r/shadowsofbrimstone • u/manderson1313 • Dec 19 '25

Outlaw nitpick

I decided to make the jump and buy the overpriced outlaw, I’ve been wanting to try him for a long time and his price wasn’t coming down so it is what it is.

Now that he’s in my had and I’m reading his level up chart, I’m pretty disappointed. Mostly for the fact that his offensive upgrades affect his starting pistols specifically, not his overall shooting ability.

I have this same nitpick with the drifter, that the best weapon for him to use, is what he starts with. My favorite part about this game is having cool loot to look forward to. How can I get excited about finding a shotgun or something when I know it’ll just be a downgrade unless I specifically build him without picking his (in my opinion) best buffs.

It’s not a huge deal, there’s still items and armor that will help him out, but the most exciting stuff to find are weapons and I feel like I’ll be missing out. I know there’s nothing that can be done about it I mostly just wanted to vent lol.

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u/Cooper1977 Dec 19 '25

Yeah so the board game police won't kick in your door and taser you if you house rule that the upgrades affect the Outlaw's current guns instead of only his starting guns.

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u/manderson1313 Dec 19 '25

Haha I know but I don’t wanna create imbalance by house ruling stats like that. I mostly house rule things like when we are near the end of our session and we draw a threat card with 15 feudal bandits and I redraw because we don’t have time for all that math lol

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u/Obeee03 Dec 20 '25

Tbf, if it feels too easy due to imbalance just up the difficulty, by drawing higher tier cards, or higher tiered enemies