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Gunslinger is only for guns. Muscle powered ranged weapons are covered under weapon master. Wealth levels are buyable, yes. There should be details about it in the first chapters of the basic set characters.

Actually Kuji, if you use paper cartridges, you can reload in 5 (4 with fast-draw). But that said, that's not a bad reload time. Only melee attack every turn, and that's not even all melee weapons, excluding ultra heavy weapons, unless the user is brutally strong.

1d6+1, specially for impaling attacks is not that bad. You might consider the same model of gun Kuji's using instead though, or if you really want a fast ranged weapon, a bow, which can fire every other turn, or throwing weaponry, which can be thrown every turn even. (all assuming no aim and the use of the fast-draw skill).

It's good to have some melee capability as well, as a backup, of course, but it's not entirely likely for someone to annihilate you guys in 4 turns. Specially if the enemies start at a distance themselves.

Bolts can be reused if not destroyed, but honestly, I'm likely to abstract ammo anyway, so don't worry about it. And even if I don't, bolt's are quite cheap.

And ok, Haika's complaining of being murdered at range, and you guys complaining about being murdered up close.

Edit: Oh, and don't forget the option of the classic brace of pistols.

TL2 Crossbow
Damage thr+4
Acc 4
Range x20/x25
Weight 6/0.06
RoF 1
Shots 1(4)
ST 7/two hand
Bulk -6
$2 per bolt

Or

TL3 Pistol Crossbow
thr+2 imp
Acc 1
x15/x20 range
4/0.06 weight
RoF 1
Shots 1(4)
ST 7
Bulk -4


What do all those stats mean?



EDIT: Are there no Feat things I could take to decrease reload rate, or increase  RoF?

With fast-draw (arrow/bolts) you can shave a second (if I remember correctly) out of the reloading time. Other than that, there aren't that many options for what you want.

TL Is Tech Level. TL 3 is medieval, TL 4 is around Renaissance/age of sail, TL 5 would be industrial Revolution.

Thr+x is damage, that is base thrust damage for the ST (in case of bows and crossbows, the ST the weapon is rated, not your own) plus x.
Weight is weight in pounds. After the slash is for the ammo, per "full magazine", or in case of normal crossbows, a single bolt.
Acc is accuracy. If you spend a turn aiming, you get that number as a bonus for your attack. If the weapon is of high quality this number might be higher by 1 or 2.
Range, in case of bows and cross bows is a multiplier that you apply to a something (I believe it's basic thrown distance, but I might be wrong right now), which is based on ST (again, the weapon's, not yours), to get final range, in yards.
RoF is rate of fire.
Shots is how many shots it can shoot before reloading. Inside the (x) is the reloading time in seconds.
ST is the minimum ST to use the weapon. This is not the same that the ST the weapon is rated at. I need to re read the specific rules though.
Bulk is basically the size of the weapon. A high bulk make it difficult to fire on the move, or to conceal the weapon.

Do note that this is TL 4. A pistol is a single shot weapon that take maybe around 10-20 seconds to reload. I'm willing to allow a "repainted" version of the repeating crossbow that the chinese had (stats on the GURPS Low Tech, if you don't have it, I can send you the needed stats), unless weird veto it because of fluff reasons. It has a "magazine" of 10 shots, and is able to shoot a shot every other turn while it has ammo, assuming you are strong enough to draw it without issue. It also isn't that powerful, strength wise, other crossbows (and fire arms) are likely to be more damaging.

So I'm home. Haika, just tell me when Server is up.

Sidenote: I might be slightly late, but if you guys want to try today, I'll be available.

Sorry, I had some issues and was unable to get here (also, I was a bit unaware of the session today, couldn't hit the forums yesterday and today). Sorry again. If we are still up, I think I can enter the server.