From BGG forum , someone wrote that "The R5 Astromech is considered to be an item used by the hero it is associated with. A supply card R5 Astromech draws is placed into the hero's play area and can be subsequently used by that hero.
This has been confirmed by FFG, although I can't quote it verbatim." - https://boardgamegeek.com/article/23000650#23000650
I purchased the R5 droid today for the first time in our campaign. Makes little sense the way he is described in the rule book.
We included a house rule that the droid has to be within line of sight of the hero for the droid to transfer the supply card to the hero. Otherwise, how is it that the droid draws a card and then transfers the supplies across the map through walls and doors?
"Forage: use while adjacent to a crate to draw 1 Supply card. Limit once per crate." - Doesn't this mean that the R5's ability to draw a card is limited to the number of crates in the mission?
Edited by robertpolson