Tractor Beam and Obstacles

By CDKENNE, in X-Wing Rules Questions

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If only the FAQ had included the words 'as if the ship had performed a maneuver' after that silly bit about suffering the 'effects' of the obstacle. How hard would that have been?! COME ON! Clarity, it's not that hard.

Btw I'm all for OP TBs, a one point upgrade that slings small ships into rocks for up to two chances for damage (and no return fire!) AND it reduces ability? Please, that's worth at least 2 points, maybe 3! Remember to bring the big rocks!

It would need to be "as if the ship performed a maneuver during the activation phase and it has another check pilot stress and perform action step."

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Do you also skip your perform action step the next turn?

No, but that's already been established in with the conner net ruling.

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Ten Numb with Veteran instincts and Tractor Beam is only 33 points. And has a chance to be an auto hit.

I mean... Or pay 36 points for mangler and just always do at least 1 crit unless you manage to super blank...

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If only the FAQ had included the words 'as if the ship had performed a maneuver' after that silly bit about suffering the 'effects' of the obstacle. How hard would that have been?! COME ON! Clarity, it's not that hard.

Btw I'm all for OP TBs, a one point upgrade that slings small ships into rocks for up to two chances for damage (and no return fire!) AND it reduces ability? Please, that's worth at least 2 points, maybe 3! Remember to bring the big rocks!

It would need to be "as if the ship performed a maneuver during the activation phase and it has another check pilot stress and perform action step."

Check Pilot Stress is part of performing a maneuver, since September 2015.

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For those arriving here thought google search of this issue... This was solved in the 4.2.3 FAQ, but in here anybody took the effort to update in here.

You DO roll for damage, and in the case of debris, you DO also take stress.

RULES REFERENCE (OBSTACLES, PAGE 14) The following section should be added after the third paragraph of the Obstacles entry: "After a ship’s base or maneuver template overlaps an obstacle,
and the overlap is not from executing a maneuver
, it suffers an effect based on the type of obstacle: Asteroid: The ship rolls 1 attack die. On a <hit> result, it suffers one damage; on a <crit> result, it suffers one critical damage. While a ship is overlapping an asteroid, it cannot perform any attacks. Debris Cloud: The ship receives 1 stress token. Then, the ship rolls 1 attack die. On a <crit> result, it suffers one critical damage."

https://images-cdn.fantasyflightgames.com/filer_public/2d/cd/2dcd4176-46df-434b-9361-7b490d89ada3/x-wing_faq_v423_high_res.pdf

This means that yes, you take the damage roll and possible stress no matter how you hit the rock/debris. This includes Tractor Beam, boosts/barrel rolls with the Collision Detector upgrade, and having debris dropped directly on top of you with the Rigged Cargo Chute upgrade.