D&D 4E New 4E Class: Gunner?

[Archives]

Any thoughts on this? :\

Please ignore Balthier, my artist is a fan. :\

 

[Surgoshan]

Guns = not medieval sword and sorcery = nope.

Replace the gun with a bow and make the character an elf and maybe you've got something.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

Guns = not medieval sword and sorcery = nope.

Replace the gun with a bow and make the character an elf and maybe you've got something.

I hope you were being sarcastic.

D&D doesn't have to be medieval swords and sorcery.

 

[Piratecat]

D&D doesn't have to be medieval swords and sorcery.

It doesn't have to be, but it sure is for me. Guns in D&D leave me absolutely cold.

 

[GnomeWorks]

I don't think that split the tree is really sensical for a gunslinger.

 

[The Little Raven]

Personally, I don't see the point of making an exact copy of another class with one minor change like this.

 

[Fallen Seraph]

I don't think that split the tree is really sensical for a gunslinger.

I could see it working for later-era firearms, ie: repeating rifles and revolvers.

But yeah, I agree with Mourn it should be a distinct class, not a rehash Ranger.

 

[TwinBahamut]

Guns = not medieval sword and sorcery = nope.

Replace the gun with a bow and make the character an elf and maybe you've got something.

Arguably, not guns = not medieval, so I wonder why so many people have such an aversion to them. Certainly, a fantasy hero with a gun is at least a little less cliche and overdone than an elf with a bow, though it is common enough in its own right these days... I've got nothing against guns in fantasy myself.

Though, I admit I am struggling to ignore a FFT version of Balthier in that image. His existence in the re-release of that game is a crime.

 

[Harshax]

It may not be S&S, or medieval in any way, but it still is 4E.

I think the OP point was that it may turn out to be a lot easier to develop any kind of pulp setting in any time period without a huge effort. And if you are willing to put in the effort, you may have yourself a really neat set of rules.

 

[GnomeWorks]

Though, I admit I am struggling to ignore a FFT version of Balthier in that image. His existence in the re-release of that game is a crime.

Aside from the fact that FFXII's storyline doesn't seem to occur at the same time as the War of the Lions, Balthier done up in FFT-style art is awesome.

Also, there were guns in FFT, so it's not like his appearance breaks the versimilitude of the setting.