I'm building a Vanguard with the intent to use a Gun Sword as the character's weapon and take Defensive Armaments to give them the ability to defend themselves in melee, where they'll likely be spending most of their time.
How is Defensive Armaments intended to interact with combination weapons like the Gun Sword? Is the intent that only the ranged half gains the Parry trait? Or does the weapon itself gain the parry trait because it is a single object with two modes?
I'll have to just deal with whatever the answer is, but it would significantly affect how the character would act and whether it would be worth it to take the Mauler Dedication.
Unfortunately, when a combination weapon is in its melee form it is not a firearm/crossbow, ergo defensive armaments does not apply. From an in universe perspective, the stance used when firing two handed range weapons is completely different from using a spear or sword, so the skills for parrying with a long rifle don't translate to using said long rifle as a sword.
I see. Thank you.
I thought I'd finally found a use for the Gun Sword, dang. Oh, well. Maybe it'd be better to just go with a Dawnsilver Tree with Weapon Improviser Dedication, or something.