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==Quick Guides==

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==Rough Guides==

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The main rules book can be quite wordy and confusing, so if there's anything that looks like it needs simpler explanations, they can be found here.

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===Driving About===

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First off, there are a few common misconceptions about how cars work in Shadowrun. For starters, if you are staying within city limits, you don't even need to know how to drive to be able to use a car for transport. Unless it is incredi-retro, your vehicle will have something called GridGuide, which is basically a GPS system that doesn't just tell you where to go, it will actually drive you there itself. It understands natural language for basic instructions, like "take me to this address" or "go home", so you don't even need to be that techy to use it. Of course, just because you *have* grid guide doesn't mean you need to use it. It is assumed in Shadowrun that all characters have, by default, everyday skills that are normal for a person to have. This includes the basic ability to drive, even if you don't take the appropriate skill. Its only when things get more tricky that skills com into play. When this happens, it normally calls for Chase Combat.

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Chase combat is pretty similar to standard combat, in that it has rounds, phases, actions etc. There are a few additions, however. Its all explained in the main rules (page 169 of the 20th anniversary edition), but its not too clear, so here is the basics:

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#Opposed Vehicle Test. Everyone actively piloting a vehicle or drone rolls for their vehicle skills. The person with the highest hits gets to choose their location relative to the other vehicles (see below for details). If you score no hits, you have lost control of the vehicle. If *that* happens, you spend the rest of this round trying not to crash. If you score no hits two rounds in a row, you crash. Whoops!

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#Roll Initiative. Just like normal, unless you are driving via full VR, in which case you use your matrix initiative rather than your normal initiative.

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#Chase Combat Turn. This is longer than a standard combat turn, but because chase combat is designed for mostly driving, non-driving characters will find they are doing things slower than normal. Consider this to be the effect of things just being harder to do when you are bumping around in a rapidly moving vehicle. Other than that, it works *exactly* the same as normal combat turns.

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Ranges in Chase Combat are a little simplified compared to normal. Instead of giving exact distances, range is split into Short, Medium, Long and Extreme. The driver who gets the most hits in the vehicle test gets to decide the range for that round. For the purposes of shooting, these ranges map directly to the ranges for the guns, regardless of the specific guns normal ranges. This is just to keep things simple.

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There's a few special actions that drivers can take when in Chase Combat. They are:

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*Break Off. This can only be done when you are in Long Range. Do a vehicle test. If you succeed three turns in a row, then you have escaped. Hurrah!

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*Cut Off. This can only be done when you are in Short Range. Do an opposed vehicle test, then the target does a vehicle test with the opposed test hits as a target. If they fail, they crash.

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*Maneuver. You can do vehicle test to try and get into a better position. Any hits over the threshold gives you an extra dice for the vehicle test at the start of the next turn.

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*Ramming. Basically melee combat for cars. Its a bit complicated, so you best look at the book if you want to do it.

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==Step by Step Guides==

These are quick, step by step guides to things you will be doing all the time in Shadowrun. Just combat based, to start with, but more will be added at a later date.

These are quick, step by step guides to things you will be doing all the time in Shadowrun. Just combat based, to start with, but more will be added at a later date.

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 #Find your weapons DV and AP
 #Select the fire mode that you are using
-#Determine your base dice pool. This is your Agility + appropriate weapon skill
+#Determine your base [[dice pool]]. This is your Agility + appropriate weapon skill
 #Apply bonuses from equipment such as smartlinks or sights to your dice pool
 #Subtract any wound modifiers from your dice pool
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 #Defender rolls their defence pool, and subtracts their hits from your hits. Results of 0 or less indicate a miss.
 #If the result of the previous step is greater than 0, add it to your weapons DV. This is the Modified DV.
-#If the modified DV is greater than the defenders armour – your weapons AP, it causes Physical Damage. If it is less, it causes Stun Damage.
+#If the modified DV is greater than the defenders armour – your weapons AP, it causes [[Physical Damage]]. If it is less, it causes [[Stun Damage]].
 #Defender attempts to resist damage.

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 #Subtract hits from the attacks modified DV. If the result is greater than 0, apply that number to the appropriate damage track.
-===Credits===
+==Credits==
 Most of the content here has been basically lifted from the cheatsheets designed by Aaron Pavao, which I grabbed from his site, [http://pavao.org pavao.org]. You can get the originals, in pdf form, there. All I have done here is reword them slightly to make them slightly clearer in places, and I will be adding linkies in to explain certain terms.

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