[markelphoenix]

So, was reading on page 47. Called Shot lists the attack of (Any). Doesn't say firearms or melee...explicitly says Any....does that mean Indirect Spells Qualify? Direct spells? What about Matrix Attacks?

[Shinobi Killfist]

I’d say no to direct spells as they aren’t aimed. But indirect non area spells sure.

[Michael Chandra]

Matrix and Astral combat follow their own rules so I dunno there. Indirect combat spells follow normal projectile attack rules iirc so probably yes but GM has final call?

With Direct spells and AoE attacks they're not normal Attack actions or stated to be like it so I'd say definitely no.

[Xenon]

Attack Action is an umbrella of many different types of attacks. You can find them all in the Combat chapter.

Spells (including indirect and direct combat spells) use the Cast Spell Action.


The combat chapter give you some examples of different attacks;
SR6 p. 104-105 Combat Process
...be it a punch, kick, knife, sword, axe, broken bottle, lead pipe, candlestick (Close Combat); or a pistol, rifle, shotgun, sniper rifle, zip gun (Firearms); or a blowgun, laser pistol, ray gun, assault cannon, grenade launcher, or missile launcher (Exotic Weapon); or a thrown knife, shuriken, or hand grenade (Athletics); or a vehicle-mounted weapon (Engineering)...



Called Shot is a Minor action that you can combine with an Attack action. It increase DV by 2 but also give you a negative dice pool modifier of 4 dice on the attack.

There are also 5-edge actions, such as Called Shot vitals. It increase DV by 3 but also cost 5 edge to use.

[Michael Chandra]

"Targets roll their Body to resist this damage, as they would in physical combat" Okay, no mention of the actual attack being like combat, so no, Called Shot won't apply here. "This must be combined with the Attack action."

In Astral Combat, you can either Cast Spells or Attack, so it sounds like you can Call a Shot there.

In Matrix, you use specific Matrix Actions, not the Attack Action, so there you definitely cannot.