Isildarian Gunslinger (3.5e Class)

Making a Gunslinger

Gunslingers do massive amounts of damage, but cannot handle being hit, preferring to find a nice hill or building overlooking the fight, and then picking off targets. They are generally well built and dexterous as they must often climb the sides of buildings to gain a better vantage point.

Abilities: Dexterity is most important of all attributes, as it is dexterity that allows a Gunslinger to survive in combat. Charisma affects their ability to judge and handle social situations and determine how people will react. Intelligence is useful mainly for crafting.

Races: Primarily Humans, Half-lings, and Gnomes, but Dwarves and Elves are occasionally Gunslingers.

Requirements:

Alignment: All good alignments, sometimes neutral, but rarely ever evil.

Starting Gold: 350GP Hit Die: 1d8

Starting Age: Moderate.

Table: The Gunslinger

Level	Base Attack Bonus	Saving Throws			Special	Spells per Day
		Fort	Ref	Will		0	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th	7th	8th	9th
1st	+0	+0	+3	+2	Cast Rounds, Craft Pistol, Craft Rifle, Gunbound, Steady Aim (1d6)	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2nd	+1	+0	+3	+2	Dodge	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
3rd	+2	+1	+4	+2	Modified Rounds, Fast movement, Steady Aim (2d6)	6	5	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
4th	+3	+1	+4	+2	Dexterous Dodge	6	6	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
5th	+3	+1	+4	+2	Shot in the Dark, Steady Aim (3d6)	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
6th	+4	+2	+5	+3	Evasion	6	6	5	3	-	-	-	-	-	-
7th	+5	+2	+5	+3	Steady Aim (4d6)	6	6	6	4	-	-	-	-	-	-
8th	+6/+1	+2	+6	+4	Enchant	6	6	6	3	3	-	-	-	-	-
9th	+6/+1	+3	+6	+4	Steady Aim (5d6)	6	6	6	4	4	-	-	-	-	-
10th	+7/+2	+3	+7	+5	Uncanny Dodge	6	6	6	5	3	3	-	-	-	-
11th	+8/+3	+3	+7	+5	Steady Aim (6d6)	6	6	6	6	4	4	-	-	-	-
12th	+9/+4	+4	+8	+6	improved Uncanny Dodge	6	6	6	6	5	3	3	-	-	-
13th	+9/+4	+4	+8	+6	Steady Aim(7d6)	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	-	-	-
14th	+10/+5	+4	+9	+6		6	6	6	6	6	5	3	3	-	-
15th	+11/+6/+1	+5	+9	+7	Dead Shot, Steady Aim (8d6)	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	-	-
16th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+10	+7		6	6	6	6	6	6	5	3	3	-
17th	+12/+7/+2	+5	+10	+7	Hide in Plain Sight, Steady Aim (9d6)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4	4	-
18th	+13/+8/+3	+6	+11	+8		6	6	6	6	6	6	6	5	3	3
19th	+14/+9/+4	+6	+11	+8	Steady Aim (10d6)	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	4
20th	+15/+10/+5	+6	+12	+8	Unearthly Dodge	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6	6
Class Skills (8 + Int modifier per level, ×4 at 1st level) Appraise (Int), Balance (Dex), Bluff (Cha), Climb (Str), Concentration (Con), Craft (Int), Decipher Script (Int), Diplomacy (Cha), Disable Device (Int), Disguise (Cha), Escape Artist (Dex), Forgery (Int), Gather Information (Cha), Hide (Dex), (Cha), Jump (Str), Knowledge (local) (Int), Listen (Wis), Move Silently (Dex), Open Lock (Dex), Perform (Cha), Profession (Wis), Search (Int), Sense Motive (Wis), Sleight of Hand (Dex), Spot (Wis), Swim (Str), Tumble (Dex), Use Magic Device (Cha), Use Rope (Dex).

Class Features

All of the following are class features of the Gunslinger.

Weapon and Armor Proficiency: The Gunslinger is only proficient with guns. They aren't proficient with any type of armor or shield.

Crafting Guns: The very first thing a Gunslinger must learn to do is create weapons. The Gunslinger may take Guncraft as a Profession, and Craft Rounds/Pistol/Rifle. The Gunslinger can add their Guncraft Bonus to all of these Crafting checks. The Gunslinger has to chose one specialization (pistol or rifle) each additional specialization will cost a feat. Guns are difficult to create requiring a Craft Rounds/Pistol/Rifle according to the chart below, over time the gunslinger will become skilled enough to craft more powerful weapons.

Table: Crafting Pistols

Level	Craft DC	Bonus Damage	Attack Bonus	Additional Hardness	Additional Health	Cost
1st	16	—	—	—	—	850gp
6th	23	2d6	+1	+2	+5	1450gp
12th	29	3d6	+3	+4	+10	3850gp
18th	38	4d6	+6	+8	+20	5450gp
Base Pistol:
Size	Small
Critical	19-20/x3
Range Increment	60ft
Type	Piercing

	Weapon
Damage	1d8
Magazine	6 rounds
1 Round	1 bullet
Weight	6lbs

Table: Crafting Rifles

Level	Craft DC	Bonus Damage	Attack Bonus	Additional Hardness	Additional Health	Cost
1st	20	—	+2	+2	—	650gp
6th	27	+2	+4	+5	+5	1600gp
12th	35	+4	+6	+8	+10	2800gp
18th	43	+6	+8	+12	+20	3400gp
Base Rifle
Size	Medium
Critical	19-20/x3
Range Increment	90ft
Type	Piercing

	Weapon
Damage	3d6
Magazine	2 Rounds
Round	1 Bullets
Weight	15 lbs
Scope	+2 Attack Bonus

Casting Rounds: Creating rounds is the second thing a Gunslinger must learn to do as it is hard to use guns without ammunition. The Gunslinger gains the ability to craft special rounds which, through advanced alchemical processes, store energy and explosive components that can cause great harm. There are 18 types of rounds, each varies in power and build components. Each round costs 2/3rds of an ounce of the associated material (Roughly the weight of 8 coins, or about 12 measures in a pound of material). Additionally, each round has a base cost of 3 silver worth of materials required by the casting process (this includes the led or other heavy metal). As the material each round is produced from improves, it improves the weapon bonus it receives in order to increase attack rolls as well as to bypass damage resistance. If a critical is made the extra damage is also multiplied.

Creating rounds is a very intensive process, requiring meticulous and detailed alchemical work. To create rounds requires a Craft Rounds/Pistol/Rifle skill check (24) and a molding kit (250gp). Every hour (6 bullets) spent consecutively working past the first requires a concentration check (DC: 20) or the crafter must pause in crafting for 24 hours to relax, the DC increases by 5 for each additional hour spent crafting. Additionally, each hour past the first causes a -1 penalty to all ranged attacks. These points are recovered at a rate of 1 per every 2 hours provided the Gunslinger is no longer crafting rounds.

Further, firing a round is a harsh process on the pistol or rifle. Each round (6 bullets) fired deals damage to the Gunslinger's Pistol equal to it's type number. So, a Type 5 round would deal 5 damage to the pistol, and a type 18 round would deal 18 damage to the pistol. The Gunslinger can counteract this damage by modifying and enchanting his pistol. With up-to-date reinforcement, a gunslinger can keep his guns in good condition, never taking damage when discharging rounds he made himself. This damage stacks with other damage dealt to the weapon that round, making firing two or more consecutive rounds a dangerous prospect.

Table: Casting Rounds

Level	Round Type	Craft DC	Bonus Damage	Extra Materials	Attack Bonus
1st	Type 0	16	0	None	+0
3rd	Type 1	17	1d4	Copper	+0
	Type 2	19	2d4	Copper	+0
	Type 3	22	3d4	Copper	+0
6th	Type 4	25	2d6	Silver	+1
	Type 5	26	3d6	Silver	+1
	Type 6	27	4d6	Silver	+1
9th	Type 7	28	2d8	Gold	+2
	Type 8	29	3d8	Gold	+2
	Type 9	32	4d8	Gold	+2
12th	Type 10	33	2d10	Platinum	+3
	Type 11	35	3d10	Platinum	+3
	Type 12	36	4d10	Platinum	+3
15th	Type 13	37	5d10	Mithral	+4
	Type 14	38	4d12	Mithral	+4
	Type 15	39	5d12	Mithral	+4

Gunbound: Gunslingers create a sort of bond with their weapons, much as a druid would have a bond with her animal companion, a Gunslinger can interact with his weapons on a deeper level then other characters. To achieve this bound the Gunslinger must have made the weapon he is bounding to and spend 24hours with his weapon. At the end of this period the Gunslinger must make a check 1d20+Gunslinger level (DC20) to successfully bound with the gun. This process will cost the gunslinger 250xp. The Gunslinger may bound with more then one weapon but the DC to do so increase by 5 with each successive gun and the experience cost increase by 50xp with each successive gun. When a Gunslinger has these bound weapons on him, he can achieve feats that he could not without, consult chart below.

Table: Gunslinger's Bounded Pistol Abilities

Level	Hardness	Hit Points	Special
1-2	+1	+2	Call Pistol
3-4	+2	+3	Weaponized Allure
5-6	+3	+5	Bound Accuracy +1, Sighting Link
7-8	+4	+7	Weaponized Allure 2
9-10	+5	+9	Alertness
11-12	+6	+11	Bound Accuracy +2
13-14	+7	+13	Scry Pistol
15-16	+8	+14
17-18	+9	+16	Bound Accuracy +3
19-20	+10	+20
Alertness: Whenever a Gunslinger is in physical contact with his bound pistol, touching it with his hand, he gains heightened senses and is treated as if having the Alertness feat. Weaponized Allure: Whenever a Gunslinger attacks with his bound pistol he may add his Charisma modifier to his Attack and Damage. Starting at Level 7 the Gunslinger adds double their Charisma instead. The Gunslinger may draw two bound pistol's as a single move action. If he has the Quick Draw feat he may do so as a free action. Bound Accuracy: A Gunslinger slowly learns every detail and characteristic of their weapon. At fifth level a Gunslinger gains a +1 to his attack roll. This increases at level 11 to +2, and then to +3 at level 17. Sighting Link: A Gunslinger's bond with his weapons is a unique and spiritual one, crossing over to the supernatural. By concentrating (DC 20), a gunslinger can instead see out of the sights of his weapon, as if looking right out of the barrel of the pistol. This ability allows the Gunslinger to preform some extremely impressive trick shots, such as shooting behind him or around corners with no loss of accuracy. Using this ability is a move action and negates all but 100% miss chance. It also allows the Gunslinger to fire around his own 100% cover as long as he is adjacent to a square with 0% cover. Call Pistol: At 1st level, a Gunslinger can will his weapons to his hand. The pistol must not be gripped by anyone, so that it may fly free to it's master. Secondly, the gunslinger must be able to see the bonded weapon or know its exact location to call it to him. This is equivalent to a free action to preform. Scry Pistol: At level 13, a Gunslinger can scry (as the spell) on his weapons once per day per Int modifier. This is a spell-like ability requiring no material components or focus that allows the Gunslinger to see and hear his bonded weapons and their surroundings if they are ever separated. It has a casting time of 1 full round. Modified Rounds: At third level a Gunslinger begins to create modified rounds which hold special elemental projectiles. There are six different types of elemental rounds; Cold, Fire, Electrical, Sonic, Acid, and Poisoned. Additionally, the Gunslinger can create holy and unholy water capsule rounds which contain aligned water, powdered silver, and garlic (or other materials that could be suspended in small capsules) used against evil or good enemies. Every hour, a Gunslinger can craft 6 rounds of any one element and requires materials detailed in the following chart. Additionally, each hour requires a craft (rounds) DC check to successfully create. Failure results in the loss of all crafting materials. These modifications can be made to any type of bullets the Gunslinger can and has made. Table: Modified Rounds Level Type Craft DC Bonus Damage Required Materials 1st Fire/cold 12 +1d6 fire/cold 1 flask of Alchemists Fire/1 Coldstone 2nd Holy/Unholy 15 +1d4 holy/unholy 1 flask of holy/unholy water 3rd Sonic 18 +1d6 sonic 1 thunderstone 5th Electric 21 +1d6 electric 1oz. acid 8th Acid 24 +1d6 acid 1 flask of chosen acid 11th Poison 27 +poison Chosen Poison (requires check for working with poison) Steady Aim:Steady Aim: If a Gunslinger is granted the right conditions such as a clean shot of his target and a fraction more time, he is able to aim for vulnerable or exposed areas which will grant extra effectiveness to his attack. Starting at 1st level, a Gunslinger may take a full-round action to gain extra damage as well as range upon his chosen ranged weapon. This damage starts firstly at an extra 1d6 per attack and then increases every two levels of Gunslinger thereafter. Should the Gunslinger score a critical hit with his steadied aim, the extra damage included is not multiplied. Steady Aim is useable with two ranged weapons so long as the Gunslinger is proficient with both weapons and takes into account the regular two-weapon fighting penalties. Whilst taking Steady Aim the range increment of the weapon doubles, stacking with any effects such as the Far Shot feat or Distance magical weapon enhancement. A target must first be selected for the Gunslinger to use Steady Aim and be within sight of the Gunslinger. If the target is moving, this does not effect the accuracy of Gunslinger while using Steady Aim. However if the Gunslinger is on a surface which is either unstable or is himself moving, then he is unable to use the Steady Aim enhancement. A Gunslinger may steady his aim even when mounted although must be stationary unless he has acquired the Ride-By Attack feat, which allow the Gunslinger to use Steady Aim even when his mount is moving. However this does not allow the Gunslinger to use Steady Aim when on foot. Steady Aim does provoke an attack of opportunity. If an enemy is successful in scoring a direct hit on the Gunslinger while he attempting Steady Aim, then the Gunslinger must succeed a Concentration Check of DC 10 + Damage Dealt or else lose extra damage granted by Steady Aim. Dodge: At second level the Gunslinger gains the dodge feat. Fast Movement: At third level the Gunslinger gains Fast Movement as a monk would, increasing their movement speed by five feet every three levels. Dexterous Dodge: Same as Dodge but +2 AC against the target rather than one. Uncanny Dodge: A gunslinger no longer loses his Dex modifier to AC when he is caught flat-footed. He does, however, still loose this bonus when immobilized. Shot in the Dark: Gunslingers gain a version of Sneak Attack at fifth level; unlike rogues, Gunslingers may only use Sneak Attack whenever they are unnoticed by an enemy. This means if the creature fails to Spot the Gunslinger, then the Gunslinger may sneak attack it. At fifth level Shot in the Dark damage is 1d6. This increases ever other level by 1d6. Enchanting: Gunslingers can enchant their weapons upon reaching eighth level. This means that they may apply any spell they are of sufficient level to cast (this spell does not have to be from the Gunslinger Spell list, of equivalent Sorcerer level, regardless of school or domain, upon their weapon, then apply a permanency spell. This acts as though adding a + 1 enchantment upon the weapon. This costs 250 experience points and can only be done once unless a Mage's Disjunction spell is used to remove the enchantment. Enchantments can include all manner of spells. Gunslingers may have no more than one enchantment on each weapon. If a spell not listed under enchantments is used (fireball for example), you may cast that spell by removing the correct level spell slot from that day's spells per day. Improved Uncanny Dodge: at 12th level the Gunslinger can no longer be flanked. Dead Shot: Once per day a gunslinger can make an attack with his rifle that is a guaranteed critical and has the chance of killing or incapacitating a target. After three rounds studying the target to line up a good shot, you may decide whether to kill or incapacitate the target before the shot is fired, and the target is entitled to a fortitude saving throw (15+1/2 gunslinger level+Int. If the target fails his fortitude save the target either dies or is incapacitated. Hide in Plain Sight: You may hide whenever and wherever you want without minuses. Hiding in normal hiding spots now grants you a +6 to hid in those places. You may not hide from someone who is staring directly at you, searching for you, or engaged in combat with you at the time of the hide attempt. Unearthly Dodge: At 20th level, the Gunslinger is dexterous enough to dodge absolutely anything they can see coming. This means all attacks both melee and ranged and all spells that have a save also have a chance to be dodged with a reflex save (DC equal to Attack rolled). If the dodge fails versus a spell the gunslinger is still entitled to a saving throw if one is normally allowed. This applies to all spells that require a ranged touch attack, all traps, all normal attacks, and anything else that the gunslinger can see coming. To use this ability versus a spell the Gunslinger must first see the spell being cast a second succeed on a spellcraft check to determine the nature of the spell. This ability can be used a number of times each round equal to the Gunslinger's dexterity modifier. Spells Spells: Gunslingers are adept at using Illusion, Divination and trickery to achieve their ends. Gunslingers know and can use any spell off the Wizard Spell List pertaining to illusion as a wizard of the same level, with the same spell progression. A Gunslinger's spell selection works like that of a warlock; he need not scribe any of the spells, and can cast one at a moments notice without preparation. Level Adjustment +2 Back to Main Page → 3.5e Homebrew → Classes → Base Classes