real spirits and
gods.
Rules
Classes
Hellscapes Classes
The game uses the Marauder, Nomad, Outcast, Scavenger,
Throwback and Warrior classes from Hellscapes. However,
the Gearhead Nomad and Oath of Knowledge Throwback
Archetypes are not allowed.
D&D Classes
The game also uses the Warlock class from normal
Dungeons & Dragons 5th edition. Warlocks act as priests,
spiritual leaders, and shamans.
Multiclassing Warlocks
Pact magic spell slots can be used to pull gambits and gambit
slots can be used to cast pact magic spells.
Hit Points & Hit Dice
Characters receive maximumn hit points at every level, plus
an additional 4 bonus hit points at 1st level.
Slower Healing and Healing Kits
Characters don't automatically regain hit points at the end of
a long rest. Instead, a character can spend Hit Dice to heal at
the end of a long rest, just as with a short rest.
A character can't spend any Hit Dice after finishing a rest
until someone expends one use of a healer's kit to bandage
and treat the character's wounds.
Starting Gear
If your class normally grants you armor, you start with the
value of the armor as spending cash instead of the actual
armor (unless it's a shield). If your class grants you any
weapon that's not available in the Weird West, then you can
replace it with an item of the same type (melee or ranged)
and proficiency (simple or martial).
Armour
The 19th century American Frontier that the Wicked West
game emulates was a world without armour. While some
men wore metal plates under their shirts, and one famous
Comanche chief wore a handed down antique shirt of
spanish mail, most people did not have access to armour of
any kind.
As a result, characters in an Wicked West Game gain the
following Unarmoured AC trait:
Steel Grit
If you have light armour proficiency, it also allows
you to calculate your unarmored AC as 10 + your
Dexterity modifier + 1/2 your proficiency bonus.
If you have medium armour proficiency, it also
allows you to calculate your unarmored AC as 13 +
your Dexterity modifier (max 2) + 1/2 your
proficiency bonus.
If you have heavy armour proficiency, it also allows
you to calculate your unarmored AC as 15 + 1/2
your proficiency bonus (no Dexterity modifier).
While doing so you have Disadvantage on
Dexterity (Stealth) checks.
You can change which calculation you use as part
of a short or long rest.
Armour from the 5th edition Player's Handbook can still be
obtained by characters, however, such items cost 10 times
their gp value in dollars, as they are rare imports and
antiques.
The only exception are shields, which are used by native
tribes.
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 Races
Humans
Purebloods
Purebloods are baseline humans without any non-human
ancestry. Pureblood humans make up the bulk of the world's
population and enjoy the most privilege in the western world.
Aasimar
The oldest records of Aasimar date back to the ancient
greeks and their demigods. Aasimar have a long footprint on
human history, from great conquerors to benevolent
emperors. However, Christians believe them to be the
descendants of fallen angels, and as such don't trust them.
The fact that many Asian noble families are predominantly
Aasimar is a great source of tension between the West and
East.
Genasi
Genasi are primarily found in the middle-east, where they are
the result of unions between genies and mortals. As genies
are seen as just another one of God's creations (along with
humans and angels), Genasi are not seen as inherently evil or
to be distrusted in the Islamic world.
Tieflings
The most famous known Tiefling in human history was
probably the wizard Merlin, whose father was said to be an
Incubus. Tieflings are found anywhere where fiends interfere
in mortal affairs, especially in regions where fiends of
seduction and rape prowl.
Tieflings are seen as bad omens, witches, or even demons,
and most are killed in infancy. Those that are not killed are
likely the ones that only manifest their fiendish heritage later
in life and can perhaps hide their true nature, or those that
are taken in by witches or demons and reared away from
human civilization.
Half-Orcs
Half-orcs are the last remnants of an extinct race. Once
savage, cave dwelling raiders, the orcs were hunted to
extinction by the Roman Empire and other Europeans long
ago, but not before orc blood made its way into the human
gene pool, leaving behind a race of hybrids that breed true.
Firbolgs
A race of peaceful giants from the island of Ireland, many
firbolgs emigrated to the U.S. over the last few centuries.
Strong and hardworking, their roles in society tend to go
unappreciated, as most Americans look down on them for
both religious and ethnic reasons.
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Monsters
Goblins
Goblins are a race of diminutive, meat-eating savages spread
throughout Europe. Living in forest and caves, goblins prefer
to keep to themselves and hunt for food. Many attempts to
Christianize or exterminate goblins have been made, but all
have failed. When threatened en-masse, goblins have a talent
for making themselves scarce.
Hoof-men
The hoof-men are not one race, but a series of races spread
throughout the woodlands and plains of North America.
From the elk-men of New England to the bison-men of the
Great Plains, all are known as hoof-men to outsiders.
Hoof-men live relatively simple lives as hunter gatherers
with cultures and customs entirely unique to them. Hoof-men
are generally very isolationists, and are incapable of learning
human speech. Due to this fact they are at odds with human
expansion.
Traits: Minotaur
Vulture-men
Terrible scavengers from the plateaus of North America,
vulture-men are at odds with other races and raid their
settlements indiscriminately.
Vulture-men communicate through a language that sounds
like the screechings of vultures. Like hoof-men, they are
incapable of human speech.
Traits: Aarakocra
Hujarks
Hujarks are a race from "somewhere else". Unlike other races
they do not live on this Earth. Instead, they live on floating
islands nesttled in the Aether, between which they travel via
portals.
The Hujarks use these same portal magicks to travel to
Earth in order to plunder, raid, and hunt, taking everything
and anything they deem useful or valuable.
Traits: Githyanki
Extinct Races
Some races once inhabited the world but have since been
exterminated by humans. These races include orcs, ogres,
bugbears, centaurs, and dragons.
Backgrounds
The following backgrounds presented in the Player's
Handbook and other official sources can be taken by Weird
West characters, requiring little to no changes in their flavour
text in order to conform to the setting:
Acolyte
Archaeologist (ToA)
Anthropologist (ToA)
Charlatan
City Watch (SCAG)
Cloistered Scholar (SCAG)
Criminal
Entertainer
Far Traveler (SCAG)
Folk Hero
Noble
Outlander
Sage
Soldier
Sailor
Urban Bounty Hunter (SCAG)
Urchin
Uthgardt Tribe Member (SCAG)
Additionally, the following modern background is available
for characters in a Weird West game.
Doctor
The doctor background covers all forms of medical
professionals or anyone that uses anatomical and biological
knowledge to treat others
Optionally, you could include rural healers using their
knowledge of natural resources to treat ailments and injuries.
Skill Proficiencies: Medicine, plus your choice of one from
among Insight, Persuasion and Animal Handling
Tool Proficiencies: Herbalism kit
Languages: One of your choice
Feature: Bedside Manner
Doctors are almost universally seen positively. They can gain
the trust of almost any intelligent creature that is sick or hurt
if they present themselves as willing to help. Even hostile
creatures will often let a doctor approach them to render aid.
This effect is instantly negated if the doctor or their
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 Equipment
Currency
Weird West currency comes in the form of cents (¢) and
dollars ($). Both dollar and cent coins come in many
denominations, but tracking all ten denominations would be
a bit confusing. The game only tracks 1 cent pennies, 10 cent
dimes, 1 dollar gold coins, and 10 dollar eagle coins.
Coinage Notation Cent Value Dollar Value
1 copper penny CP 1 1/100
1 silver dime SP 10 1/10
1 gold dollar GP 100 1 perform a 3 attack burst against a single target.
1 platinum eagle PP 1,000 10
Besides coinage, characters may also find banknotes on
their travels. Like gemstones in a normal game of D&D,
banknotes are used as a stand-in for currency amongst the
wealthy and in larger cities. Like gemstones at a jeweler's,
banknotes can be exchanged for coins at a bank. Bank notes
are worth only 94% of their face value when exchanged, as
the bank keeps 6% of their value.
Firearms
Proficiency
All firearms are Simple Weapons, with the exception of the
gatling gun, which is a martial weapon.
Caliber
Each firearm require a different caliber of ammunition.
Ammunition other than the listed caliber cannot be used with
that type of firearm.
Noise
Unless a firearm has the Suppressed. property, shots from a
firearm can be heard a number of feet away equal to 10 x the
maximum damage roll on the weapon, such as 60 feet away
for a weapon that deals 1d6 points of damage.
Range
This column list's the firearm's range. The first is the
weapon’s normal range in feet, and the second indicates the
weapon’s long range. When attacking a target beyond normal
range, you have disadvantage on the attack roll. You can’t
attack a target beyond the weapon’s long range.
Capacity
You can fire a limited number of shots with this weapon
before you need to reload. Reloading a firearm takes time,
and the amount of rounds you can load depends on how
much time you invest into it.
By spending an action or a bonus action you can load up to
5 rounds into a firearm. You can spend both your action and
bonus action on the same turn to load up to 10 rounds into a
single firearm or 5 rounds into two separate firearms.
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Fire Modes (RoF)
Firearms possess one or more firing modes. Most firearms
are either Single Shot.
Single (I). When taking the attack action, this weapon
functions normally.
Semi-Auto (S). When you take the attack action with a
semi-auto weapon, you can use a bonus action to make a
bonus attack with that weapon. You don't add your ability
modifier to the damage of the bonus attack, unless that
modifier is negative.
Full Auto (A). As an action, you can use this firearm to
Each attack must be made against the same target as the
previous one, and you cannot choose to forgo any of the
attacks.
Once you miss with any of these attacks, all subsequent
attacks also miss.
Alternatively, you can use it to perform a wide spray against
a 10-foot-cube area. This consumes 10 pieces of ammunition
and allows you to hit multiple targets in the area.
When you spray an area, you can make a separate attack
against each target within the area, up to a maximum of 10
targets. Each target hit by this attack takes damage as
normal.
If you have fewer pieces of ammunition in the firearm than
are needed to make all of the attacks, then you only make as
many attacks as you have pieces of ammunition left.
New Properties
Many weapons have special properties related to their use, as
shown in the Weapons table.
Double-Barrel. When you take the attack action with this
weapon you can expend an additional piece of ammunition to
deal an additional die of damage.
Spread. When attacking a target within half this weapon's
normal range, roll an additional damage die and add it to the
weapon’s damage. When fired at long range, you may apply
the attack roll to an additional creature within 5 feet of the
target. Roll damage against the secondary target separately.
Suppressed. The distance at which this weapon's noise
can be heard is halved. Multiple instances of this property are
cumulative, meaning that the distance is halved again and
again every time the property is added.
Braced. A weapon that has the braced property is designed
to be fired only when braced on a bipod, or a hard, stationary
surface, such as a low wall. Bracing the weapon requires an
action or a bonus action (the character’s choice). If the
character moves after bracing the weapon, or drops the
weapon, the weapon is no longer considered to be braced.
While a weapon with this property is not braced, attack rolls
with it are made at disadvantage unless the character's
Strength score is equal to or higher than the number in
brackets.
Covert. You have advantage on Dexterity (Sleight on
Hands) checks to conceal this weapon.
Foregrip. This weapon can be used with one or two hands.
If used in two hands, its normal range is increased by 10 ft.
and its long range is increased by 30 ft.
Firearms, Handguns
Weapon Caliber Cost Damage Weight Range Capacity RoF Properties
Derringers
Derringer, Remington .41 Rimfire $ 5 1d4 piercing 2 lb. 40/160 ft. 2 internal I Light, covert
Derringer, Sharps .22 Rimfire $ 7 1d4 piercing 3 lb. 40/160 ft. 4 internal I Light, covert
Revolvers
Revolver, S&W .32 Rimfire $ 10 1d4 piercing 2 lb. 40/160 ft. 6 internal I Light, covert
Revolver, Colt .45 Colt $ 17 1d6 piercing 2 lb. 50/200 ft. 6 internal I Light
Revolver, Tranter .577 Tranter $ 30 1d8 piercing 4 lb. 50/200 ft. 5 internal I –

Firearms, Longarms
Weapon Caliber Cost Damage Weight Range Capacity RoF Properties
Shotguns
Shotgun, single 12 gauge $ 25 1d10 piercing 7 lb. 60/240 ft. 1 internal I Two-handed
Shotgun, double 12 gauge $ 30 1d10 piercing 7 lb. 60/240 ft. 2 internal I Two‑handed, double‑barrel
Shotgun, Roper 16 gauge $ 30 1d10 piercing 8 lb. 60/240 ft. 4 internal I Two‑handed, special
Revolving Rifles
Rifle, Colt .56‑56 Spencer $ 30 1d8 piercing 8 lb. 100/400 ft. 5 internal I Two-handed
Lever Rifles
Rifle, Marlin .32 Rimfire $ 25 1d4 piercing 7 lb. 100/400 ft. 20 tube S Two-handed
Rifle, Winchester .38‑40 Win. $ 30 1d6 piercing 7 lb. 100/400 ft. 15 tube S Two-handed
Rifle, Spencer .56‑56 Spencer $ 50 1d8 piercing 8 lb. 100/400 ft. 7 tube S Two-handed
Rifle, Evans .44 Evans $ 50 1d8 piercing 15 lb. 100/400 ft. 26 tube S Two-handed, heavy, special
Breech Rifles
Rifle, Springfield .45-70 Gov't. $ 20 1d10 piercing 9 lb. 100/400 ft. 1 internal I Two-handed
Crewed
Gatling gun .45‑70 Gov't. $ 1,500 1d10 piercing 150 lb. 100/400 ft. 40 internal A Two-handed, special

Firearm Ammunition Shotgun, Roper. A Roper shotgun cannot be reloaded

while it still has live shell loaded. The cylinder holding the
The weight and cost of bullets is determined by the damage shells is fully enclosed, and cycling it requires pressing the
die of the weapon it is used for. Shotgun shells are a little trigger.
heavier; use the weight value for bullets with the next up Rifle, Evans. Due to its complex design, this rifle loads
damage die. Purchase costs are for 50 rounds. only 3 rounds per action or bonus action. Additionally, the
rifle use a conveyor, not a spring, in its magazine, meaning it
Bullets needs to be cycled through every empty cartridge spot when
Damage Damage loaded to less than full capacity. Cycling through 5 empty
Die Cost Weight (50) Die Cost Weight (50) spots can be done by using an action or a bonus action, and
d4 10 ¢ 1 lb. d8 $1 1 lb.
counts as reloading the rifle for the purpose of features and
traits.
d6 50 ¢ 1 lb. d10 $2 1 ½ lb. Gatling Gun. A gatling gun is mounted on wheels rather
than being a handheld weapon. It cannot be wielded by a
Special Weapons character directly, and must be instead set up as an
emplacement. Setting up a gatling gun takes 1 action.
Shotguns. Shotguns can be loaded with either Shot or Slug As an emplacement weapon, a gatling gun can be reloaded
ammunition. Both types of ammunition cost and weigh the by any adjacent character, not just the person using it to
same, but behave differently from each other. attack. Unlike other weapons, a gatling gun can be loaded
Shotguns gain the Spread property when firing shot, and with 20 rounds in a single single action or bonus action.
have double the range when firing slugs.

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 Archaic Weapons
Weapon Cost Damage Weight Properties
Simple Melee Weapons
Blackjack 50 ¢ 1d4 bludgeoning 1 lb. Light, finesse
Bowie knife $1 1d4 piercing 2 lb. Finesse, light, thrown (20/60)
Cleaver $1 1d4 slashing 2 lb. Light
Club 10 ¢ 1d4 bludgeoning 2 lb. Light
Greatclub 20 ¢ 1d8 bludgeoning 10 lb. Two-handed
Handaxe $5 1d6 slashing 2 lb. Light, thrown (20/60)
Knuckles 50 ¢ 1d4 bludgeoning 1 lb. Light, covert
Machete $1 1d6 slashing 3 lb. Finesse
Pocket knife $1 1d4 piercing 1 lb. Covert, finesse, light
Quarterstaff 20 ¢ 1d6 bludgeoning 4 lb. Versatile (1d8)
Spear $1 1d6 piercing 3 lb. Thrown (20/60), versatile (1d8)
Sickle $1 1d4 slashing 2 lb. Light
Simple Ranged Weapons
Shortbow $2 1d6 piercing 2 lb. Ammunition (80/320), finesse, two-handed

Weapon Cost Damage Weight Properties

Martial Melee Weapons
Battleaxe $ 10 1d8 slashing 4 lb. Versatile (1d10)
Chain $ 10 1d8 bludgeoning 6 lb. Reach, two-handed
Maul $ 10 2d6 bludgeoning 9 lb. Heavy, two-handed
Pike $5 1d10 piercing 18 lb. Heavy, reach, two-handed
Smallsword $ 25 1d8 piercing 2 lb. Finesse
Saber $ 25 1d8 slashing 2 lb. Finesse
Scimitar $ 25 1d6 slashing 3 lb. Finesse, light
Shortsword $ 10 1d6 piercing 2 lb. Finesse, light
Whip $2 1d4 slashing 3 lb. Finesse, reach
Warclub $ 15 1d8 bludgeoning 2 lb. Versatile (1d10)
Martial Ranged Weapons
Longbow $ 50 1d8 piercing 2 lb. Ammunition (150/600), finesse, heavy, two-handed

Archaic Ammunition Other Weapons

Ammunition Cost Weight Weapons from the 5th edition Player's Handbook that are not
Arrows (20) $1 1 Ib.
reprinted here can still be obtained by characters.
However, such weapons cost 10 times their gp value in
Blowgun needles (50) $1 1 lb. dollars, as they are rare imports and antiques.
Crossbow bolts (20) $1 1/2 Ib.
Adventuring Gear
Sling bullets (20) 4¢ 1/2 Ib.
Most adventuring gear from the 5th edition Player's
Handbook that is not reprinted here can be obtained at the
cost of 1 dollar per gold piece or 1 cent per copper piece.

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Weapon Flaws
Weapon flaws reduce the value of weapons, making them
more affordable — though somewhat less useful — than stock
models. The final cost of a weapon with flaws is calculated as
follows:
Final Cost = Base Cost / (1 + total value of all flaws).
Low Accuracy
The normal range of the weapon is reduced by one step on
the following chart. The long range of the weapon becomes
four times its new normal range.
15 ft. 30 ft. 40 ft. 50 ft. 60 ft. 80 ft. 100 ft. 120 ft.
Restrictions. Ranged or thrown weapons only.
Value. 1/2
Reduced Capacity
The ammunition capacity of the weapon is reduced to the
next lowest percentage up the following chart. This flaw can
be taken multiple times, but it cannot reduce your capacity
below 10% of the original capacity or below 1, whichever is
higher.
100% 75% 66% 50% 33% 25% 10%
Restrictions. Revolvers and Rifles only.
Value. 1/4.
Weapon Accessories
Accessories function similarly to modifications, in that they
provide some modification to the except they can be applied
quickly and without a skill check. Applying a modification to
an item is an action.
Weapon Accessories
Items Cost Weight
Bayonet $ 10 2 lb.
Telescopic Sight $ 20 1 lb.
Bayonet. As an action or a bonus action (the character’s
choice), a character can attach a bayonet to a shotgun or rifle,
allowing the firearm to be used as a melee weapon. A firearm
with a bayonet can be used as though it were a spear.
Restrictions. Shotguns and Rifles only. A bayonet cannot
be fixed to a weapon with the Pistol Conversion modification.
Telescopic Sight. A telescopic sight can be used to increase
the range of a weapon, allowing the user to shoot more
consistently at longer distances. By spending a bonus action
to line up a shot with your sight, you double the normal and
long ranges of the weapon.
Restrictions. Rifles only. A telescopic sight cannot be fixed
to a weapon with the Pistol Conversion modification.
Weapon Modifications
To add a modification to an item you own, you must first pay
a small cost for materials. Then, you must spend a small
amount of time applying the changes. This counts as light
activity for the purposes of resting. At the end of the time
period, you must make an ability check using Tinker's tools.
On a success, the modification is applied successfully. On a
failure, the modification is not applied to the item. On a
critical failure, the modification is damaged beyond repair.
If you spend a extra time performing a modification, you
gain a bonus to the skill check equal to twice the number of
hours spent, up to a maximum of +10.
Removing an applied modification is done in the same
manner to applying a modification, but the DC for the check
is reduced by 5. On a success, the modification is removed
successfully. On a failure, the modification is not successfully
removed from the item. On a critical failure, the modification
is damaged beyond repair.
Modification Cost Modify DC Weight
Double-Action Special 14 0 lbs.
Extended Barrel $ 10 14 +1/4th
Handgun Conversion $ 20 16 -1/3rd
Shortened $ 10 14 -1/4th
Double-Action
Rate of Fire. The weapon loses the Single fire mode and
gains the Semi-Auto fire mode.
Restrictions. Revolvers and Revolving Rifles only.
Cost. Cost of the chosen firearm.
Extended Barrel
Range. The weapon's range is increased by one step on the
Accuracy chart (See Low Accuracy flaw).
Weight. The weapon's weight is increased by 1/4th the
weapon's original weight (minimum 1 lb.).
Restrictions. Revolvers, Shotguns, and Rifles only, weapon
must not have the Shortened modification.
Handgun Conversion
Range. The weapon gains three instance of the Low
Accuracy flaw.
Capacity. If the weapon has a tube capacity, the weapon
gains two instance of the Reduced Capacity flaw.
Properties. The weapon loses the Two-Handed property and
gains the Foregrip property.
Restrictions. Shotguns and Rifles only, weapon must have
the Two-handed property.
Shortened
Range. The weapon gains the Low Accuracy flaw.
Capacity. If the weapon has a tube capacity, the weapon
gains the Reduced Capacity flaw.
Properties. If the weapon has the Foregrip property, then it
loses that property. If the weapon is one-handed, then it
gains the Covert property.
Restrictions. Revolvers, Shotguns, and Rifles only, weapon
must not have the Extended Barrel modification.
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New Feats
Fast Hands
Your hands are exceptionally fast and nimble, and you can
shoot, load, and aim faster than most people alive.
Your Dexterity score increases by 1, to a maximum of 20.
You treat all single shot firearms as if they were semi-
automatic.
You add your Dexterity modifier (minimum of 1) to the
number of rounds you can load into a firearm by using an
action or bonus action.
You can fully load a Gatling Gun in a single action or
bonus action.
 
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