V5 Combat Cheat Sheet

- On each turn, each player declares what they're planning to do, and the ST does the same for SPCs. (Movement and minor actions should be declared here, to determine penalties to rolls.)
- Turn Order: (which can change each round)
-- Curren­tly­-en­gaged physical combat
-- Ranged combat
-- Newly-­engaged physical combat
-- Anything else
- Attackers and defenders roll at the same time, even if both are trying to attack. Winner of the contest is the one who does damage (and is deemed to have dodged the opposing attack).

- Defending against multiple opponents: Roll first defense normally, each dodge after that loses an additional dice to the pool.
- Attacking multiple opponents: Player must split their dice pool against targets.

Generally do not cost anything extra, but actions such as long dashes, using a phone, throwing dust or sand, etc. can subtract dice from your main action, at the Storyt­ell­er's discre­tion.

- Car chases are Composure + Driving.
- Ramming cars: Wits + Driving vs. Dexterity + Athletics (on foot) or Wits + Driving (another vehicle). Superf­icial damage based on size of vehicle; +3 for car, +4 for SUV, +6 for garbage truck size. Dice bonus to dodging if the ramming is not at full speed.
- Vehicle health: Vehicles have 5-20 health based on size and compos­ition. Once superf­icial track is filled, each point of aggravated results in dice pool reduction for its driver. Criticals cause tired to pop or fuel tanks to burst.
- More on pg. 57, Gehenna War

All-out attack: Grants a +1 damage bonus (emptying a ranged weapon if using one) while foregoing defending against attacks this turn. If the all-out attack misses, anyone acting against the combatant get +1 die next turn.
Brutal Attack: Against multiple weaker targets (mortals, etc.), a Kindred can choose to automa­tically make one of the dice in their pool a 10, rolling the rest.
Called shots: Subtract 1 to 4 successes depending on diffic­­ulty.
Criticals: Criticals versus mortals automa­­ti­cally incapa­­ci­tate. Messy Criticals versus mortals are usually lethal.
Maneuvers: Perform an action (roll) this turn to get an advant­­ageous position (1-3 dice bonus) next turn. E.g., flank, fake retreat to surprise attack, analyzing a foe to deliver the perfect insult.
Surprise attacks: First attack is made versus Difficulty 1.

- Thrown explosives resolve in ranged combat; pre-set explosives resolve in '­new­' combat.
- Concussive blasts deal superf­icial damage; incendiary inflicts aggravated damage. The intended target is considered the point of impact:
• Point of impact: +5
• Within the blast zone: +3
• At the edge of the blast zone: +1