Composure (WIL + CHA)[]
There are many common occurrences in a shadowrunner’s
life—vicious violence, death, metahuman misery, scary monsters
and magic—that would make average citizens crumple
into whimpering, traumatized rag-dolls. Whenever a character
encounters a situation that she has not been hardened to, the
gamemaster can call for a composure test to see whether she
faces the situation with cool resolve, temporarily freezes with
shock, or trembles and pisses herself.
Composure is a Willpower + Charisma Test, with a threshold
based on the severity of the situation (keeping in mind how
often the character has faced similar things in the past). Certain
situations are bound to become routine to shadowrunners (getting
shot at, attacked by a angry spirit, or seeing the remains of a
ghoul’s meal); in these cases, gamemasters should no longer ask
for composure tests.