I have experienced two separate intuitive interpretations or carry-overs from Malifaux regarding blocking terrain and LoS interaction. First, with people interjecting ‘height’ rules. E.g. King’s Empire standing on terrain to “see over” other terrain. This is not in the rules as written and I was wondering how others are interpreting blocking terrain. Second, RAW Top-down perspective issues when fireteams are atop blocking terrain.
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LINE OF SIGHT
To determine Line of Sight (or LoS) from a Fireteam to a target, the player draws a series of imaginary straight lines from the Fireteam to the target. These “sight lines” are drawn from anywhere on the Fireteam’s base to anywhere on the target’s base.
When drawing LoS, the sight lines are drawn from a top down perspective, ignoring all vertical height. If at least one sight line can be drawn without being blocked, the Fireteam has LoS to the target.
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Blocked
Some terrain does not block sight lines, but certain sturdy, solid objects (such as the boulder in the Line of Sight example) are capable of blocking sight lines. These terrain pieces are said to have the Blocking trait.
I also was listening to a podcast that said ADEODATOS could stand on terrain to have LoS anywhere on the board to levorege his Twisted Path action.
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Twisting Paths (8 v 12): Place a friendly non-Titan unit in LoS into base contact with this Fireteam. It gains a Shaken Token.
Also, LoS is determined from a top-down perspective which means if two fireteams are both on terrain with the blocking trait then they would not have LoS to each other. Furthermore, if a fireteam were on blocking terrain so that all parts of its base were surrounded by the terrain from a top-down perspective, than it would for all intents and purposes be “invisible” to non-titan units.
I believe that this list point is more of a RAW which should be a RAI but would love your thoughts.
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I have experienced two separate intuitive interpretations or carry-overs from Malifaux regarding blocking terrain and LoS interaction. First, with people interjecting ‘height’ rules. E.g. King’s Empire standing on terrain to “see over” other terrain. This is not in the rules as written and I was wondering how others are interpreting blocking terrain. Second, RAW Top-down perspective issues when fireteams are atop blocking terrain.
I also was listening to a podcast that said ADEODATOS could stand on terrain to have LoS anywhere on the board to levorege his Twisted Path action.
Also, LoS is determined from a top-down perspective which means if two fireteams are both on terrain with the blocking trait then they would not have LoS to each other. Furthermore, if a fireteam were on blocking terrain so that all parts of its base were surrounded by the terrain from a top-down perspective, than it would for all intents and purposes be “invisible” to non-titan units.
I believe that this list point is more of a RAW which should be a RAI but would love your thoughts.
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