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Austringers' Raptor not Ranged unless Focused?


Sezar

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(1) Raptor (Sh 7 / Rst: Df / 12): Target suffers 1/3/4 damage. This Action does not require LoS to the target and ignores cover. When this Attack Action gains the benefits of the Focus Condition, increase its range to (ranged)18

 

 

So, after having played tons of games against them, my Guild friend the other day found out that Raptor's Attack Action got no (ranged) icon unless it is Focused.

 

We are still playing them likeit is still a Proyectile Attack all the time, as we cannot truly believe they can freely shoot into engagements without risk of hitting friendlies as long as it fires within 12" and not Focusing. Not only that, without the ranged icon, The Austringer can even shoot his Raptor while engaged himself!

 

If Raptor is not a Proyectile Attack, then it does not even need its ignore cover rule as well, and by being able to shoot it even while engaged, Austringer does not really need his (1) Quick Retreat Action.

 

We can only believe the ranged icon magically dissapeared on the printer, and noone has ever noticed it since then, because Raptor has always been borderline broken on a minion of its cost, but ignoring all the Proyectile Attack restrictions would be just too much.

 

 

So tell me, is Raptor just somehow missing its Ranged icon, so it should be Errataed, or does it really work that way?

 

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Yes it does work that way.  You can use the bird in combat, throw at a target in combat, and everything.  People brought it up in the Beta, commented, and had it in battle reports so I cannot see it as a mistake.  It is part of why they have had to have special notes like on Lucius and Dashel that certain abilities and Actions cannot target or work on Austringer. 

 

Quick retreat is more for them to get out of combat and run away then get out of combat and shot.  The reason likely the ignore cover rule is still there is because certain abilities exist that grant cover in unique ways like McTavish's Lay of the Land from his "The Swamp is our Friend" ability.

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