Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Rule Book

Additional Combat Modifiers

The prior sections cover the fundamentals of making
I a basic combat check. However, combat rarely oc-
curs in a vacuum. Any number of things can modify a
combat check, from environmental factors to actions
the character chooses.

This section discusses those modifiers. The first
part of this section covers conditional and situational
modifiers. The second part of this section covers out-
side factors such as environmental effects.

CONDITIONAL AND

SITUATIONAL MODIFIERS

Character choices can modify combat checks in many

ways, some good and some bad. These choices can

often provide additional benefits, as well.

MAKING RANGED ATTACKS AT

ENGAGED TARGETS

Sometimes, characters may want to attack a target

that's engaged with another character. If the two char-

acters are both enemies, the attacker may not worry

about whom he might hit. However, if one of the char-

acters is an ally, then things become more dangerous.

When attacking a target engaged with an ally, the

attacker upgrades the difficulty of the check by one

(for more on upgrading difficulty, see page 21). In

addition, if the attacker's check succeeds but he gener-

ates at least ^, that ^ is automatically spent to make

the attacker hit one of the individuals engaged with the

target (of the GM's choice), instead of the target.

MAKING RANGED ATTACKS

WHILE ENGAGED

Sometimes, characters may want to make a ranged

attack while they're engaged with an opponent. Such

an action can be risky; a character may find it hard to

take the time to line up a shot while an opponent is

swinging a vibro-ax at him!

Any opponent engaged with the character when he

makes a ranged attack (no matter who the target is),

TABLE 6-4: RANGED MODIFIERS

Condition Modifier

Engaged w/Ranged

(Light) +^1 difficulty

Engaged w/Ranged

(Heavy) + 2 difficulty

Engaged w/Gunnery May notengaged make with an opponent. Gunnery checks when

may add • to his next Brawl or Melee check against

that character. He automatically loses this bonus if ei-

ther he or the character are no longer engaged with

the other.

In addition, the difficulty of some ranged attacks

increases while engaged, and other ranged attacks

become impossible. See Table 6-4: Ranged Modi-

fiers for more information.

ATTACKING PRONE TARGETS AND

ATTACKING WHILE PRONE

A character who is knocked down, unconscious, or

willingly drops prone is considered prone.

Prone characters are easier to hit with certain com-

bat checks and find it harder to use certain combat

skills. A character gains • when attacking a prone

target with a Melee or Brawl check. A prone character

suffers • when making a Melee or Brawl check from

a prone position.

Prone characters are harder to hit with ranged at-

tacks but suffer no penalties when making ranged at-

tacks. When a character attacks a prone target with

a Ranged (Light), Ranged (Heavy), or Gunnery check,

he suffers •

Some attacks or weapons may cause a character to

become prone—this is indicated in individual weap-

on, talent, or creature attack entries. Getting knocked

prone may be the result of a failed Coordination check

or the activation of a weapon's special quality.

TWO-WEAPON COMBAT

A character may opt to carry a Ranged (Light) weapon

or a one-handed melee weapon in each hand, increas-

ing his volume of attacks at the expense of accuracy.

When attacking with two weapons, the charac-

ter must be wielding two weapons that can each be

reasonably held and wielded in one hand. Generally,

these weapons are Ranged (Light) weapons—gener-

ally pistols and grenades—and one-handed melee or

brawl weapons. If it's unclear whether or not a weap-

on can be wielded one-handed, the GM makes the

final determination as to if it can be used.

To make the attack, he performs a combined

check. First, the character denotes one weapon as

the primary weapon. When making the combined

check, he will be attacking with this weapon. He then

determines what skills and characteristics he would

use when making attacks with his primary weapon,

and his secondary weapon (the other weapon he

wields). Finally, he determines his target.

CONFLICT AND COMBAT

EDGE OF THE EMPIRE