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  • Base Skill vs. Effective Skill
  • Buying Success
  • Actions in Different Gravity
  • Active Characters
  • Active Defense and Maneuvers
  • Aim
  • All-out Attack
  • Attack
  • All-out Defense
  • Attack Roll
  • Attacking
  • Actions After a Grapple
  • Actions After Being Grappled
  • Accuracy and Aimed Fire
  • Active Defense Rolls
  • Acrobatic Dodge
  • Blocking
  • Active Defense Options
  • Armor Divisors and Penetration Modifiers
  • Attacks Without Damage
  • All-Out Attack
  • All-Out Defense
  • Backward and Sideways Movement and Facing
  • Bad Footing
  • Attacking Through an Occupied Hex
  • Attacking in Tactical Combat
  • Arc of Vision
  • Arc of Vision
  • Accelerating
  • Attacking and Defending
  • Attacks by Mounts
  • Aerial Attack and Defense
  • Aerial Movement
  • Breaking a Weapon
  • Attack From Above
  • Arm Lock
  • Automatic Weapons and Full-Auto Only
  • Bolas
  • Bipods and Tripods
  • Area and Spreading Attacks
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A–B

  • Base Skill vs. Effective Skill
  • Buying Success
  • Actions in Different Gravity
  • Active Characters
  • Active Defense and Maneuvers
  • Aim
  • All-out Attack
  • Attack
  • All-out Defense
  • Attack Roll
  • Attacking
  • Actions After a Grapple
  • Actions After Being Grappled
  • Accuracy and Aimed Fire
  • Active Defense Rolls
  • Acrobatic Dodge
  • Blocking
  • Active Defense Options
  • Armor Divisors and Penetration Modifiers
  • Attacks Without Damage
  • All-Out Attack
  • All-Out Defense
  • Backward and Sideways Movement and Facing
  • Bad Footing
  • Attacking Through an Occupied Hex
  • Attacking in Tactical Combat
  • Arc of Vision
  • Arc of Vision
  • Accelerating
  • Attacking and Defending
  • Attacks by Mounts
  • Aerial Attack and Defense
  • Aerial Movement
  • Breaking a Weapon
  • Attack From Above
  • Arm Lock
  • Automatic Weapons and Full-Auto Only
  • Bolas
  • Bipods and Tripods
  • Area and Spreading Attacks
  • View all 96 in Rules →

Active Defense Options

Basic Set: Campaigns · p.377

Open source p.377 ↗

You can improve your odds of suc-
cess with an active defense by choos-
ing one of these options to go along
with it.

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