If you are having

problems And Then Try Game Effect: Good For

Hitting your

opponent (high

Parry)

Your team outnumbers the opponent Ganging Up. +1 Fighting per additional attacker Team

You are more agile than the opponent An Agility Trick.

(Throwing sand in

foes face)

Success: Opponent -2 Parry until next action

Raise: Opponent -2 plus Shaken

Team

You are smarter than your opponent A Smarts Trick.

(Look behind you!) You are quick-witted (have the Taunt

skill)

Taunting.

(Youre so ugly) Success: +2 bonus for next action against

opponent

Raise: +2 bonus plus opponent Shaken

You

(success)

Team

(raise)

You are fearsome (have the Intimidate

skill) or your foe is cowardly

Intimidating.

(Flex muscles or give

a war cry.)

You are using a ranged weapon Aiming.

(Dont fire until you see the whites of their

eyes.)

+2 Shooting/Throwing if character does not

move

You

You are using a semi-automatic weapon A Double Tap. +1 to Shooting attack and damage; expend 2

rounds of ammo

You

You are using a burst fire weapon Burst Fire. +2 to Shooting attack and damage; expend 3

rounds of ammo

You

You are using a melee weapon Switching to a

Ranged Attack.

Target number is the 4 at short range instead

of targets Parry You

You are ok with lowering your defences

until next action

A Wild Attack.

(Strike him down with

all your anger!)

+2 to Fighting attack and damage, but 2 to Parry until next action

You

(if you take

him down) Damaging your

opponent (high

Toughness*) You are not having problems hitting your

opponent

A Called Shot to

unarmoured areas or

head/vitals.

Limb: 2 Head/Vitals: 4 Small Target: 4 Tiny Target: 6 Ignore armor if successful

+4 damage for Head/Vitals

You

You are not using an automatic weapon

and dont care about defense Making a Rapid

Attack.

Make up to 3 Fighting attacks at 4; or fire up to 6 shots from a semi-automatic weapon or

revolver at 4 penalty to each die; -2 Parry

You

With many

opponents You are using an automatic weapon Automatic Fire. -2 to Shooting attack, make a number of

attacks up to weapons RoF; each attack uses ammo equal to RoF

You

Suppressive Fire. With successful Shooting roll, targets in Med

Burst Template make a Spirit

roll or are Shaken; roll of 1 are hit for normal

damage

Team

With your

opponent hurting

you

You want to make it harder for them to

hurt you

To Disarm your

opponent.

-2 to attack; target must make a Strength

check, if result is less than damage then target

drops weapon.

Team

You want to concentrate on defending

yourself

To Defend yourself

while moving.

+2 Parry; character may take no other actions You

Taking an action with

Full Defense.

Fighting roll at+2 replaces Parry if higher; may

not move

You

You want to protect yourself Diving for Cover. Light 1; Medium 2; Heavy 4; Nearly Total -6

You

Dropping Prone to

avoid ranged attacks.

As Medium cover; prone defenders are 2 Fighting, 2 Parry

You

You are going to die if you keep fighting Withdrawing from

combat to fight

another day!

All adjacent non-Shaken opponents get a free

attack. Try Defend option for +2 Parry but

normal movement

You

(assuming

you survive!)

Recover from being Shaken = Spirit roll Soaking Wounds = Vigor roll

* Many of the combat maneuvers that assist in hitting an opponent also help deal damage, as they increase the chance of getting a raise and extra +1d6

damage (or they make an opponent Shaken).

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Savage Worlds Combat Survival Guide