 Gun Scavenger
Source Inner Sea Combat pg. 38
Although Alkenstar is the center of firearm production and innovation in the Inner Sea, the crack of flint and tang of gun smoke is enough to inspire enthusiasts elsewhere to try their hand at making their own guns using intuition instead of blueprints. A gun scavenger collects scraps, spare parts, and other components that might—if modified properly—give her firearm an extra edge.
Gunsmith: The gun scavenger’s starting weapon is a mishmash of pieces that even other gunpowder enthusiasts fail to comprehend. Anyone other than the gun scavenger treats her starting weapon as broken, even if she uses the Gunsmithing feat (Ultimate Combat 103) to repair it. This ability works in all other ways like the gunslinger’s gunsmith class feature.
Go By Feel (Ex): A gun scavenger’s intuitive and unique style leaves her firearms prone to misfire, whether as a result of using too much powder, using imperfectly milled parts, or any number of other minor inconsistencies. When using a firearm, a gun scavenger cannot reduce that firearm’s misfire chance to 0; it can always misfire on a natural 1.
Deeds: A gun scavenger gains the following deeds at the listed level.
Change Out (Ex): At 1st level, as a full-round action, a gun scavenger can remove the broken condition from a single firearm she is currently wielding, as long as that condition was gained by a firearm misfire. When she does, she can replace the broken part with a specialized, short-lived component that does one of the following: gives the firearm the scatter weapon quality (Ultimate Combat 137); increases the damage dealt by the pistolwhip deed by one die size; or increases the firearm’s range increment by 10 feet. A firearm with such a modification increases its misfire chance cumulatively by 1 each time it is fired until it misfires. When it does misfire, the effects of the temporary component are lost. A gun scavenger must have at least 1 grit point to perform this deed. Alternatively, if the gun scavenger spends 1 grit point to perform a change out, she can either perform the change out as a standard action instead of a full-round action, or perform the change out on a firearm that isn’t broken. This deed replaces the quick clear deed.
Jury-Rig (Ex): At 7th level, as a standard action, a gun scavenger can adjust a firearm she is currently wielding to fire in an unconventional way. She can spend 1 grit point to grant her firearm one of the following magic weapon enhancements for 1 round per gunslinger level: distance, flaming, glameredUE, or thundering. If she spends 2 grit points, she can instead grant the firearm flaming burst or stalkingUE. Multiple uses of this ability don’t stack with themselves. This deed replaces the targeting deed.
Arbitrary Aim (Ex): Starting at 2nd level, a gun scavenger’s attacks with firearms are difficult to predict. When shooting a firearm at a creature that has a dodge or insight bonus to its Armor Class, the gun scavenger treats the combined bonus as if it were 1 lower. This value increases by 1 for every 4 levels beyond 2nd level (to a maximum of 5 at 20th level). This ability replaces nimble.
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