Shadowrun Combat Cheat Sheet by Blmage

Roll Imitat­ive­-Break ties with ERIC (Edge, Reaction, Intuition, coin flip)

Determine surprise with Reaction + Intuition (3) modified test

Compare the Attack Rating of the weapon to the Defense Rating

If either is 4 or more, the bigger value gets an Edge Second, look at the situation Compare and toss an Edge to whoever has the advantage Limit 2 per round.

Defender rolls their Body attribute

Apply the damage to the approp­riate Condition Monitor

+1 to a single die roll

You get to add 1 to a single die.

Negate 1 Edge of a foe

You spend two of your own Edge, but one vanishes from the opponent of your choice.

Knockout Blow (Melee Attack)

If your inflicted damage of any type is greater than the target’s Willpower, immedi­ately fill up the Stun Condition Monitor. The target is uncons­cious.

Activate (Deact­ivate) Focus (I)

A character can activate or deactivate a bonded focus that they are carrying on their person with a Minor Action.

Block (A)

A character can add their Close Combat skill to a single Defense test in melee. The roll must happen in the same player turn in which the action is used.

Change Device Mode (A)

A character may use a Minor Action to activate, deacti­vate, or switch the mode on any device that they are linked to by a direct neural interface, be it a wired or wireless link. This includes activating or deacti­vating cyberware, changing a smartgun’s firing settings, switching a commlink to hidden mode, turning a device’s wireless functi­onality off, and so on.

Command Spirit (I)

A character may issue a service command to a single spirit or group of spirits under their control, or dismiss them. The service must be the same. If multiple services are desired, multiple Minor Actions must be used.

Drop Object (A)

A character may drop an object they are holding in their hand or hands as a single Minor Action. The objects fall to the ground and may suffer damage or ill effects if the gamemaster so chooses, depending on the distance of the fall and the landing spot.

Hit the Dirt (A)

A character can quickly drop to the ground in a defensive manner, gaining +2 dice on the Defense test of an incoming attack. They gain the Prone status (p. 53) and also suffer a –2 dice pool penalty on any subsequent tests using active skills until they use the Stand Up action, due to the awkwar­dness of their fall.

Move (I)

A character can use this Minor Action for 10 meters of movement. Only one Move Action is allowed per player turn.

Close

0-3 meters

Medium

51-250 meters

Extreme

500+ meters

SS: You fire a single bullet.

No change

BF: You can fire four rounds in an attack.

You can shoot a narrow burst, which decreases the Attack Rating by 4 and increases damage by 2, or make a wide burst and split your dice pool between two targets and count each as a SA-mode shot.

Buy one automatic hit

This one adds on to the total hits you roll. This isn’t an automatic success at whatever test you’re attemp­ting, just another hit to add to your total

Quick Draw (I)

A character may quick draw a pistol, pistol- sized weapon, or small throwing weapon and immedi­ately attack with this Minor Action. The Attack action must be used in conjun­ction with this action. They must have the approp­riate gear, augmen­tation, or quality to be allowed this action— if they don’t have something that allows this action, they can’t take it.

Shift Perception (I)

A character capable of Astral Perception may shift perception to or from astral space as a Minor Action.

Take Aim (I)

A character gains a +1 dice pool bonus with the use of this action. The action can only be taken once per combat round, but if the bonus is not used, it carries over to the next combat round, allowing it to be combined with actions taken over the course of several combat round. If the character takes a player turn without taking the Take Aim or Attack actions, any carryover bonuses from previous rounds are lost. The maximum dice pool bonus from the use of this action is equal to the charac­ter’s Willpower. A character may take aim with a ready firearm, bow, or exotic ranged weapon. If the character is using image magnif­ication or a targeting scope, the Take Aim action must be used to line up the shot in order to receive any bonus from the item. In this case, the first action of Take Aim does not provide any additional bonus beyond enabling the function of the modifi­cation.

Trip (I)

This action focuses more on bringing the target to the ground than on doing damage. Can only be done with a melee weapon and must be combined with an Attack Major Action. Decrease the base damage of the attack by 2P; if it hits, target rolls Athletics + Agility with a threshold of the adjusted DV of the attack. If the target fails, they gain the Prone status.

**Reroll one die

It can be yours or your oppone­nt’s, but the result stands no matter what you roll.

Shank (Melee Attack)

When attacking with a blade, your advantage turns into a targeted strike. Reduce the Call a Shot penalty to –2.

Tactical Roll (Hit the Dirt)

You drop to avoid incoming fire, with an agile roll that helps you make an attack as you roll. If you use a melee Attack action on the same combat round, you do not get the dice pool penalty that comes with the Prone status (p. 53) or Hit the Dirt Action (p. 41). For the next round, you do not take the –2 dice pool penalty from Close or Near attacks that come with the Prone status.

Add Edge to your dice pool

Add your Edge as a dice pool bonus to your roll, and make 6s explode. If a 1 is rolled after a 6, it does not count toward your total for calcul­ating glitches.

Reroll all failed dice

After a roll is made, you can reroll all failed dice. This Edge Boost cannot be used if a glitch or critical glitch is rolled.

Count 2s as glitches for the target

When an opponent rolls, both 1s and 2s count in their total to determine if they glitch or critical glitch

Called Shot—D­isarm (any attack)

Successful hit does no damage to target, but their weapon is knocked from their hands.

Assist (A)

You can become a helper on a Teamwork test, working to help one of your teammates on some task (see Teamwork Tests, p. 36).

Attack (I)

A character may perform one of a variety of forms of attack with this Major Action. See the Combat chapter (p. 104) for more details

Cast Spell (I)

A character may cast a spell as a Major Action. For details on how, see Spells (p. 130).

Counte­rspell (A)

See p. 143 for details

Manifest (I)

Characters who are astrally projecting use this action to appear as a ghostly form (see p. 160).

Pick Up/Put Down Object (I)

A character may pick up an object within reach or put down one that they were holding as a Major Action. This action means care is taken to put the object down or pick it up. If the picked-up object is a weapon, this counts as readying the weapon.

Reload Weapon (I)

Weapons without a smartlink, or weapons where the smartlink is currently diseng­aged, require a Major Action to reload. Reloading a weapon refills the weapon to its maximum capacity as long as the character has sufficient ammunition to do so.

Sprint (I)

A character may move at a Sprint with this Major Action. Movement starts at 15 meters and is increased by 1 meter per hit on an Athletics + Agility Test. Only one Sprint Action is allowed per player turn, and it cannot be performed in the same turn as a Move action or Avoid Incoming action.

Use Simple Device (I)

A character can use any simple device with a Major Action. Simple devices are those that are activated with a simple movement like a thumb trigger, pressing a single key, or tapping a single icon. It takes longer to interact with more complex devices, with required time being up to the gamemaster or listed with the descri­ption of specific gear. Remember, a device connected via a DNI-en­abled system uses the Minor Action.