How weird is the SGG Enforcer in Golarion?

[DM_Blake]

For those not familiar with it, the Enforcer from SGG is an Anachronistic Adventurer, a guy from the modern world somehow blasted into Golarion. They have several such adventurers, but the Enforcer is a core 20-level class typically representing a modern soldier, trained in guns and such, and comes with some interesting modern firearms.

So basically a gunslinger, but with modern weapons. To give SGG credit, their take on guns is very interesting and the class abilities look like lots of fun too).

My question is for DMs and players alike.

Would having a PC with this class in your worlds be weird? Would it break immersion or feel wrong or be too far out of place? Does it break the "fantasy" concept too much?

Or would you just look at it as one more kind of fighter and welcome him into the game?

Somewhere in between?

[Caedwyr]

Given the latest adventure path, I'd say the class is thematically appropriate provided it is used very sparingly.

[DM_Blake]

I'm considering at a class for a PC who will be there all the time.

So if by "sparingly" you mean only this PC has the class and it's never available to more PCs or to multiclassing or to NPCs (unless the DM wants to drop in an extremely rare visitor from another world), then yes, it would be used very sparingly indeed.

[Illeist]

I can say that it would definitely feel weird, but it's up to your GM and fellow players whether that's a good kind of weird. Regardless, though, it will almost certainly be unbalanced. Advanced firearms are pretty powerful, and, though I haven't seen the stats, I'd imagine that modern guns would be even more so. Your GM may decide that you bring no equipment with you or that you cannot find or craft the ammunition that your firearms need.

[Caedwyr]

DM_Blake wrote:

I'm considering at a class for a PC who will be there all the time.

So if by "sparingly" you mean only this PC has the class and it's never available to more PCs or to multiclassing or to NPCs (unless the DM wants to drop in an extremely rare visitor from another world), then yes, it would be used very sparingly indeed.

Yes to the second part. By sparingly, I mean not making this a common thing, otherwise it ends up becoming normal. Unless you like that type of game (See Amethyst Renaissance for a pretty cool take on this). One of the fun parts of playing this type of character is the fish-out-of-water antics you can get up to.

Also, use the SGG gun rules, not the Paizo gun rules, as the Paizo gun rules will cause all sorts of problems, and the SGG gun rules, especially for the enforcer end up being a lot more balanced. There's some good stuff on how to handle the different technology levels in the Enforcer pdf, and the GM should probably take a look at it to help avoid some easy pitfalls.