Bonus Actions - Examples

Following the livestream, I had some feedback on bonus actions and also realized that I did them slightly wrong.  It used to be the case that bonus actions couldn't generate more bonus actions.  I changed this so that they can generate more bonus actions but you can't use the same bonus action twice in one action (unless you have an upgrade that says you can, like Gun Fu).  So there was a point when the sniper in the livestream had a great shooting bonus action but didn't get any more bonus actions as a result.  She should have done.  Oh well.

Anyway, to help make things clear, I've written some examples for the rulebook:

Bonus Actions Example 1:

Kitsune perfoms a Shoot action at a Grunt using her F of 5.  She needs 12 for a hit and rolls 5, 7, 8, 10 and 12.  This gives her four hits (5+10, 7+8, 12 and +1 hit for the critical).  The first hit puts the Grunt down and the second kills him.  The third and fourth hits, therefore, leave Kitsune with two bonus actions.

She spends one to become prone and one to gain +1 support token.

Bonus Actions Example 2:

Conor performs a cautious move action for 2”, needing only a 5 on his D of 4.  He rolls four successes.  The first must be used to cancel the next Control Deck flip, leaving him three to spend.  He uses the first to shoot at a nearby Elite with his F of 4.

He achieves four hits on his target, three of which he needs to kill the target, but leaving him another bonus action.  Having used one of his previous three, he still has three to spend, but can’t use another one to Shoot.

He spends one to move 3”, another to enter the prone state and the last to gain +1 support token.

Bonus Actions Example 3:

Stepmaster Stefan Vert has passed a cautious move test with three successes.  He must use his first success to cancel the Control Deck flip but uses his second to shoot at enemy character, Erik Whiskey.

Erik takes no hits but must still take a stress test with his D of 3.  He is unwounded, so only needs to test against a target of 10 and rolls 3, 4 and 12.  This gives him two successes (the 12 is a success, +1 success for being a critical).  With the first success he passes his stress test, and with the second he gains a bonus action.

Erik now gets to use his bonus action to move into cover before Stefan can use his remaining bonus action.  Stefan elects to gain +1 support token.

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