Potential error regarding Soldiers and the suppressed condition.


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On page 112 of the playtest document in the Soldier section under Suppressing Fire section it says "A suppressed target takes a –1 circumstance penalty on attack rolls and takes a –10-foot status penalty to its Speeds." However on page 256 under conditions it says "You take a –1 circumstance penalty to attack rolls and take a –5-foot status penalty to all your Speeds." Is this an error, or are Soldiers more effective at suppressing targets?


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It’s a typo, and I’m fairly certain one of the developers buffed the suppressed condition in the Soldier’s entry (because they’re the primary user of the condition), but forgot to update the condition in the document’s other entry. I’ve been using the Soldier’s version of suppressed in my playtests, as a -10 to movement speed I’d say is the bare minimum for that part of the condition to start making an impact.

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It's unclear and I am going with the opposite interaction, in the class it sounds like reminder text, but in situations like this, I am going with the default condition entry.

A clarification would be beyond welcome.


If you don't go with the Soldier entry Suppressed is pretty lackluster as a condition, yeah -1 to Attack is good but like...the -5 Speed is almost pointless since most things tend to have a ranged weapon.


2nd round of errata has clarified Suppressed uses the -10.

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