PISTOL

Damage Type: 1d5 Energy (Bolts)
Critical: 19-20 (x2)
Range: 1-10 meters/hex
Penalty if not in range: -5 to attack, -50% to damage
Size: Small
Use: Attack skills

A blaster pistol was a small, hand-held version of a blaster rifle, and is commonly referred to simply as a "blaster. Blaster pistols had respectable firepower in an easily carried design. Although a pistol would tend to have less firepower than its rifle or carbine cousins, they had enough power to kill a humanoid and punch through body armor, though they did not have the energy to pierce the hull of a starship. Pistol is small enough weapon for its user to hide it in areas that do not allow weapons, providing that your other skills are able to bypass search guards.