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So I have a question about cover...
Say you and your opponent are playing on a map and it's your turn to activate characters. You notice all your opponent's pieces are on some sort of cover as well, whether by drawing lines, sitting on cover, behind cover and behind walls and objects. No one has stealth or accurate shot on either team. What are the targets? Is it the closest enemy with cover or is everyone a legal target because everyone has cover?
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If any character doesn't have cover they must be targeted before a character with cover. if this is multiple characters, all characters without cover are legal targets. If all characters within line of sight of an attacker have cover, only the closest must be targeted. if the closest has stealth and is outside of 6 squares it doesn't count and the next farthest must be targeted. If the attacker has accurate shot none of this matters and they can target whomever they want. This rule also applies to any special abilities or force powers that include choosing a target. When I first started playing i didn't realize the significance of this ruling but it is an important factor in the game. It can be a little confusing.
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Bubba Fett wrote:If any character doesn't have cover they must be targeted before a character with cover. Since when is this a ruling? I thought that you could target the character in cover if they were the nearest enemy.
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SignerJ wrote:Bubba Fett wrote:If any character doesn't have cover they must be targeted before a character with cover. Since when is this a ruling? I thought that you could target the character in cover if they were the nearest enemy. Yeah, 501 and I just realized this a month or 2 back
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knappskirata wrote:SignerJ wrote:Bubba Fett wrote:If any character doesn't have cover they must be targeted before a character with cover. Since when is this a ruling? I thought that you could target the character in cover if they were the nearest enemy. Yeah, 501 and I just realized this a month or 2 back We did?
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You can target the nearest enemy even if they're in cover, and even if there are other characters that don't have cover. (Unless a character has a special ability that changes rules about targeting them... like Stealth, Cloaked, Invisibility, etc.) You can target an enemy that doesn't have cover.
In short, the targets the closest enemies and the enemies without cover.
(If any enemy is adjacent, then the only legal targets are adjacent enemies.)
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501 Trooper wrote:knappskirata wrote:SignerJ wrote:Bubba Fett wrote:If any character doesn't have cover they must be targeted before a character with cover. Since when is this a ruling? I thought that you could target the character in cover if they were the nearest enemy. Yeah, 501 and I just realized this a month or 2 back We did? you said characters without cover could be attacked without having to attack the nearest target right
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knappskirata wrote:501 Trooper wrote:knappskirata wrote:SignerJ wrote:Bubba Fett wrote:If any character doesn't have cover they must be targeted before a character with cover. Since when is this a ruling? I thought that you could target the character in cover if they were the nearest enemy. Yeah, 501 and I just realized this a month or 2 back We did? you said characters without cover could be attacked without having to attack the nearest target right That is the way I have played it for some time. I'm not sure about the closest enemy with cover also counts as a legal target but I have never played it as such. Sorry if I sounded a little too authoritative. I know I have the main jist of the rule correct. I tried to explain it in the simplest terms.
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Enemies without cover are always legal targets.
You may only target an enemy in cover if it is the nearest. If it's the nearest you can target it even if other enemies do not have cover.
Accurate shot allows you to attack an enemy in cover even if it not the nearest. Accurate shot only applies to attacks, not other abilities that target (missiles etc).
Other abilities can alter how these core targeting rules apply in different situations, but for any ability that uses the word 'target', these are in effect unless otherwise modified.
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Thanks swinefeld. That sounds right. I would play on those rules then for whoever asked the original question.
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