Need help with black powder inquisitor

[Arcasus]

I have a friend thats playing in the strange aeons AP. He wanted to play a gun slinger but I figured that a black powder inquisitor would be better in the long run. the party make up is witch, blood rager,alchemist or wizard ( person hasn't decided yet), and magus, monk. He also wants to be an half-elf. We are using a 10 point buy system .I've came up with this so far:

1:Precise shot ( still undecided)
2:Point Blank shot
3 Deadly Aim
5:Rapid Reload ( still trying to determine which guns the gm is going to allow)
7: undecided
9: Vital strike
11: Devastating Strike

We had thought about replacing keen senses with Ancestral Arms but are unsure what to get. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

[Nyerkh]

Be aware of your prerequisites : PBS is needed to take Precise Shot. You'll have to flip those two.
A lot depends on what guns he ends up using. Namely, if he goes for pistols, Rapid Shot would be nice (once he reloads as a free action).
I'm not convinced Vital Strike is all that useful here. You're fighting at range (if very short range) and should hit decently reliably : might as well full-attack. It's a bit of matter of taste and a recurring debate, plus he'll have 9 levels to decide on that : he can take his time to think about it. With everything an Inquisitor can stack on a damage roll I'd absolutely go for multiple attacks, but not everyone's gonna agree.

All in all, a straight-up Gunslinger isn't built all that differently from a more classical archer.
So, how much your friend wants to invest on the Inquisitor bit is something to consider as well.

Finally, Keen Senses cannot be traded for Ancestral Arms, that's an Adaptability replacement.
And with proficiency in all martial weapons and firearms, I'd worry more about replacing Multitalented, and possibly said Adaptability, than Keen Senses. Perception in useful and an Inquisitor will have wisdow anyway.

[Arcasus]

Nyerkh wrote:

Be aware of your prerequisites : PBS is needed to take Precise Shot. You'll have to flip those two.

A lot depends on what guns he ends up using. Namely, if he goes for pistols, Rapid Shot would be nice (once he reloads as a free action).
I'm not convinced Vital Strike is all that useful here. You're fighting at range (if very short range) and should hit decently reliably : might as well full-attack. It's a bit of matter of taste and a recurring debate, plus he'll have 9 levels to decide on that : he can take his time to think about it. With everything an Inquisitor can stack on a damage roll I'd absolutely go for multiple attacks, but not everyone's gonna agree.

All in all, a straight-up Gunslinger isn't built all that differently from a more classical archer.
So, how much your friend wants to invest on the Inquisitor bit is something to consider as well.

Finally, Keen Senses cannot be traded for Ancestral Arms, that's an Adaptability replacement.
And with proficiency in all martial weapons and firearms, I'd worry more about replacing Multitalented, and possibly said Adaptability, than Keen Senses. Perception in useful and an Inquisitor will have wisdow anyway.

Thank you so much for your input. it gives us something to work with. We play tonight. I will tell you what we come up with and if you have anything you would like to ad after.

[Ryan Freire]

At some point your friend is going to want 5 levels of gunslinger. Stat to damage is too big a part of your damage output to give up.