This question arose in a game yesterday. The rules state that a model has cover if the line between the attacker and the target passes through any terrain that is within 1" of the target model.
In the situation we had, there was a line from the attacker to the target that passed through terrain. However, the area where it passed through the terrain was not within 1" of the target - there was 4-5" of open space after the point where the line passed through the terrain.
However, the terrain that was passed through was simply one portion of a structure. Another part of that structure was within 1" of the target. Simply not the part that was in between the two models.
My argument was that the rules for cover require the target to be within 1" of the intervening terrain where the line between the two models passes. My opponent's argument was that as long as the line passes through the terrain at some point, and as long as some other portion of that terrain is within 1" of their model (even if, say, it was behind them), that is enough to quality for the benefit of cover.
Anyone able to find something in the rules that specifies it one way or another?
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This question arose in a game yesterday. The rules state that a model has cover if the line between the attacker and the target passes through any terrain that is within 1" of the target model.
In the situation we had, there was a line from the attacker to the target that passed through terrain. However, the area where it passed through the terrain was not within 1" of the target - there was 4-5" of open space after the point where the line passed through the terrain.
However, the terrain that was passed through was simply one portion of a structure. Another part of that structure was within 1" of the target. Simply not the part that was in between the two models.
My argument was that the rules for cover require the target to be within 1" of the intervening terrain where the line between the two models passes. My opponent's argument was that as long as the line passes through the terrain at some point, and as long as some other portion of that terrain is within 1" of their model (even if, say, it was behind them), that is enough to quality for the benefit of cover.
Anyone able to find something in the rules that specifies it one way or another?
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