Gunslinger

Rim shootist, quick-draw artist, hired gun who bets their name on a steady hand.

The Gunslinger is the Rim's freelance deadliness. They are the person a Station security chief does not want to meet in a corridor, the person a corporate enforcer hires when the message needs to be delivered at the speed of a hollow-point. The Gunslinger's name is the asset: a reputation for the draw, the shot, the trick round, the shot that should not have landed but did. They do not wear powered armour because powered armour is for soldiers; the Gunslinger is not a soldier, the Gunslinger is a craftsman.

The corp cannot book the Gunslinger the way it books the Soldier. The Gunslinger's contract is per-job, per-duel, per-name. They ride the Kadiss when it suits them and run dark when it does not. Some are retired military; some are Rim-raised from childhood and learned to shoot before they learned to read. Most are somewhere in between. What they share is the eye and the refusal to be hurried.

The Gunslinger's Reflexes are the body that has been trained to draw before the brain has finished thinking. Trick Shot is the eye that sees the off-switch on a target's weapon, the strap on a target's shoulder, the environmental feature that turns a shooter into a shooter-who-controls-the-room. Dead Eye is the moment when the shot lands where the Gunslinger told it to land, every time, regardless of what the dice say.

Operating on the combat chassis (d10 HD, full BAB, Fort/Ref good, Will poor) with the Scout save profile. They wear light and medium armour only. Will poor is the price of the lone-wolf posture: trust the iron, trust the crew, trust the moment. The Gunslinger who trusts the wrong thing at the wrong time stops being a Gunslinger.

Rules Reference

Field	Value
Armor Allowance	Light, Medium
Bab Tier	full
Base Skill Points	4
Hd	d10
Hd Sides	10
Max Level	20
Primary Abilities	DEX, WIS
Prime Requisites	DEX, WIS
Save Tiers / Fortitude	good
Save Tiers / Reflex	good
Save Tiers / Will	poor
Weapon Allowance	All pistols and handguns, All rifles, All slugthrowers and energy small arms

Notes

Archetype Niche: Ranged combat specialist and master of firearms. The Gunslinger delivers the highest single-target ranged damage in the game through extra attacks and critical threat range expansion. Their trick shots provide ranged control options (disarm, trip, pin) that no other class can execute from a distance. The Gunslinger's niche is winning the quick-draw duel before the enemy closes to melee range.

Multiclass Notes: Gunslingers can multiclass with Soldier and Operative archetypes. Non-human gunslingers use simultaneous multiclassing rules.

Level Table

Greenhorn

Field	Value
bab	1
fortitude	2
level	1
reflex	2
skillPoints	16
title	Greenhorn
will	0
xp	0

Quick-Draw

Field	Value
bab	2
fortitude	3
level	2
reflex	3
skillPoints	4
title	Quick-Draw
will	0
xp	2000

Sharpshooter

Field	Value
bab	3
fortitude	3
level	3
reflex	3
skillPoints	4
title	Sharpshooter
will	1
xp	4000

Gunfighter

Field	Value
bab	4
fortitude	4
level	4
reflex	4
skillPoints	4
title	Gunfighter
will	1
xp	8000

Pistoleer

Field	Value
bab	5
fortitude	4
level	5
reflex	4
skillPoints	4
title	Pistoleer
will	1
xp	16000

Deadeye

Field	Value
bab	6
fortitude	5
level	6
reflex	5
skillPoints	4
title	Deadeye
will	2
xp	32000

Legendary Gunslinger

Field	Value
bab	7
fortitude	5
level	7
reflex	5
skillPoints	4
title	Legendary Gunslinger
will	2
xp	64000

Duelist

Field	Value
bab	8
fortitude	6
level	8
reflex	6
skillPoints	4
title	Duelist
will	2
xp	125000

Grand Master Gunner

Field	Value
bab	9
fortitude	6
level	9
reflex	6
skillPoints	4
title	Grand Master Gunner
will	3
xp	250000

Supreme Gunslinger

Field	Value
bab	10
fortitude	7
level	10
reflex	7
skillPoints	4
title	Supreme Gunslinger
will	3
xp	500000

Pistol Master

Field	Value
bab	11
fortitude	7
level	11
reflex	7
skillPoints	4
title	Pistol Master
will	3
xp	750000

Legendary Shot

Field	Value
bab	12
fortitude	8
level	12
reflex	8
skillPoints	4
title	Legendary Shot
will	4
xp	1000000

Gun Supreme

Field	Value
bab	13
fortitude	8
level	13
reflex	8
skillPoints	4
title	Gun Supreme
will	4
xp	1250000

Rim Gunfighter

Field	Value
bab	14
fortitude	9
level	14
reflex	9
skillPoints	4
title	Rim Gunfighter
will	4
xp	1500000

High Marksman

Field	Value
bab	15
fortitude	9
level	15
reflex	9
skillPoints	4
title	High Marksman
will	5
xp	1750000

Sharpshooter Captain

Field	Value
bab	16
fortitude	10
level	16
reflex	10
skillPoints	4
title	Sharpshooter Captain
will	5
xp	2000000

Chief Gunslinger

Field	Value
bab	17
fortitude	10
level	17
reflex	10
skillPoints	4
title	Chief Gunslinger
will	5
xp	2250000

Gunfighter Ace

Field	Value
bab	18
fortitude	11
level	18
reflex	11
skillPoints	4
title	Gunfighter Ace
will	6
xp	2500000

Lord Gunner

Field	Value
bab	19
fortitude	11
level	19
reflex	11
skillPoints	4
title	Lord Gunner
will	6
xp	2750000

Gunslinger Overlord

Field	Value
bab	20
fortitude	12
level	20
reflex	12
skillPoints	4
title	Gunslinger Overlord
will	6
xp	3000000

Special Abilities

Gunslinger's Reflexes

Field	Value
level	1
name	Gunslinger's Reflexes

description: Free Quick Draw feat (draw and fire as a free action, +2 initiative). One extra pistol attack per round at -2 to all attacks that round; stacks with Rapid Shot. Never provokes attacks of opportunity for making ranged attacks in melee. The draw has been drilled until the body no longer asks the brain; the trigger falls before the thought completes.

Trick Shot

Field	Value
level	3
name	Trick Shot

description: Once per encounter, a called shot at no penalty. Disarm (target drops weapon on failed Reflex save), trip (target falls prone), or pin (clothing or armour pinned to a surface, immobilised until a standard action breaks free). Save DC = 10 + Gunslinger level + DEX modifier. The trick shot is the shot that ends a fight without killing anyone -- or starts a killing by removing the only weapon that mattered.

Dead Eye

Field	Value
level	5
name	Dead Eye

description: Critical threat range with one chosen firearm type increases by 1 (20 becomes 19-20). Stacks with other threat-range effects. Once per day, automatically confirm a critical hit. At level 10, twice per day. The Dead Eye is the shot that lands where it was called, regardless of what the firing solution suggests.