Question on overlap and line of sight

By Ileopsoas, in X-Wing Rules Questions

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Hi there!

We had a tournament at our local retailer store yesterday and a couple of question came to us:

1. Obstacles:When do you roll the die to see if your ship gets damage and skip his action? I mean, if your ship base during movement "skim over" an obstacle (without the manovre template overlapping it) but the ship itself doesn't end movemnt overlapping the obstace does it need to roll the dice? People yesterday thought the need to roll happened only if the ship overlapped the obstacle at the end of the movement or if the template overlapped during movement. Is this right?

2.When measuring line of sight to decide if there is an obstruction, do you consider the thinnest line between the closest corners of the ship placing your ruler or the wide lenght of the ruler?

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1. They are correct. The template itself, or the ships final position, must be on top of the obstruction to skip the action and roll for damage.

2. The ruler is there for measuring range and nothing else. If the closest point to closest point doesn't cross the obstacle, it's clear. The width of the ruler has nothing to do with it.

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When measuring line of sight, always use the closest point to the closest point of each ship as a straight line. Some people use a small laser to do this, some use the ruler. If it crosses any obstacle, it counts as obstructed. It doesn't matter how many obstacles are in the way, you only count obstructed shots once.

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2.When measuring line of sight to decide if there is an obstruction, do you consider the thinnest line between the closest corners of the ship placing your ruler or the wide lenght of the ruler?

Like the others confirmed, it's the thinnest line of the shortest line between the ships. That line may or may not be from the corners.

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Just wanna point out it's not closest point to closest point. It's closest point from within attacker's firing arc to closest point on opponent's base. The nubs do not count. The only time it's closest point to closest point anywhere on the base is if someone is attacking with a turret weapon.

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Thank you all!

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Both answered via FAQ:

Q: When a ship executes a maneuver, is the entire width of the ship considered to be moving along the maneuver template and possibly hitting obstacles?
A: No. Only the maneuver template itself and the final position of the ship are considered when determining if a ship hit an obstacle.

Q: When measuring with the range ruler, does the entire width of the ruler matter?
A: No. Players should use a single edge of the range ruler when measuring. Also, the width of the ruler if an obstacle obstructs an attack.