happened upon the grand marshal last night and was curious about a few things
1) the grand marshal prestige class stats that you gain deeds at 1\2 your lv, but it also stats that if you have gunslinger lvs that your lvs stack.
so would gunslinger 5/grand marshal 2= deed lv 6 or 7?
2) (like above) grand marshal gains deeds as a gunslinger. so if i was mysterious stranger before entering Grand marshal, do i gain deeds from the archetype? the base gunslinger? or both? like could i get quick clear back with this prestige class?
3) (off topic question) is there any way to sheath your weapon as a free action? i was wonder if i could sheath a sword in my off hand (story item) to quickly reload my gun.
1) it counts as six. You are effectively a first level gunslinger from Grand Marshal. Then you add the actual gunslinger levels.
2) I believe it works as mysterious stranger and you do not get quick clear back. I would wait for another opinion on that.
3) I believe the feat gun twirling does something similar. Maybe if you have a tail to hold the sword with or vestigial limb. Weapon cords let you just drop it momentarily and pick it up easier.
For the third one, you can use a Glove of Storing.
For the third one: many GMs allow Quick Draw to do quick-sheathe as well in their home games. If you need a RAW method you should check out the Quick Stow feat. It doesn't exactly make it a free action, but if your gun is a move action to reload then you could sheathe a weapon as part of it.