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DEADLANDS NOIR WORDS John “Night Rain” Goff Additional Words By: Shane “the Hack” Hensley, Clint “Fade to” Black, & Sean “Pistol Whip” Preston PICTURES Cheyenne “Triple Hugo and Countin’” Wright, Aaron “Ace” Acevedo, Jordan “The Pistol” Peacock, Mercenary Art Studio (Bien Flores, Jovenal Mendoza, Bryan Magnaye) LAYOUT ShaneSample “Hatchet” file Hensley Proofing Matt “the Knife” Cutter, Scott Alan “Words” Woodard, Simon “Lusty” Lucas, Adam “Babyface” Loyd DEDICATION John: This, like everything else I do in life that’s worthwhile, is for Joyce. Shane: To the Kickstarters; Cheyenne: Max Danger—Private Eye Deadlands created by Shane Lacy Hensley Electronic Version: You have permission to print and maintain a copy for personal use. © 2012 Pinnacle Entertainment Group. Deadlands, Deadlands Noir, Hell on Earth, the Weird West, the Wasted West, the Way Out West, Savage Worlds and all related original characters, marks and logos are trademarks of Pinnacle Entertainment Group. All rights reserved. The Olde Absinthe House is a trademark of the Olde Absinthe House, Inc. Produced under license by Studio 2 Publishing, Inc. The Studio 2 logo is a trademark of Studio 2 Publishing, Inc. © 2012. All rights reserved PERSONS OF INTEREST Capos: Andreas Harald Wild, Andrew, Andrew Chang, Bo Saxon, Olivier Brencklé, Cédric Jeanneret, Chris Aardappel, Christian Nord, cl taylor, Cliff Hanson, Colin Peacock, Daniel Petersen, Dave Borne, David Harriss, David Hogg, Drew Sutherland, Glenn Mochon, Greg Biondo, Hart Nelson, Ingo Beyer, Jeff Hubbard, John C “GandalfThePlaid”, John Rogers, Joseph Schnurr, Julien, Kate Bankson, Kenneth Lavender, Kenny Perry, Lord Deron Creag Mhor, Luke Edwards, Marc Keil, Mark Hom, Mark Margraf, Mark Spanjer, Matthew Broome, Philip Cahiwat, Philippe Myhal, Rajan Khanna, Ray Wisneski, Robert Mayer, Ross Ramsay, Sergio Silvio Herrera Gea, Steve Howells, Stuntlau Perez, synthapse, Tom Miksch, waeberhardt Private Dicks: Alex Meyer, Anthony Samples, Azrael Johnston, Bryan Haakensen, Bryan W. Schuder, Cassandra Humenuk, Cliff Roach, Curtis Lyon, Damien Serrano, Darrin, Drea O’Dare, Drew Wendorf, dvorak, Dylan Young, Eric Avedissian, gsugu, James Crane, Jesse Burneko, Joshua F. Aiken, John Ivicek Jr., Jonas Hansson, Jonathan A. Gillett, Lee Langston, LwoodY2K, Martin Coulter, Matthew York, Michael Goldsberry, Michael Macielak, Michael Schell, Michael Thompson, Noah Carden, Paul Flanaghan, Peter C. Hildreth, Philipp Christophel, Richard Logue, Robert Loper, Ronald Conner, Ryan Wolf, Samuel Cole, Steven Moy, Thom Shartle, Thomas Putney, Vincent Ecuyer, Wayne “The Cap’n” Coburn, yazalick Shopkeepers: Aaron Leeder of Noble Knight Games, Adventure Game Store, Barry Oser of North Coast Roleplaying, Hammer Hall Gaming, Darren Johnson of Imperial Outpost, Donny Rhye of Book & Music Exchange, Dragon Snack Games, Dragon’s Lair Comics & Fantasy Austin, Falyne, Fred Graves of the Tattered Book, Game Daze, Game Kastle, GamesHQ, George Vasilakos of Zombie Planet, Michael Breen of Hometown Games, Olympic Cards and Comics, Otto’s Video Games and More, Randy Lander, Sci-Fi City, Steve Ellis of Rainy Day Games, Trollune Shamus: Aaron Boorem, Adam Loyd, Adam Trojanowski, Adam Waggenspack, Alexis Hoarau, Alosia Sellers, Andrew Barrett-Venn, Andrew Markell, Andrew Parr, Andrew Zillmer, Andy Ward, Angus Manning, Aric Wieder, Arthur Dent, AWJ Marshall, Axel GOTTELAND, Benjamin Schollnick, Brett Easterbrook, Brian Jones, Brian S. Holt, Bryce Undy, Calvin Shafer, Casidhe Nebulosa, Charles Clarke, Charles E Miller, Charles Strange, Chip & Katie, Chris Edwards, Christian Lindke, Christopher DeLisle, Christopher P Stilson, Christopher Plambeck, Collard Joffrey, Craig Bishell, Craig Langrall, Craig T., Damon Richardson, Dan Keller, Daniel Ley, Daniel Stanke, Daniel Walker, darksonic, Dave Ellingwood, David Cornwell, David Hixon, David Hoover, David “Yavon_Gorky” Lallemand, Davy Claessens, docwho2100, Don King, Drew Biddle, Dustin Gulledge, Edward Linder, Eric Edwardson, Ethan Zimmerman, Evan, Fenric Cayne, Frédéri Pochard, Gauthier Loupiac, GeneralEcks, Gilbert Isla, gleepism, Gordon Fagan, Greg Howe, Hank Woolsey, James a.k.a. uber, Jamas Enright, James Blair, James Klodt, James M. Yager, James Schrecengost, Jared Thibault, Jason Brown, Jason Hayes, Jeff Jones, Jeff Scifert, Jeffrey Maslany, Jesse Goble, Jim Burzelic, Jim Calabrese, Jim Otermat, Jim Waters, Jimmy “JR” Tyner 3rd, Joe Terranova, Joe Thater, Joe Van Ginkel, Joel Beally, Johan Allerslev Lund, John A W Phillips, John Bellando, John Higginbotham, John Hostetter, John Huber, John SampleM. Trivilino, John file Moquin, John W. Thompson, Joseph Rook, Josh Miller, Joshua W. Pittman, Justin Taylor, Karsten Kopplin, Ken Finlayson, Kenny B, Kevin C. Wong, Kevin Doswell, Kevin Empey, Kurt Runkle, Kyle Neff, Kyle Pinches, Landon Sommer, Leath Sheales, Lee Alley, Leo Matoush, Lucas Schofield, M. Sean Molley, Mark Magagna, Mark Metzner, Mark Sweetman, Martin Bauer, Matthew Wasiak, Michael B. Moe, Mike “Lucci” Carlucci, Michael M. Kelly, Mike Peterson, Mikloshe, Morgan Ellis, Morgan Walther, Nathan Reed, Nils Anker Tønner- Oldefar, Noah Ban, Noah Gibbs, Oliver Peltier, Pascal Oliet, Patrick Paulsen, Patrick Rowley, Paul Harris, Pavel Ojeda, Pedro Coppola, Philippe Deville, Phillip Fatka, Phillip Millman, Paul Allen Timm, Ralph, Rambo, Raphael Päbst, Richard, Richard Reynolds, Rich Scrase, Rick Jones, Rob Dunning, Robert Kukuchka, Rob Lusk, Robert Rosenthal, Robert & Connie Thomson, Robert R. Valdes Sr., Robin Tunkel, Ron Steinhauser, Ross Thompson, Ryan Riojas, Ryo Ogawa, Saint, Sam Hock, Sam Wong, Samantha Lambert, Sameer Patel, Scott Alan Woodard, Scott Kehl, Scott Leslie, Scott Maynard, Scott Neal, Scott Nisenfeld, Sebastien Blouin, Shane Emmons, Shan Morris, Shannon B. Marce, Shawn “King Zombie” Beatty, Simon Stroud, Stephan Auerhahn, Stephen Robinson, Steve Dulson, Steven Roman, T. Kurt Bond, Tad Simmons, Tas Jones, The Roach, Thom Jason, Tifaine Highly, Timothy Hannon, Timothy Mullen, Tom De Bruycker, Tom Lumley, Tore S. Svenningsson, Treanna Von Ruff, Trey Mercer, Urban Blom, Volker Greimann, Walter F. Croft, Wayne Williams, William Huggins, Yakaru Dezaki, Zachary Hopko Hardboiled: Aaron Wong, Angel Leigh McCoy, Jacques DuRand, Dave Hitt, David “JustDave” Talboy, Gary “Slug” Perkins, Gavin Phillips, Joe Frankovitch, John and Frances Rowat, John Beattie, Kairam Ahmed “Mr. Ray O’Dark” Hamdan, Nicholas Brigance, Ranger Dave Ross, Ryaan Kraft, Seth Davis, Shane Dale, Simon Ward, Sven Schläpfer Dons: Andrew Leonhart, Bob Bretz, Brett Bozeman, D.A. Evosirch, Daniel W. Cisek, Don Davenport, Doug Davison, Douglas Lange, Jack Emmert, Jonathan Clancy, Josh Thaler, Kurt “Telas” Schneider, Matthew Brumfield, Matthew Evans, Matthew Sanderson, Raymond Croteau, Shannon R. Bell, Timothy Link, inceV Kwiatek, Wesley E. Marshall Mayors: James McKendrew (New Orleans), Eoin Burke (Chicago), John Billings (Shan Fan), Marguerite Kenner (The City of Gloom), Kevin Stoner (Lost Angels) Night Stalkers: David Fry (Jacob Whateley), Terry McGregor (Terence “Mac” MacGregor) CONTENTS Persons of Interest ..........................................................2 The Kingfish ...................................................................59 Foreword ..........................................................................4 Interesting Locales ........................................................60 Dark Times ................................................................ 5 City Center ...................................................................60 Heroes ..............................................................................6 Downtown ....................................................................62 Sample Characters ..........................................................6 French Quarter ............................................................64 Making Characters .........................................................7 Northside ......................................................................67 New Skills ........................................................................9 Riverside .......................................................................68 New Hindrances .............................................................9 Uptown .........................................................................69 New Edges ......................................................................11 The Outskirts................................................................71 Gear & Goods ................................................................13 Making Mysteries! .................................................... 73 Guide to the Big Easy ....................................................22 Case Generator ..............................................................74 City Center ...................................................................23 Red Harvest! ............................................................ 80 Downtown ....................................................................24 1) The Lady Vanishes ....................................................82 The French Quarter .....................................................25 2) Lost Love ....................................................................85 Northside ......................................................................25 3) A Chance in Hellstromme .......................................88 Riverfront .....................................................................26 4) A “Friend”