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Message: <blockquote data-quote="GreatLemur" data-source="post: 3432515" data-attributes="member: 28553">So the big question would be exactly what kind of mechanics that translates into.I haven't seen Equillibrium, but I used to be a big Hong Kong blood opera junkie.  Every Chow Yun Fat ganster/cop character certainly had a crazy-high BAB, Weapon Focus: handgun (and the rest of that feat tree), Two Weapon Fighting (and the rest of the tree, limited to handguns), some kind of Monk-like AC bonus (possibly limited to ranged attacks?), maybe some kind of mobility-related abilities (you could say the old slide-while-shooting move let him take a full-round attack while moving slightly more than a five-foot step, but only in a straight line, possibly with some more AC bonuses against ranged attacks), and maybe some kind of offense-as-defense "cover fire" abilities (where he becomes harder to hit because he's shooting at you while you're trying to aim).Really insane mobility also seemed to be a big part of the gunfights in the Matrix, so Spring Attack would be great, and Monk-style speed bonuses, Slow Fall, and Leap of Clouds (from 3.0) might be appropriate.  Also, there have got to be some appropriate skill tricks in Complete Scoundrel.As phindar mentioned, a Flurry of Blows for guns would be pretty perfect.  The ability to fire off a lot of shots really quickly could be self-balancing, too, since it would force frequent reloads.I get the impression that part of what you want to encourage would be melee-range gunfights, so I guess it's kind of obvious that your gunfighter characters should be able to shoot without provoking a ranged-weapon-in-melee attack of opportunity (not that firing something as easy to use as an automatic ought to provoke and AoO, anyway).  Also, some ability that tricks enemies on opposite sides of the character into shooting each other would be pretty great (I think there are a few feats like that out there already).If you're going to go the class route (as opposed to just making some feats), you might want to consider something like the alternate BAB progression thing that the Iron Heroes Archer class does; I think it's straight fighter BAB for melee weapons and an even better progression for ranged weapons.  (This only avoids being completely insane because it's Iron Heroes.  For your purposes, Rogue BAB with most weapons and Fighter BAB with guns--including guns used in melee--would probably be the best way to go.)It also might not be a bad idea to look into the Tome of Battle martial arts system.  Mind you, that whole book completely ignored the existence of ranged weapons, but stances and maneuvers look like a great way to achieve a very kung fu feel.  I could easily imagine applying those kinds of mechanics to guns.</blockquote>

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