11-21-2020, 07:57 AM | #11 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
I've had a few. The most memorable was MH Commando. He was fun & was able to keep up with the spell casters for damage.
In general however, I prefer the Close-Quaters Battle technique. |
11-21-2020, 09:33 AM | #12 | |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
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11-21-2020, 09:48 AM | #13 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
One of my first characters was a sniper so I picked this advantage. At first I just wanted to make him a good rifleman but because Gunslinger gives good bonus to pistols, he ended up looking like a good old CS 1.6 character with a sniper rifle and desert eagle.
Later I found that Gun-Fu comes with limitations that could have allowed me to specialize in rifles and I've been happy to allow it in my games ever since, as it help shooters from differing from each other. Pyramid #3/107 effectively merges Gunlinger with Guns! wildcard skill. I really like the idea and want to eventually try it out (I don't normally use wildcards). |
11-21-2020, 01:06 PM | #14 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
I've played at least two Gunslingers and it seems fairly common in a modern or SciFi campaign. Had several other players take it as well.
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11-21-2020, 02:21 PM | #15 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
Even in its original form, it's possibly worth it in an UT setting where your typical pistol will have Acc of 8+ and your typical rifle with have an Acc/2 of 6+.
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11-23-2020, 04:46 AM | #16 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
In the last two sessions of my Space Operators' Problems campaign, we have a case that a Gunslinger (limited to specific rifle type) is pretty effective in free fall despite not having a high Free Fall skill, specifically due to 'outsourcing' the pluses into Gunslinger's half-Acc bonus instead of just buying more Guns (Rifle).
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11-23-2020, 08:15 AM | #17 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
I have a player with gunslinger, its a Mecha campaign and I allowed it for Mecha weaponry only (gunnery and beams, no artillery).
I'm not very concerned about balance but I believe it worked fine, not overpowered nor lacking in use. There is a lot of action outside the mechas though.. |
11-24-2020, 01:20 PM | #18 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
The Sharpshooter enhancement form GURPS Monster Hunter Power-Ups 1 (p. 14) adds some more utility to Gunslinger
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11-24-2020, 02:43 PM | #19 |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
I found that overpriced, for the same reason there was an issue with the original writeup of Gunslinger. 20 points is the equivalent of +5 to a Guns skill, which seems a lot more generally useful when you already have Gunslinger than an additional +Acc/2 in certain situations.
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11-24-2020, 02:53 PM | #20 | |
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Re: [Basic] Advantage of the Week: Gunslinger
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