Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Rule Book

target. If the character is engaged with an opponent

or adversary, he must perform a maneuver to dis-

engage with that opponent before moving to any

other location. This only changes his range relative

to his opponent from "engaged" to "short" and

represents the effort of backing away and

avoiding his opponent's attacks. Charac-

ters do not need to perform this maneu-

ver to leave an engagement consisting

only of friendly characters or allies.

Moving within short

range. Performing this

maneuver allows an,

unengaged char-

acter to move to

another position

that is currently

within short range

of him.

Actions

DROP PRONE OR STAND FROM PRONE

Dropping prone and standing from a prone posi-

tion each require a maneuver. Drop-

ping prone allows the character to

add • to all ranged attacks made

. against him, although he also
|i must add • to all melee attacks
made against him.

PREPARATION

Some actions require additional

preparation to perform safely. The

preparation maneuver is generally

performed in conjunction with an-

other ability to confer a bonus,

offset a penalty, or fulfill a re-

quirement. The individual tal-

ents or abilities that utilize the

preparation maneuver define

its specific effect. It is some-

times abbreviated under the

requirements as "prepare."

||uring a character's turn, he

Ugenerally has the chance t<

perform one primary activity,

is the character's action. Actions in-

clude any activity complex enough to

warrant involving a skill check, and can

range from slicing open a computer system to shoot-

ing a blaster.

ACTION LIMITATIONS

A character may only perform one action in a turn.

Some characters may have abilities allowing them to

perform an action as a maneuver. This does not vio-

late the limit of one action per turn, however, as the

action now counts as a maneuver.

TYPES OF ACTIONS

There are five major types of actions a character can

perform during his turn: exchanging an action for a

maneuver, spending the action to activate an abil-

ity or talent, activating a Force power, performing a

skill check, and performing a combat check. The last,

performing a combat check, is actually a variation on

performing a skill check. However, enough unique cir-

cumstances surround it that it requires its own entry.

EXCHANGE AN

ACTION FOR A

MANEUVER

A character may exchange

his action for an additional

maneuver during his turn. He may then perform any

maneuver he would be able to perform normally, fol-

lowing all the rules that govern maneuvers. However, he

still may not perform more than two maneuvers during

his turn, no matter how he gained access to them.

SPEND AN ACTION TO

ACTIVATE AN ABILITY

Certain abilities or talents can require an action to ac-

tivate. When a character spends an action to activate

an ability or talent (even if spending the action does

not require a check or any other activity on the char-

acter's part), he has used his action for his turn. He

may not take a second action, unless he specifically

has an ability that would grant him a second action.

ACTIVATE A FORCE POWER

Most Force powers require an action to use. These are

covered in more detail in Chapter VIII: The Force.

CONFLICT AND COMBAT

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