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Camouflage and automatic spotting
« on: March 21, 2007, 03:25:27 PM »
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Camouf!age (Level 1-3)
Some Units are adept at blending into their environment,
either from concealing clothing or careful manipulation of
surrounding terrain. When enemy forces that attempt to Fire at
a model with the Camouflage Special AbiIity that is also in Cover:
they suffer a -LV (level) penalty to their RC value.
They suffer a -LV penalty fo their Leadership (LD)
value, in addition to othermodifiers, when making a Spot
Check to locate the Camouflaged model.

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Camoflauged units do not require a spot check to fire on.  The rating only acts as a penalty to LD for making the inital spot check or to all RC attacks.
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a) the cover aspect only affects the RC modifier, not the -LV penalty to LD, right?
b) normally a unit card is automatically revealed (no action or roll required) if unit card is in LD range and LOS of active model. So camouflage reduces the range for automatic spot (unless the unit has other abilities that allow it to remain concealed)?

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Re: Camouflage and automatic spotting
« Reply #1 on: March 21, 2007, 03:44:08 PM »
a) Correct.  Camo is only applicable if the model is in cover.
  ex.:  Level 2 camo would affect RC, but only if the model was obscured (within 4" of terrain that covers at least half the model from the firing model).
  ex.:  Level 3 camo only works of the model is either obscured, or is in soft cover.

b)  Correct.  The level of camo would affect the spot check (LD test).  Further, it would decrease the range of auto spotting by the level of the camo.  Therefore, a model with LD 10 would not be able to auto spot a camo unit unles that model was within 8" of a model (card) that has level 2 camo.
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Re: Camouflage and automatic spotting
« Reply #2 on: March 22, 2007, 07:57:54 AM »
b) Correct. The level of camo would affect the spot check (LD test). Further, it would decrease the range of auto spotting by the level of the camo. Therefore, a model with LD 10 would not be able to auto spot a camo unit unles that model was within 8" of a model (card) that has level 2 camo.

My understanding is that it is not an "auto spot", you must still attempt to spot the model before you can fire upon it.

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Re: Camouflage and automatic spotting
« Reply #3 on: March 23, 2007, 04:42:11 PM »
b) Correct. The level of camo would affect the spot check (LD test). Further, it would decrease the range of auto spotting by the level of the camo. Therefore, a model with LD 10 would not be able to auto spot a camo unit unles that model was within 8" of a model (card) that has level 2 camo.

My understanding is that it is not an "auto spot", you must still attempt to spot the model before you can fire upon it.

When within LD in inches, unless the model has Stalk or Stealth, it is automatically spotted.  Camo reduces the range by the level in inches.  Camo'd units are not "invisible," only harder to spot.  Otherwise, they are normal, non-stalking/-stealthy units.

If you are looking for an example, imaging paradeploying on your first activation into the enemy's DZ.  Camo'd units would be harder to "auto-spot."
« Last Edit: March 23, 2007, 04:44:46 PM by dmcgee1 »
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