User Guide

122
PROPERTY OF VAULT-TEC
$50.00 PENALTY FOR PRIVATE USE
The number of action points your character has is
located over the active item button on the interface
bar. The AP lights only show the first ten AP your
character has. If your character has more than 10 AP
remaining, those action points will not be shown.
When you spend enough APs so that less than ten are
remaining, the number of lights representing APs
will start to wink off.
Different actions cost different amounts of APs.
It costs very little to walk one hex (one AP to be
specific), but it costs more to walk several hexes.
Attacking with a knife is faster than aiming with a
rifle, so the knife attack will cost less AP to
perform.
Actions in Combat
The following chart will give you an idea of the
number of APs required to perform an action. The
actual amount may vary, depending on your character
and what item your character uses.
Action Base AP Cost
Movement 1 AP per hex
Hand to Hand (HtH) Attack 3 AP
Melee Weapon Attack 4 AP
Ranged Attack (single) 5 AP
Ranged Attack (burst) 6 AP
Targeted Attack (single) 6 AP
Reloading Ammo 2 AP
Accessing Inventory 4 AP
Opening a door or other action 3 AP
Toggling active items 0 AP
Switching weapon modes 0 AP
Movement
The AP cost to move is shown in the middle of the
movement cursor when you pause the cursor for a
moment over the destination hex. If there is a red
X in the center of the cursor, then you do not have
enough AP to move that far, or there is something
(or someone) blocking your access to that hex.