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Skylancer4 wrote:

Also, the other side of this is... If the rest of the party is underperforming. It isn't the gunslingers fault. Many many times "this class is seemingly overpowered" comes from groups where the rest of the group is far from being anything regarded as optimized. If the rest of the party is built well, the "seemingly broken" one doesn't shine nearly as bright as it seemed to.

This can definitely be a factor as well. The Gunslinger is relatively easy to optimize, with his class features basically spelling out how to build him. Much like the Paladin, he only really needs two stats to be highly effective. Classes like the Fighter, Rogue, Monk, or even Wizard, who all have tons of options (not all of which are good, or even decent) and some of whose class features can be counter-intuitive to creating a solid build, can often make it seem like there's a much greater disparity between similar classes than there actually is.

What's the composition of the party that this gunslinger is showing up?

Fighter

I have increased the amount of generic NPCs in each encounter due to there being six in the party and the only one to pose a problem so far were Zombies. (DR5/Slashing)

I am a new GM putting a group through the Council of Thieves story. One of the players rolled up a Human Gunslinger with Point Blank Shot, Precise Shot and using Alchemical rounds. He pretty much moves to a vantage point and destroys the NPCs before any other party members can get any offense in for themselves. A musket doing 1d12 vs Touch seems crazy, and it will only get worse as he levels up. I am using the Emerging Guns game setting that is recommended in the book for Golarion.

Has anyone come up with a more balanced method of running Firearms in their campaigns? I didn't want to put any restrictions on what Paizo books the players could use, but the gun issue already has some players concerned that he will pretty much steal the show for the entire Adventure Path.

Thanks in advance!