Thanks! Looking forward to reading up on these!

Yeah, looking for those homebrew ones, see what they’d be like.

I’ve always been keen to try a Mystic, but I’ve heard the original was way too OP to ever really run. What alternatives did you find that you would consider acceptable? I’d be interested to read up on them!

Yes, it is an attack with a gun. That gun just isn’t a ranged weapon for the purposes of that attack.

Yes, using a bow as a melee weapon, in 5e, absolutely ceases to become a ranged weapon while you do so.

Then Sharpshooter wouldn’t trigger, because that counts as an improvised weapon.

GWM specifies a melee attack iirc