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Are there any obvious oversights I should be looking for that make the gunslinger better than he should be?
Not really. I mean, they do pretty good damage against touch AC...but reloading basically requires both Alchemical Cartridges and a Feat, and still takes a Move Action for a musket user. And Misfires are a definite problem as well. Plus their attacks are 6 GP a shot.
They're good, but barring various abusive and questionable uses of two-weapon fighting or double-barreled pistols, they aren't really any more awesome than, say, a focused archer build.
Cranewings, just a note...stand still is explicitly adjacent enemies only. It's not enemies you threaten, so it does not work with a glaive normally.
Unless you mean he uses it on adjacent enemies only, and tries to keep them away with the glaive.
Are there any obvious oversights I should be looking for that make the gunslinger better than he should be?Not really. I mean, they do pretty good damage against touch AC...but reloading basically requires both Alchemical Cartridges and a Feat, and still takes a Move Action for a musket user. And Misfires are a definite problem as well. Plus their attacks are 6 GP a shot.
They're good, but barring various abusive and questionable uses of two-weapon fighting or double-barreled pistols, they aren't really any more awesome than, say, a focused archer build.
Even with that abuse they still are just breaking even generally due to the penalties associated with the attack roll.
They aren't 6 gp a shot. An alchemical cartridge (bullet) will be 1.2 gp.
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They aren't 6 gp a shot. An alchemical cartridge (bullet) will be 1.2 gp.
Meh not so much:
Crafting Ammunition: You can craft bullets, pellets, and black powder for a cost in raw materials equal to 10% of the price. If you have at least 1 rank in Craft (alchemy), you can craft alchemical cartridges for a cost in raw materials equal to half the price of the cartridge. At your GM’s discretion, you can craft metal cartridges for a cost in raw materials equal to half the cost of the cartridge. Crafting bullets, black powder, or cartridges takes 1 day of work for every 1,000 gp of ammunition (minimum 1 day).
Although oddly I'm not seeing it in my beta document, hmm.
Oooooooh. Tricky.
Don't forget that firearms are only good out to 5 range increments and only get their special attack status in the first range increment.
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Well, I didn't know that. What are they shooting, Moon Rocks?
Homemade gunpowder isn't cheap, nor are homemade alchemical supplies (to make the cartridges). The bullet itself is cheap as hell.
They aren't 6 gp a shot. An alchemical cartridge (bullet) will be 1.2 gp.
Nope! As Abraham Spaulding mentions, normal bullets are 1/10 cost to make with gunsmithing (so 1.1 GP), but Alchemical Cartridges are half price (so 6 GP).
It's a bit of a nasty cost at lower levels.
Sense that point, he has been owning.
How? His gun only does the same damage as a bow and he has a range increment of 20ft, beyond that range he's at -2 and no touch attack. Plus, after every barrel has been fired, he must reload each barrel individually, even with the rapid reload feat and alchemical cartridges he only has 1 swift action per round to reload.
Archers and Mages should have no trouble against the Gunslinger.
If you want to get at him with melee, use a large or bigger sized creature and overrun anyone blocking him.
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Thanks. Which feats? Precise shot and?Yes, they do stack. Thats why he needs to take those two feats which hurts his options.There are two problems I found: I didn't realize his extra 20' range required a move action for aiming. Not that big of a deal.
Bigger deal: can you stack the penalty for firing into melee with the cover penalty for shooting at someone directly across from the ally he is fighting?
Point Blank Shot.
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Things I have heard about with gunslingers causing problems.
Player not tracking ammo spent.
Player using an advanced firearm when the GM said only primitive (the GM didn't look to see which table it was on).
Player 'forgetting' to apply range, cover, or in melee penalties.
Player 'forgetting' it's not a touch attack after the first range incremint.
Player 'forgetting' to mention a possible misfire that needs to be rolled. (For some reason never forget to roll for criticals though.)
Most of the time any problems have been players or GM's not following all the rules.
However, some opponents are just particularly vulnerable. I read about someone who ended up against a bunch of the old slow zombies wearing dwarven stone plate. Touch attacks bypassed the high AC and the slow zombies couldn't effectively catch and attack him. The GM was very angry about how easy the combat was compared to his expectations. But really the problem was a mismatch of opponents. Slow heavily armored zombies were simply not dangerous to a gunslinger.
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pepperbox rifle isn't that bad. he needs it to not suck.
at least he isn't a 2WF pistolero with double barrel pistols.
gunslingers pretty much need advanced firearms to keep up with the archer.
If the wizard is helping the gunslinger, he'll be casting Abundant Ammunition at the onset of combat. Helps a lot in the cost of ammunition.
Other than that, sounds like the group is sort of relying on him to be a damage dealer. Defensive/healing cleric, battle control paladin, utility wizard, and maneuvering monk. The gunslinger will seem awesome as long as he focuses on damage, pretty much and class should in that position.
I'd read up on advanced firearms though, as they run quite differently.
The gunslinger class is designed to be balanced and in-band with the emerging firearms rules, and it is. It's actually a nicely middle-of-the-pack class - a bit above average in terms of brutal offensive output, somewhat below average in terms of utility, but just overall in a nice spot. In the words of the "Emerging Firearms" section of UC, "The baseline Gunslinger rules and the prices for ammunition given in this chapter are for this type of campaign."
The "Commonplace Guns" rules - the ones that make Pepperbox Rifles generally available - have potentially significant effects on the potency of gunslingers. I don't think that they skyrocket gunslingers out of band or anything (and the price adjustments help combat the "I can't afford my own combat style at level one" issue that gunslingers normally have to deal with), but if you're finding a gunslinger already a potent contributor in your campaign, then advanced firearms might push him to a place you don't want.