BOD: 3
AGI: 4
REA: 4 (7)
STR: 3
CHA: 3
INT: 4
LOG: 3
WIL: 4
EDG: 2
MAG: 5

== Derived Attributes ==
Essence: 5.68
Initiative: 8 (11)
IP: 1 (4)

Only people who can get 5 passes are deckers/technos when going full VR in the matrix. Noone can have 5 passes in meatspace.

The only sole exception to this is Cyborgs, who can get 5 physical action passes, but are also exempt from the 'waste an action' part of vehicle driving.

Other wise, yes. 4 passes is the written-in-stone hardcap unless something explicitly gives an exception to it.

Up for rules debate, however, is whether you can attain a 5th pass by using edge for another action. THAT I haven't seen anything really for or against, since edge is pretty much the 'bend the rules and do cool shit' stat.

Good points - I forgot about cyborgs, mostly since they're so hella rare.

I'd say the hardcap applies even to Edge...total judgement call there though.

You know by halving the bonuses from K-10 you end up with basically Kamikaze right? The base drug that k-10 is derived from on pg 258 of SR4A. This assumes you use the usual SR standard of rounding down rather than up.

"Catharsis"

Effect: +1 Body, +2 Agility, +1 Reaction,
+1 Initiative Pass, High Pain Tolerance 2, Berserk
Duration: (12-Body) hours, min. 1 hour

Users of this experimental combat drug automatically go berserk when wounded, in a manner similar to Bear magicians (see Bear, p. 192, SR4). At the end of the duration, the user suffers 6S and is left flooded with despondent emotions, suffering the effects of Disorientation* for the half the duration.

*The target suffers a –2 dice pool modifier to all
actions due to confusion and disorientation for 10 minutes.


Prior to the berserk stage, users feel an increased sense of apathy & disconnection from the world around them but not so much that it hampers their perception. It feels much like a very strong anti-depressant.

The only sole exception to this is Cyborgs, who can get 5 physical action passes, but are also exempt from the 'waste an action' part of vehicle driving.

Other wise, yes. 4 passes is the written-in-stone hardcap unless something explicitly gives an exception to it.

Up for rules debate, however, is whether you can attain a 5th pass by using edge for another action. THAT I haven't seen anything really for or against, since edge is pretty much the 'bend the rules and do cool shit' stat.