What is “Standard” Rate of Fire?
Palladium’s answer to this is on their page: Palladium OOPS! Page. I suggest a further modification, as follows: Note that “Automatic Pistol” is a misnomer, being short for “SEMI-Automatic Auto-loading Pistol” (Treat “Machine Pistols” as submachineguns). As such, all conventional pistols are Standard ROF, with the exception of the following three, built for military/special ops use: 93R Selective Fire Beretta, Stetchkin, and the Heckler and Koch VP70, a rare pistol that was automatic ONLY when its shoulder stock was attached, as the stock’s connections enabled the auto-fire mode. STANDARD ROF: A Semi-Automatic Weapon. If the weapon has an ammo capacity of 8+ rounds, the character can fire short bursts through rapid pulling of the trigger, but CANNOT fire long or full melee bursts. PULSE WEAPONS: Not just energy weapons, but projectile weapons (like the M16A2) that have a setting that fires a burst of 3-5 (differs by weapon) rounds as a result of one trigger pull.
