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I work at a gaming store in Manchester, NH and was interested in starting a regular Pathfinder game. I was wondering if there was anyone here interested; and, if so, if you were interested in Pathfinder Society or ins a homebrew campaign of my own creation.

Since the grit system already acts a lot like the ki-sytem, why not just make the Gunslinger just another ki-using class? While ki does have cultural associations, it already exists in Pathfinder as a mechanic for "that little something extra." By allowing grit to be ki, ki can be used from or with other classes.

While there are those here that have a problem with the use of the names "ninja" and "samurai" and the images they invoke, I take no issue with them. Though clearly Japanese in flavor, the image they conjure is still fantasy, despite a cultural jump from West to East. With the number of Western-specific cultural names (Bard, Druid, Paladin), this is acceptable. I do take [mild] issue with the name "Gunslinger," however.
Not only are we given gunslingers, but they also have grit. This is a very "Wild West" archetype, a genre era on the wrong side of the Age of Enlightenment. The alchemist borders on technological, but remains firmly rooted in the Renaissance and the Gothic. I wonder if a more fantasy-appropriate name for the gunslinger would be Musketeer.
Like the Alchemist, the Musketeer is just on the "correct" side of the Age of Enlightenment. Like the Samurai, it refers to something very specific historically, but fairly generic culturally.