Pistols

Pistols are weapons. They use the Guns skill, but do not have minimum skill requirement associated with them. Firearm pistols come in 5mm, 7.62mm, 9mm and .44 calibers. There are also chemical and energy pistols.

Description

Pistols

• Only firearm with no skill requirement (any character can be fairly efficient with it)
• Light weapon (dexterity reduces AP cost)
• AP cost and damage vary greatly with caliber
• No moving penalty (can move and shoot without precision penalty)
• No melee penalty (enemies in melee range do not reduce your precision)
• Low-medium range
• Low caliber models can be silenced
• Ignores up to 40% Evasion at close range: 40% up to 0.5 tile away from enemy, dropping linearly to 0% at 3 tiles away

Energy pistols

• Lower damage potential than an average firearm of the same quality
• Light weapon (dexterity reduces AP cost)
• Low-medium range
• Increased precision compared to firearms
• Special damage types and effects
• Very high impact speed, bad against energy shields
• Rare especially early on
• Very expensive
• Uses energy rather than ammunition (charged from batteries)

Chemical pistols

• Similar to other pistols
• Light weapon (dexterity reduces AP cost)
• Low range
• Special damage types and on-hit effects
• Slower projectiles allow easier energy shield penetration
• Very rare
• Uses special chemical vials as ammo

Models

Firearms

Craftable

• Hawker — mediocre damage spread
• Hammerer — high damage spread, bonus to critical damage
• Neo Luger — low damage spread, bonus to precision, low critical damage
• Falchion (crafting only) — highest critical chance

Unique

• Bieretta 99
• Glück 17
• TT 3000
• W&S .44 Magnum
• Wasteland Hawk
• ZC 99

Chemical pistols

Chemical pistols deal less damage than firearms of comparable quality, but pierce energy shields easily and deal special damage types and have additional on-hit effects.

Craftable

• Acid Blob Pistol — deals acid damage, can entangle targets
• Cryoliquid Blob Pistol (crafting only) — deals cold damage, chills targets, can freeze targets
• Incendiary Blob Pistol (crafting only) — deals heat damage, can set targets on fire

Unique

• XAL-001 Pistol — prototype improved acid pistol

Energy pistols

Energy pistols deal less damage than firearms of comparable quality and cannot pierce energy shields easily, but deal special damage types.

Craftable

• Laser Pistol — deals energy damage
• Plasma Pistol — deals energy/heat damage, high critical damage bonus
• Electroshock Pistol (crafting only) — deals electricity damage, hits multiple targets, stuns primary target

Rare

• Lemurian Blaster — lemurian plasma pistol suited for use on a jetski ^Expedition

Unique

• Phase Gun — deals extra damage to energy shields
• Sonocaster — special directed-sound weapon ^Expedition
• The Stunner — partially bypasses enemy's shield, polarizes on hit and has a chance to immobilize target ^{Heavy Duty}

Base AP cost table

	5mm	7.62mm	9mm	.44in	chemical	energy
Bieretta 99	13	-	-	-	-	-
Hawker	16	20	-	-	-	-
Neo Luger	16	-	25	-	-	-
TT 3000	-	20	-	-	-	-
Glück 17	-	-	21	-	-	-
ZC 99	-	-	25	-	-	-
Falchion	-	20	25	-	-	-
Hammerer	-	20	25	32	-	-
W&S .44 Magnum	-	-	-	32	-	-
Wasteland Hawk	-	-	-	35	-	-
XAL-001 Pistol	-	-	-	-	16	-
Chemical Blob Pistol	-	-	-	-	25	-
Laser Pistol	-	-	-	-	-	15
Sonocaster E	-	-	-	-	-	20
Electroshock Pistol	-	-	-	-	-	30
Lemurian Blaster E	-	-	-	-	-	35
Phase Gun	-	-	-	-	-	35
Plasma Pistol	-	-	-	-	-	40

Note that Dexterity affects pistol AP cost and craftable pistols may include a Rapid Reloader.

Pistol feats

• Aimed Shot
• Execute
• Kneecap Shot
• Point Shot
• Sharpshooter
• Steadfast Aim
• Gunslinger (firearm pistols)
• Rapid Fire (firearm pistols)
• Gun-Fu (firearm pistols)
• Bullet Time (firearm pistols)
• High-Technicalities (energy pistols)
• Cooked Shot (chemical pistols)