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It isn't. Hundreds of messageboards posts to prove it, plus my own experience. Being forced in close range with a prone to explode weapon that gets a -4 to each roll, even against Touch AC, is bad without investing a lot of feats and money into it. (Also, make sure that he uses Rapid Reload (DB pistol) and not Rapid Reload (One-handed Firearm), 'cause the mistake is easy to do).
Also, higher misfire range + misfire = two barrels to clean out.
Depends on how you run it, if you run it like it has a built in manyshot and effectively doubles the number of attacks the player makes then yes it's broken.
You can do a full attack by double tapping each shot if you can reload fast enough, it's been clarified a long time ago. And no, this isn't overpowered.
Do you have a link to a dev post saying that this is what they intented with the double pistol?
Yes i know that with the now wording of the double pistol it can double the number of attacks you have if you have rapid reload and using alchemical cartiges, but i find the ability to double the number of attacks you made by taking a -4 seriously overpowerful.
For example a 8th level gunslinger could easily have 3-4 attacks (the 4 being from haste), if he uses a double pistol he makes 6 or 8 attacks. How is 8 attacks for 1d8+13 per attack (and the 13 is quite low) at -4 but targeting touch AC at 8th level don't seem overpowered?
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He doesn't make 6 or 8 attacks, he makes 4 that each act as if you shot twice. One attack roll : one "action" : two bullets. One misfire : two bullets that misfire : weapon ruined unless you spend two rounds correcting it.
You think this is overpowered ?
Then you should obviously ban the poor archer fighter too, since he's still DPR king.
He doesn't make 6 or 8 attacks, he makes 4 that each act as if you shot twice. One attack roll : one "action" : two bullets. One misfire : two bullets that misfire : weapon ruined unless you spend two rounds correcting it.
You think this is overpowered ?
Then you should obviously ban the poor archer fighter too, since he's still DPR king.
That's why i said effectively doubling the number of his attacks, and no it's not the same with the archer because the archer can use manyshot only in his first attack but with that a gunslinger can use manyshot on all of his attacks.
No and we even have a archer in our game and she does not match the damage with the ease of laying it out. For me it just seemed to not match the other firearms that are given in the book and does seem to stand out. Now with that said I can work with it because that is what a good DM does.
Out of curiosity what class is the archer and what class is the one with the firearm?