Linear Cover in Basic Rules
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Posted 23 January 2007 - 05:19 PM
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 04:57 PM
Yes.GregoryIn the meantime, what is the spotting modifier for a target in Linear Cover in the Advance Core Rules? The chart says soft cover is -1 and hard cover is -3. What is Linear Cover, -2?
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Posted 25 January 2007 - 10:03 PM
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 02:26 PM
What if the Sherman is hiding around the corner of a building? The rules clearly state that a vehicle can hide around the corner of a building get receives Linear Cover (not hard or soft).The cover modifier for linear cover has got me thinking. I have not considered linear cover as suitable for hiding (although in the rules it clearly states that 'may hide within, or behind, cover'. So in our games a Sherman has not been able to ‘hide’ behind a low wall....Regards Trotsky
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Posted 26 January 2007 - 06:15 PM
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Posted 27 January 2007 - 04:29 PM
Trotsky,You bring up a good point. In the original iteration of the spotting mechanism, cover and concealment were two different things. So there were two kinds of concealment, soft and hard (we called them dense and sparse to distinguish them from cover mods), and more types of cover which provided protection from fire. Some concealment is great, like houses, but if they are wooden they do not provide as much cover from fire as one might like. The simplest method is to ignore linear cover when spotting vehicles. Assume they are in soft cover, -1. Note that large vehicles, DM >+1, will not be helped much by that mod, while smaller ones will.Cheers,GregoryThe cover modifier for linear cover has got me thinking. I have not considered linear cover as suitable for hiding (although in the rules it clearly states that 'may hide within, or behind, cover'. So in our games a Sherman has not been able to ‘hide’ behind a low wall. The wall may make the tank harder to hit but I am unconvinced that it could be hidden. We have interpreted the cover for hiding as either soft or hard only.
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