So I've decided to finally give spellslinger a shot (pun slightly intended), when I noticed that the spellslinger is given a broken gun. It makes sense that the class that is supposed to be about guns is automatically given one, but why in the broken condition?
Given that the Spellslinger/Gunslinger has the gunsmiths kit, and that the gunsmithing feat automatically given gives the opportunity to repair said weapon, in what circumstance would the starting broken condition matter other than to a new player that doesn't know about how to properly repair their gun and punish them early on with an extremely high gold cost, or in the circumstance that the gm decides a situation such as when introducing characters: "Hey, there's an injured person over here! He looks pretty beat up, as well as his gun..." ect?
Perhaps this may be better under general discussion or another board, in which case, please move this thread, if able, to that location or direct me to where it may be more suitable.
It's not a broken gun, it's "Battered" which means only you know how to use it. You don't treat it as broken, everyone else does.
This allows you to start with a gun without breaking the wealth system, but does not negatively impact you in any way unless giving your gun away to someone else was part of your plan.
Ah, thank you for catching that. Guess that answers that question! Just needed to refer to Gunslinger!