Shadowrun Combat Minor Actions Cheat Sheet by Blmage

Activate (Deact­­ivate) Focus (I) A character can activate or deactivate a bonded focus that they are carrying on their person with a Minor Action.

Command Drone (I) A character may issue a command to a drone they control. If multiple drones are controlled through a rigger command console (RCC), the same command can be issued to every drone. If a different command is desired for each drone, it requires multiple Minor Actions.

Drop Prone (I) A character may choose to drop themselves to the ground as a Minor Action. They gain the Prone status (p. 53) until they choose to use the Stand Up Action.

Multiple Attacks (I) A character can attack more than one opponent, assuming ammuni­­tion, reach, and enemy placement allow it. Split your dice pool evenly among all targets, or if you are using two different forms of attack, use half the dice pool for each, rounded down. This action must be used in conjun­ction with an Attack Major Action.

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.

Avoid Incoming (A) A character can use this action when it is not their player turn to get away from an incoming Blast or Gas attack. With this action, a character makes a Reaction + Athletics – Dodge Penalty roll (see Dodge Penalty table, p. 311, for these values). Hits on the test allow a character to move a number of meters equal to their hits in a direction of their choosing, but they shouldn’t know the results of the scatter until after they decide which way they’re headed. If they choose to move more than 2 meters, they dive to the ground at the end of their defense and gain the Prone status. This action cannot be used if the character has taken a previous Avoid Incoming, Move, or Sprint action this combat round and prevents the use of another Avoid Incoming, Move, or Sprint action for the remainder of the combat round.

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.

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.