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I have a gunslinger in my campaign who has been using his musket to cold cock people for d10 HP.

Re reading the rules for pistol whip I asked him if that should not cost a grit point each time He said only if he was going for the surprise attack thingie.
I countered that at best a musket would be an improvised weapon and would take a penalty to hit (Esp at d10 damage!!) He said as a gunslinger using it as a melee weapon is a skill, but I cannot find the rule stating that.

Am I missing something?

Gun slingers already have it hard paying so much for ammo and slow loading, but using the stock of your gun in the real world is a good way to split it quickly.

Searched the boards (Like 650+ entries for pistol whip) but could not find anything about using fire arm as melee without using a grit point. I have suggested a bayonet!
Thanks
Les

When I read the write up for the battle at the whale processing plant my brain went NUTS thinking how I was going to represent it on the board.
First off, I am not sure WHAT the heck it is about drawing maps that have all the buildings at an angle to the grid. I swear all of Sandpoint was drawn that way. OK rant over.

I became fascinated with the cinematic concept of fighting in a place that was
A)Slippery with oil and blubber
B) Had good cover and fields of fire (With hundreds of seagulls providing miss chances)
c) Was extremely flammable

Since I have five players I knew I needed to up the encounter to keep them from breezing through. I added a 4th level Druid of Gozreh who had a hatred for the whale killing foreigners and a vulture animal companion

Her main focus was fire spells. Produce flame would allow her to pinpoint fire, and flaming sphere would roll around catching the blubber, waste and spilled oil on fire in wall patterns. And she would use her 2d level summon nature's ally to summon a small fire elemental. I had multiple fire markers ready including a couple of fire-walls to represent the path of the flaming sphere.
I knew I could not easily represent the three levels of the flensing house so I built one.
Since I cannot post pics here (Or cannot figure out how) I will direct you to my webshots page that has the images of the flensing house, boiler vats etc
http://inlinethumb61.webshots.com/50236/2140627060101629488S425x425Q85.jpg

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