So I have been starting to use my DS in battle and their camouflage ability has come into question.
When a unit is in cover he either get +1, +2 or +3 depending on how they stand in relation to the cover and what material it is, yes?
If a unit is shooting at another unit that is covered from the waist up in a hard material is it in hard cover. -3 RC
If a unit is shooting at another unit that is covered from the waist up in a soft material is it in soft cover. -2 RC
if a unit is shooting at another unit that is within 4 inches of a covering material is it obscured. -1 RC
This is what I understand from the rules.
Now the questions:
When is a unit standing exactly in -1 RC?
This is one of the things I have run into with camouflage. Is the 4inches from cover traced from the figure along the Line of Sight and 4 inches forward? Or is it traced from a 4 inch radius?
The correct way makes a ton of a difference for units with Camouflage.
If the 4 inches from cover is along the line of sight counting towards the hit unit, then the only thing that offers cover in this manner is terrain in between the units. This I can understand logically if you do not have camouflage. If there is nothing in between you and the enemy, you get no cover at all, if there is, you do.
But when you do have camouflage you melt into the terrain around you, so should a unit with camouflage be able to use a improved cover rule, and use any terrain within a 4inch radius to be harder to hit? Because when it's Camouflage your using it's not the terrain anymore that actually gives the bonus but your camouflage skill. (since it's firstly overriding the -1 RC from obscuring and upgrades (+1) you to soft cover, if you got camouflage 2)
This gives Camouflage a edge if it's a radius as enemies that might fall upon you from behind or the side still receive the penalty to hit, while units without suddenly lost their cover.
So how do you count cover and camouflage bonuses?
I'm including a image to hopefully give a overview of what I'm asking about.
A is attacking with LoS across a cover that Ca is not in Base contact with but within 4 inches.
B is attacking with LoS without any cover that blocks, but Cb is within 4Inch from the cover.
C(a) should get full camouflage bonus, let's say 3.
But C(b), do he get 3 from that attack as well?
or if I would add a attacker D from behind to simply things. Would it give any camouflage as long as nothing changes?