One Shot One Kill: Dead Shot vs. Mythic Vital Strike?


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I would like to play a one-shot-one-kill style gunslinger in an upcoming game. Yes, I know dual wielding pistols is stronger, but I'd like to make the most of this conceptually. The game will have fairly high stats, high tech stuff from the tech guide (one guy is planning on being a Technomancer), and I believe we will become at least a little bit mythic.

I was thinking about Mysterious Strange + Dead Shot as my go to attack, since the Charisma would add to each successful attack and there'd be a higher than normal chance to crit. With Mythic, I wouldn't even necessarily need to stay still, since several abilities let you move and shoot as a swift action.

That said, there's also certain appeal to Techslinger--though only for the high end, using Dead Shot with Heavy Weapons. Honestly, an Advanced Rifle looks significantly more appealing to me than the high tech laser/sonic/zero weapons. They do practically the same damage, but the Rifle has a x4 crit (vs. x2 for most of the high tech stuff) and I can make bullets rather than having guns that can permanently run out of charge (or cost me Grit just to shoot if I go Techslinger). The only one that seems worth it is the Grapple Gun--and it's absurd to me that I'd rather hit someone with a Batman Zip Line than a frickin' laser.

The other way to go seems to be just picking up Mythic Vital Strike. Assuming a hyper consevative reading of Dead Shot, it basically trades the higher crit/lower misfire rate and costing extra feats for action economy and grit conservation. I could theoretically Vital Strike while actually sniping (and with Champion's Limitless Range, that should prove nasty).

Speaking of a hyper conservative reading of Dead Shot--has there been anything conclusively stated about it? Does it only work on BAB-granted attacks, or will Rapid Shot type stuff add into it? I'll be using a two-handed gun, so dual wielding isn't relevant here. I don't know how my GM will read Dead Shot, but before I try convincing him to let it work with Rapid Shot/Haste/Mythic Rapid Shot, I want to make sure there wasn't anything official denying that possibility.

What would you do? Dead Shot or Mythic Vital Strike? And should I be a Mysterious Stranger or a Techslinger (or neither, I guess)? I really prefer Charisma to Wisdom for flavor reasons and adding Charisma (and Dex after level 9) to each hit is appealing (not to mention being able to use Charisma with ANY gun I pick up, which matters in a game with timeworn tech), but I know it will cost me (I'll need that Cha to Will feat, for sure, and I'll also lose Nimble's AC bonus and Quick Clear before I get to ignore misfires).

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