Combat Summary

Initiative

• Everyone rolls Initiative: The result of a die roll + Dexterity + Composure.
• The character with the highest Initiative performs her action first.
• You may yield your character’s action until later in the Initiative queue or intro the next turn.
• Characters with Mega-Dexterity and Mega-Composure always go before other characters.
  • If more than one character has the skills then roll initiative with respective Mega Attribute as modifier.

Attacking

Unarmed Combat

• Attack Roll = (Strength and Brawls) - Target's (Defense and Armor)

Armed Combat

• Attack Roll = (Strength, Weaponry, and Weapon) - Target's (Defense and Armor)

Ranged Combat (Thrown)

• Attack Roll = (Dexterity and Athletics) - Target's (Defense and Armor)

Ranged Combat (Guns and Bows)

• Attack Roll = (Dexterity and Firearms) - Target's (Armor)

Possible Modifiers

Aiming: +1 per turn to a +3 maximum

All-Out Attack: +2 with Brawl or Weaponry attack; lose Defense

Armor Piercing: Ignores amount of target’s armor equal to item’s own rating

Autofire Long Burst: 20 or so bullets at as many targets as the shooter wants, pending Storyteller approval. A +3 bonus is applied to each attack roll; -1 per roll for each target if there’s more than one

• Autofire Medium Burst: 10 or so bullets at one to three targets, with a +2 bonus to each attack roll; -1 per roll for each target if there’s more than one
• Autofire Short Burst: Three bullets at a single target with a +1 bonus to the roll
• Concealment: Barely -1; partially -2; substantially -3; fully, see “Cover”
• Dodge: Double target’s Defense

• Drawing a Weapon: Requires one action (one turn) without a Merit, and could negate Defense • Firing from Concealment: Shooter’s own concealment quality (-1, -2 or -3) reduced by one as a penaltyto fire back (so, no modifier, -1 or -2)

• Offhand Attack: -2 penalty

• Prone Target: -2 penalty to hit in ranged combat; +2 bonus to hit when attacker is within close-combat distance

• Range: -2 at medium range, -4 at long range
• Shooting into Close Combat: -2 per combatant avoided in a single shot (not applicable to autofire)
• Specified Target: Torso -1, leg or arm -2, head -3, hand -4, eye -5

• Surprised or Immobilized Target: Defense doesn’t apply • Touching a Target: Dexterity + Brawl or Dexterity + Weaponry; armor may or may not apply, Defense does apply • Willpower: Add three dice or +2 to a Resistance trait (Stamina, Resolve, Composure or Defense) in one roll or instance

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