Parcheval will take up a position using the corral as cover directly in line with the stable door and will ready his boomstick to unload should anyone break out.

Happily. I'm going to struggle to hit a barn door even if I give it both barrels at point blank. Anything requiring the slightest amount of physicality or dexterity is not my forte.

I bought matches with the last of my change.

"Sounds like a plan to me. Though I ain't too strong, like. You might need to give me a push from behind if we've got some climbing to do."

Tarnation! Parcheval ain't prone to this kind of violence. He will retreat quietly and gather up any of the gang he can find on his way to Doc's little camp to update them on what he saw.

16 on the dice. So 15.

Parcheval will go, all sneaky like, through the front gate and take up a position in the ruined stable if it's empty. If he sees that there are horses in there that might cause a fuss he'll proceed on and poke his head into the next outbuilding and hold up in there instead if it's empty.

Is there somewhere off the trail that we could secure our horses out of sight from the ranch and any other people on the track? "Gents, may I suggest we proceed on foot and as quietly as possible? Those ramshackle huts along the perimeter may be trapped or have a look-out holdin' up in them. Let's c...

Parcheval calls out to the group as they ride.

"Might I suggest we dismount a short distance from our quarry and take shelter off track to observe the lay of the land? I don't see no good in riding right up and knockin' on the front door when we're dealin' with these nefarious types."

"Oh, it ain't far, sir. Just outside the city, headin' southward-like, not east. When I said 'east' before, I meant the city-folk, out east, used to come to Palace to stay at the ol' Horsehead for some rural 'Western' charm. Ha!" He spits into a glass before wiping it with a used handkerchief. "Wel...

As we're gathering up our things and getting ready to leave, Parcheval presses the bartender for more information.

"I say, good sir, how long of a ride eastward might this Horsehead Ranch be? And what kind of terrain might we find ourselves dealing with as we travail?"

Parcheval puts on his reading glasses and begins repeatedly shuffling his deck of cards, as he is won't to do when pondering any conundrum. Eventually he stops. "I ain't no rancher but I ain't no fighter either. Extracting information from those folks might not be pretty if they've got a mean stash ...

I shall buy an extra thick coat, some matches, candles and cigarettes. And I'll keep one silver for luck.

Alrighty, so with my 11 silver I shall buy one extra slot of shotgun shells, a bedroll, a blanket and a chicken.

How many shots of my double barrelled shotgun does "an item slots worth of ammunition" get me? So, firing guns and reloading is a bit abstract in FS. You only run out of ammo when you roll a 1 when rolling for damage, so that means you can keep firing until you roll a 1, then if you do, you load an...