I'm going to be playing in Iron Gods soon and I'm playing a gunslinger. I'm debating between playing the Pistolero or Techslinger archtypes. The Pistolero has extra damage at lower levels but the techslinger has more versitality in the types of firearms they can use, like being able to use heavy weapons as firearms at higher levels.
Any suggestions as which may be a better choice?
The stronger mechanical choice is the pistolero (or musket master) and that's because the system has a lot more difficulty dealing with early firearms (and slug based firearms in general) than it has dealing with technological firearms.
That said i think that you should go with techslinger because it's more thematic for the AP and the APs are quite easy and really don't require any serious degree of optimization.
the APs are quite easy and really don't require any serious degree of optimization.
Your kidding, right?
the APs are quite easy and really don't require any serious degree of optimization.Your kidding, right?
No i am not, i have DMed RotRL and Shattered Star, i have played Jade Regent and Kingmaker and i have come to that conclusion, and i am not the only one.
The techslinger will probably be more useful in the Iron Gods AP. There will be high-tech firearms to loot pretty early on, as well as throughout the AP (not to mention being able to take over facilities to craft tech items at some points); the altered deeds allow the techslinger to really shine with tech firearms.
No i am not, i have DMed RotRL and Shattered Star, i have played Jade Regent and Kingmaker and i have come to that conclusion, and i am not the only one.the APs are quite easy and really don't require any serious degree of optimization.Your kidding, right?
Text has no inflection and I honestly could not tell if you were kidding. I hope no offence was taken.
I have GM'ed and played in several APs (RotRL both old school and revised, Kingmaker, Mummys Mask (currently running), and Chrimson Throne)In my experiances the AP's are not very deadly after the first book but the first 4 levels acan be very deadly. As a player I have been in 2 TPK's (old school RotRL and Chrimson Throne) and as GM I have had to fudge rolls to keep my PC's from dying. Also a look at the obituaries of any of the AP froums will show that the AP's can be very deadly at times. Which is why I thought you may have ben kidding.
I'm glad that your experiances have been diffrent.
So that is two votes for techslinger. Also my fellow player suggested techslinger and since I want my character to be more utility than DPS I'm going to go techslinger. Thanks for the input.