NCR ranger - you mentioned Arnie-style puns but did you consider that Arnold Schwarzenegger was actually the "gubernator" of California? };) Totally appropriate imagery IMO.
It's an interesting problem re: damage rolls. What about 'last die of weapon damage type divided by two plus one' so handgun is 1d6+4, dagger is str+3, etc.
I'm not fond of the 'recover immediately from Shaken on a normal success' idea - that sounds more like an Edge, and there's already Combat Reflexes (+2 to Shaken recovery rolls). Maybe Improved Combat Reflexes. For players, maybe give them a freebie +2 every time they fail a Shaken recovery roll so they're guaranteed they'll eventually recover.
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It's an interesting problem re: damage rolls. What about 'last die of weapon damage type divided by two plus one' so handgun is 1d6+4, dagger is str+3, etc.
I'm not fond of the 'recover immediately from Shaken on a normal success' idea - that sounds more like an Edge, and there's already Combat Reflexes (+2 to Shaken recovery rolls). Maybe Improved Combat Reflexes. For players, maybe give them a freebie +2 every time they fail a Shaken recovery roll so they're guaranteed they'll eventually recover.
Hopefully people had fun. :)