Paladin / Gunslinger (PFS)

[Soluzar]

I need some help here. I started this character off with this idea of sorta remaking Paladin from Have Gun Will Travel. I've been looking at him and I'm kinda at a loss of what to do with him. The character is a 1 Gunslinger/3 Paladin. I'd like to stick with the character concept but I don't know if I can live with just doing 1d8 damage going into level 5.

Here are my stats:

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Male Human (Chelaxian) Gunslinger (Mysterious Stranger) 1/Paladin 3 (Pathfinder RPG Ultimate Combat 0, 9)
LG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +4; Senses Perception +7
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Defense
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AC 18, touch 14, flat-footed 14 (+4 armor, +4 Dex)
hp 35 (4d10+7)
Fort +9, Ref +10, Will +6
Immune disease, fear
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Offense
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Speed 30 ft.
Melee shortsword +4 (1d6/19-20)
Ranged masterwork double-barreled pistol +9 (1d8/×4) and
pistol +8 (1d8/×4)
Special Attacks grit (1), smite evil
Spell-Like Abilities (CL 4th; concentration +7)
At will—detect evil
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Statistics
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Str 11, Dex 18, Con 12, Int 10, Wis 10, Cha 16
Base Atk +4; CMB +4; CMD 18
Feats Gunsmithing[UC], Point-Blank Shot, Precise Shot, Rapid Reload
Traits black powder bravado, called
Skills Acrobatics +8, Climb +4, Craft (alchemy) +4, Diplomacy +8, Intimidate +7, Perception +7, Ride +8, Sense Motive +4, Survival +4, Swim +4
Languages Common
SQ aura of courage, aura of good, deeds (deadeye, focused aim, gunslinger's dodge), lay on hands, mercies (mercy [fatigued])
Combat Gear cold iron firearm bullet (50), scroll of mending, mending, wand of cure light wounds (49 charges); Other Gear mithral chain shirt, alchemical cartridge (paper) (28), black powder (30), firearm bullet (30), masterwork double-barreled pistol, pistol, shortsword, handy haversack, bandolier, bandolier, canteen, flint and steel, gunsmith's kit, silver holy symbol (Iomedae), powder horn, powder horn, powder horn, silk rope (50 ft.), torch (2), trail rations (3), 1,560 gp, 1 sp, 8 cp
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Special Abilities
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Aura of Courage +4 (10' radius) (Su) You are immune to Fear. Allies within aura gain a morale bonus to saves vs Fear.
Aura of Good (Ex) The paladin has an Aura of Good with power equal to her class level.
Black Powder Bravado (1/day) When attacking as part of a deed, you can reroll but must take the 2nd result.
Called (1/day) Reroll a natural 1 on an attack roll and take the second result instead.
Detect Evil (At will) (Sp) You can use detect evil at will (as the spell).
Grit (Ex) Gain a pool of points that are spent to fuel deeds, regained on firearm crit/killing blow.
Gunsmithing You can use a gunsmithing kit to craft/repair firearms and ammo.
Immunity to Disease You are immune to diseases.
Immunity to Fear (Ex) You are immune to all fear effects.
Lay on Hands (1d6, 4/day) (Su) You can heal 1d6 damage, 4/day
Mercy (Fatigued) (Su) When you use your lay on hands ability, it also removes the fatigued condition.
Point-Blank Shot +1 to attack and damage rolls with ranged weapons at up to 30 feet.
Precise Shot You don't get -4 to hit when shooting or throwing into melee.
Rapid Reload (Pistol) You can reload fast with one type of Crossbow or Firearm.
Scroll of mending, mending Add this item to create a scroll with spells on it.
Smite Evil (1/day) (Su) +3 to hit, +3 to damage, +3 deflection bonus to AC when used.
Wand of cure light wounds (49 charges) Add this item to create a wand of a chosen spell.

[Gilarius]

It looks like you're mostly intending to use your gun rather than melee?

For melee, you should get weapon finesse and add 'agile' to your weapon. Smite will add a lot of damage vs evil enemies.

For focusing on ranged attacks, you are better off taking more levels of gunslinger plus the deadly aim feat.

[Chris O'Reilly]

I don't know the character reference but deadly aim is a pretty big must have. I'd have gone oath of vengeance and it might be worth looking into retraining into it, trade weak lay on hands for smites. Even the powergamiest power gamer in our area feels bad about double barrel guns but with that and smite and cha to dmg when it counts you are a bbeg killer. One of our venture officers around here runs a similar setup a bit higher level and with deadly aim and does fine without the double barrel gun so you should be even more than fine.

Get the silver smite bracelet ASAP and probably reliable for your gun (1-3 misfire with paper carts and no quick clear is an accident waiting to happen)

(Under special attacks your grit is listed as one but should be 3, don't be afraid to use it to secure a kill and get the point back)

[Soluzar]

I'm planning on going ranged. I was kind of at a loss of what to do after getting Point Blank Shot and Precise Shot (Precise shot being almost required). I'm considering going two weapon fighting down the road so I can use two pistols.

[Gilarius]

Soluzar wrote:

I'm planning on going ranged. I was kind of at a loss of what to do after getting Point Blank Shot and Precise Shot (Precise shot being almost required). I'm considering going two weapon fighting down the road so I can use two pistols.

Unless you can get an extra arm, or similar, you can't reload if you're holding 2 guns.

Or you need quickdraw and a lot of guns.

Before going for 2 weapon fighting, you probably want deadly aim and rapid shot. Getting more levels of gunslinger will help more than anything, which wastes a lot of the paladin abilities. I think that this build suits a switch hitter better than a predominantly ranged character.