How does the Suppressive Fire feat work?


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Having a hard time parsing out what supposed to happen with this feat.

1. full action, automatic weapon, 10 shots used, got it.

2. decide if you want covering fire or harrying fire, sorta clear.
is the 1/2 range cone only for harrying or both versions? (I think its both)

3. make an attack roll with a +4 bonus, is that d20(+4) or D20 +(BAB+ stat+stuff+4). Do you need to beat your ally's AC to give cover?

4. any creature with AC less than your roll (or equal to) is "affected by the selected effect" is that just the weapons damage or is it a missing condition?

5. is the benefit to an ally just cover as per the normal cover rules or is it a different bonus to its AC (the +4?)


Harrying and covering fire are basically ranged aid another actions,either giving a +2 to attack or ac respectively to or against one attack by making a DC 15 attack roll.

Suppressing fire allows you to apply those benefits in an aoe. So either every enemy in it has effectively -2 according (as you buff allies attacking them) or -2 to hit one ally (as they have +2 ac against them). This only applies to enemies whose ac you've beaten with an attack roll albeit with a +4 from the feat.

I'm pretty sure it still only applies to 1 attack for each enemy though, but it doesn't seem like a bad feat for a little battlefie buffing. Especially considering starfinder's reluctance to give out accuracy buffs.


Thanks! I had just skimmed the combat chapter and missed that harrying fire and covering fire are distinctive actions.

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Harrying and covering fire action is afect by cover or another type of penalitation ?


Out of curiousity, am I the only one who slightly rewrites covering fire to be "-2 to hit against the next target they attack", removing the requirement to pick a specific person to defend? It seems like an unnecessary restriction.

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