Placing a scheme marker

[St. Murphy]

Say I have a model on top of a ht 1 terrain right at the edge of it. Is it legal to place a scheme marker off the edge of the terrain? The marker starts in base contact with the model but nothing else, so that it essentially ends up on the ground at the base of the terrain. Or similarly(but different) a model is on the ground in base contact with a ht 1 terrain. Can the model place a scheme marker essentially on top of the ht 1 terrain (or "underneath" it)?

 

Both seem reasonable to me as in both cases the marker would end up no further away from the model from a top down perspective. At the same time both seem fishy as neither case actually results in technically base contact.

[Justin]

Base contact means physically touching. So if the action you're using to drop them requires base contact (which the typical interact does) then you can't do this.

 

If it does not say base contact, this logic holds.

[St. Murphy]

Thanks Justin. I was just screwing around with normal interacts to place scheme markers, so this clears it up.

[Mouss]

What if the model can place a scheme marker at range ?

Ex: The False Claim action allows the Union Miner to lay down Scheme Markers within 3"

[Clement]

Ranges are measured top down, so if that's the case you can put it on top of terrain or wherever, assuming you hit all other requirements (LOS if the action needs it, False Claim doesnt)

 

P.S.   Necro!   This might have made more sense to make a new thread rather then revive a 2 year old one.

[Ludvig]

I was happy to see Justin here again so at least it was a good thread to necro.