This week I’m working on making the Starfinder NPC stat block as small as possible for as book of NPCs and Pawns that I’m working on.

The next NPC is our Gunslinger, looking at the picture, he’s wearing a red shirt, bandanna, pants, duster, campaign hat, hatband, gloves, cowboy boots, spurs, gunbelt, two holsters, and two revolvers.

I have been toying with the idea of giving American characters $100 starting cash, the UK equivalent would be about £20 although I’m not certain a UK character could get the same equivalents for £20 no matter what the currency exchange rates may say.

The Array

Our hunter is going to be a CR one Combatant, Soldier, with the Gunslinger Archetype, Gunslinger Dodge ability. I put his +4 into Dexterity, +2 into Strength, and +1 into Constitution.

Survival is a class skill for Soldiers l. I put his one Master skill in Survival, it has a lot of uses. Combatants get 2 Good skills, Perception is going to be important, Medicine to stay alive, Engineering to maintain your weapons, Athletics to get around in the wild, Intimidation for some gunfighters might be important.

Let’s get to the Soldier graft, -2 Ref saves, +2 Will saves. No skills are recommended. Ability Mods, Dex, Str, Con for Ranged characters. 1st level Gunslinger Archetype from Owen KC Stephens Really Wild West. Gunslinger’s Dodge ability.

Special Ability

Looking over Feats as special abilities, I am drawn to Improved Initiative and Quick Draw, the question is in the Wild West, how do you have a Gunslinger that DOESN’T have Quick Draw? People that don’t rely on cunning to get the drop on somebody, bushwhack them or bring extra guns to a gunfight.

Alignment

I made him Neutral Good. Frontier and Jungle life isn’t always for Lawful types. Mountain Men, Hunters, trappers, and others who live off the land and avoid civilization might tend towards Neutrality. We know the inspiration for our Gunslinger is fighting the bad guy so let’s make him good, he lives by a code and not the law so we make him Neutral. A chaotic good gunslinger wouldn’t bother with a code.

Gunslinger

CR 1
Gunslinger
NG Medium humanoid (human)
Init +4; Perception +5

Defense

HP 20 RP 4
EAC 11; KAC 13
Fort +3; Ref +1; Will +3

Offense

Speed 30 ft.
Melee hunting knife +5 (1d4+1 S)
Ranged Remington Revolver +8 (1d6+1 P)

Statistics

Str +2; Dex +4; Con +1; Int +0; Wis +0; Cha +0
Feats Quick Draw
Skills  Survival +10, Engineering +5
Languages English
Gear Remington Revolvers, hunting knife, professional clothing, $10

Price comparisons

In the 1800s sales copy was always the common, ordinary, good, best made, finest quality, and sometimes you wonder if you should get the best or the one that’s extra(ordinary?. I think they like to use big words and the good better best that we learned in school was maybe more of a guideline to these people.

Our Gunslinger comes out at $63.75 leaving plenty of pocket money from $100 starting funds even with 2 revolvers. $19.75 of that is clothes that might end up being a free outfit in the final version.

Item	US Dollars	UK Pounds	Notes
Pants	$2	13s	Cost of Jeans from Bureau of Labor Statistics cost of living reports
Shirt	$1.25		Cost of Colored Shirt from Bureau of Labor Statistics cost of living reports
Duster	$7		Men’s Poplin and Linen Dusters were $1-2, Sacramento daily record-union, June 13, 1882. Leather pricing is similar to Greatcoat $10 Quartermaster’s replacement costs 1883.
Bandana	$0.50		Handkerchiefs were $0.10-0.25 but much smaller than a Bandanna, comparable to a scarf
Gloves	$2		Cost of Jeans from Bureau of Labor Statistics cost of living reports
Suspenders	$1	4s 6d	Ward’s 1878 page 21, Army-Navy Co-op Catalog 1883
Campaign Hat	$1		Bannerman’s catalog 1903 British and US Cavalry, Quartermaster’s replacement costs 1883 $0.66
Remington Revolvers	$17 each		Ad for Remington .46 Caliber conversion fully Nickel-plated cost
Hunting Knife	$2		A great big Bowie knife, Bannerman had a Bowie Knife with a 6-inch blade and sheath for $0.95
Holsters	$2 each		Bannerman’s catalog 1903, Army-Navy Co-op Catalog 1883
Belt	$2	9s 6d	Bannerman’s catalog 1903, Army-Navy Co-op Catalog 1883
Cartridges	$3		Per 100, Ad for Remington .46 Caliber conversion
Boots	$3		Cost of Jeans from Bureau of Labor Statistics cost of living reports

Our townsfolk at a high level

Name	Array	Class	Notes
Bartender	Expert	Envoy	Owns the Saloon, takes cowboys’ guns at the door, and keeps a shotgun under the bar.
Cavalry Officer	Combatant	Soldier	Blitz. The Commander of the local fort carries a saber and revolver.
Cavalry Soldier	Combatant	Soldier	Hit and Run. The soldier carries a revolver and percussion rifle.
Cavalry Soldier	Combatant	Soldier	Sharpshoot. The soldier carries a percussion musket and a saber.
Cavalry Soldier	Combatant	Soldier	Blitz. The Lieutenant carries a revolver and saber.
Gunslinger	Combatant	Soldier	3PP Gunslinger Archetype. Carries two revolvers and hasn’t forgotten the face of his father.
Gunslinger	Combatant	Soldier	Blitz. Carries two revolvers, a lot of bullets, and a spicy attitude.
Gunslinger	Combatant	Soldier	Hit and Run. Carries a revolver and is liable to smack you with it as shoot you. Bullets ain’t free.
Lanky Landry	Expert	Operative	Owns the long guns store, and keeps a Whitworth rifle with a scope on the wall behind him.
Peter Parnassus	Expert	Operative	Owns the pistol palace, revolvers, pepperboxes, derringers, he’s got ’em all.
Saloon Gal	Expert	Envoy	She’s all charm and smiles until the fighting starts.
Shop Keeper	Expert	Mechanic	Owns the General Store and when he’s not there, he’s tinkering in his workshop.
Schooolmarm	Expert	Envoy	Always carrying a book, always reading something, dime novels or classics.
Name	Array	Class	Notes
Bounty Hunter	Combatant	Soldier	Hunter. Armed with a rifle and a power glove.
Airship Pilot	Expert	Operative	No obvious weapons, but she’s ready for anything.
Airship Pirate	Combatant	Soldier	Blitz. Armed with a revolver and a saber, or is it a navy cutlass.
Inventor	Expert	Mechanic	His towering intellect is matched only by his enormous wrench.
Adventuress	Expert	Envoy	The lady’s fascinator is the least interesting thing about her.
Game Hunter	Combatant	Soldier	Hunter. He’s hunted big game on six of the seven continents.
Lady Detective	Expert	Operative	Whodunit? She’ll find out, and look stylish doing it.

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