I'm building a Gnome Mysterious Stranger (1)/Sorcerer (6)/Eldritch Knight (to 10 if possible) as a back-up character. The concept I have is of a wealthy gentleman hunter with Bartholomew as his unspeaking manservant. Of course, his manservant is actually a spell effect (Unseen Servant, Reloading Hands, Pilfering Hands, etc.)
Gunslinging is fairly feat intensive, so most of the feats are probably going in that direction. If I have space I'd like to take Craft Arms and Armor. Otherwise, feats and levels look to be as follows:
1: Gunsmithing (bonus), Rapid Reload [Pistol](Mysterious Stranger)
2: (Sorcerer) (First level spells)
3: Point-Blank Shot (Sorc)
4: (Sorc)
5: Rapid Shot (Sorc) (2nd level spells)
6: (Sorc)
7: Precise Shot (3rd level spells)(Sorc)
8: Deadly Aim (EK)
9: Craft Arms and Armor? (EK)
Some handy tricks:
1. Reloading hands with a Culverin. Probably my favourite tactic. A 2nd level 30' cone of shrapnel.
2. Named Bullet and eventually its greater counterpart to obtain autocrits and regain grit.
3. Obscuring Mist (or other similar) with scatter weapons.
4. Flying while gunslinging is awesome.
5. Abundant Ammo to save money in early levels.
A few questions: What non-gunslinger spells should I take? Are there any firearm spells I should avoid? (Ricochet Shot is iffy; it seems as though it could cause misfire off the ricochet.)
And what bloodline should I go with? I'm restricted to hardcover books. I was hoping for a noble bloodline but the closet is the Human one out of ARG and I want to stick with Gnome. I'm thinking either Serpentine or Primal (of fire). For serpentine I'll take the gnome Magical Linguist route and get some bard-like face skills with Diplo as a class skill and Bluff boosted with a familiar. For Primal I'll get some very useful first and second level spells and I can focus my roleplay on the Splodies aspect of things and relishing fire damage. (And of course I'll have the fire based gnome magical race trait.)
Any other suggestions or comments?