Alpha Dawn Needler Pistol Home Back to Equipment Category: Projectile Weapons Weapon: Needler Pistol Cost: 200 Mass: 1 Heavy Weapon? No Modifier: Ammunition: 10 shot disc Ammo Usage: 1 per shot Rate of Fire: 3 Defense: Inertia STR Damage Bonus Applies? No Damage: 2d10 or sleep Ranges Point Blank (-0): 0-5 Short (-10): 6-10 Medium (-20): 11-20 Long (-40): 21-40 Extreme (-80): 41-100 Description: A needler pistol is a handgun that uses an upright disc clip. It makes only a very soft, coughing noise when it is fired. Needler pistols magnetically propel a cluster of needles at high speed. Two types of needles can be used: barbed needles that cause 2d10 points of damage per shot, and anesthetic needles that cause only 1d10 points of damage but can put the victim to sleep for d100 turns. An individual can resist the anesthetic by passing a current Stamina check. Needles will not penetrate skeinsuits or inertia screens. Neither the suit, screen, or individual is damaged.