I am looking for some ideas to replace the Pale Stranger I this part of the adventure. I am not keen on using guns in m campaigns and I don't want to bring something against the party that uses them either.
Any suggestions?
You could reskin it. Let it use the same stats but change it from gun using to crossbow using. It would make the creature still work and keep guns out of your campaign.
I used the Brawler from the Advanced Class Guide playtest document instead of the gunslinger. Kept it a skeleton. My guys had a real hard time. Look at the playtest boards, for some builds in the Brawler threads.