Hi,

the Skeleton King's Sniper upgrade lets skeletons shoot through one figure or obstacle; the skill "Precision" does the same for a hero. As far as I know, trees count as obstacles, so the sniper skeleton should be able to shoot through it, correct? But what about a figure in a tree - are they counted as one obstacle (as it is only one tile), or two (as there are two sources in that tile that can block LoS)?

A "sensible" explanation could go like this: Since a tree grants shadowcloak, the figure in it cannot be seen by ranged attackers and hence cannot block LoS. But I'd prefer clear and consistent rules (yes, I'm really playing Descent *rolleyeys* ) over "sensible" explanations. Any ideas?

Thanks,

-Kylearan

My group ruled that the tree counted as an obstacle, therefore the tree and the effects of the tree were negated, although that wouldn't have worked if they'd shot through one tree into a character standing in another tree

We ran into this in our campaign and went with the ruling that a figure in a tree comes to a total of 2 obstacles.

I'd say, if they can normally by-pass a tree, surely they can by-pass a tree with a person hiding in it's branches.

I vote ONE obstacle.

I would also say it is one obstacle.

Kylearan said:

Just a quick note, a shadowcloaked figure still blocks Line of Sight. There is nothing about the shadowcloak ability that affects Line of Sight. A shadowcloaked figure simply cannot be harmed by attacks that don't originate from next to it.

So while it would be sensible to say that a shadowcloaked figure does not block line of sight, it isn't consistent with the rules.