Got bit by a bug early this morning while scouring the recruitment thread and now I can't shake the idea.
How do I make a Ratfolk Trench Fighter Dune Drifter gestalt work in a way that isn't completely useless/"shooting myself in the foot"?
When creating a character, I tend to think of a scenario that I feel would be TOTALLY cool and B.A. and then kind of work my way around with the crunch.
Imagine this:
Wastelands, bandits on the loose. From a distance, a wolf charges, kicking dust up in it's wake. Atop the wolf, a lightly armored ratfolk with lance in one hand, buckler in the other. The two charge through a group of bandits, striking one dead-center with the lance, and another gets blasted away with the ratfolk's buckler gun. He stows the lance and buckler gun, draws a revolver and a knife, and kick's off of the wolf and goes back-to-back with his mount in preparation for close combat with the remaining bandits.
How the hell would I make this work, crunch-wise that won't be totally ridiculously underpowered?
This was originally an idea for a recruitment floating around, but I would love to have this character in case of a rainy day table game.
EDIT: It may be helpful to know that the stats rolled for that recruitment were 14, 13, 14, 17, 16, 16 and that the game starts at 3rd level