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[obsidian razor]

Hey everyone!

For years I've been ruling and playing assuming that recoil modifiers accumulate between initiative passes. So If in my first initiative pass I shot two bursts, my recoil penalty in my second pass starts at -5 recoil penalties, and you add from there.

However... re-reading the manual for a future game, I've just realized that nothing in the rules seems to indicate this. It just says first burst -2, second burst -3 (and in the combat example it's obvious they accumulate) but it says nothing between passes.

Have I been doing it wrong? Can you point me to the part in the rules where they clear this out, either way?

Thanks!

[All4BigGuns]

Page 153 and 154 of the SR4A book.

Recoil is only cumulative in the same Action Phase. Each time your turn comes (each Pass you act on) is a new Action Phase, so recoil resets every pass.

[obsidian razor]

Right-o... so I've been doing things wrong for years.

Not only that... but initiative passes are even more powerful than I originally knew... wow.

Thanks!!