Cloak (Homebrew Rules for Shadowtroopers)

By BrickDaniels, in Star Wars: Legion

Card Action: Cloak: Place one Cloaked token in base contact with your unit leader, then set all remaining minis in the unit aside and place them on their unit card. Units that are cloaked may only perform move actions. They cannot be attacked, engaged, displaced, or suffer wounds. Cloaked units cannot be targeted by card effects and cannot claim, carry, or score objectives. Units that are engaged or that have claimed objective tokens cannot cloak.

Card Action: Uncloak: Place your set-aside unit leader within range one of the Cloaked token and place your remaining set-aside minis in cohesion. Remove the cloaked token from the board.

How much does it cost to move with impunity through enemy LOS towards objectives?

I'd expect that we would probably see Rukh with his cloaking device instead of shadow troopers.

I would imagine they can still set off land mines at least.

Maybe it could be a once-per-game ability that only lasts until the unit's next activation? I don't know. It's just something I thought up while reminiscing about my favorite EU troopers. And as I said in the thread's title it's a home-brew rule. I'm not suggesting it be added to the game.

1 hour ago, BrickDaniels said:

Maybe it could be a once-per-game ability that only lasts until the unit's next activation? I don't know. It's just something I thought up while reminiscing about my favorite EU troopers. And as I said in the thread's title it's a home-brew rule. I'm not suggesting it be added to the game.

How much do you charge for it in your games?

I haven't given it any thought. I have never actually put any of the thought experiments I've posted about on these forums into practice. I haven't asked my friends if they'd be okay with playing outside the bounds of the official rules either, and I only play about once a month. That probably makes me a hypocrite, but I enjoy thinking about Legion as much as I enjoy playing it (which is quite a lot!); especially when I'm sick and have nothing better to do 😷.

38 minutes ago, BrickDaniels said:

I enjoy thinking about Legion as much as I enjoy playing... especially when I'm sick and have nothing better to do 😷.

It is right and good to do so. For Dungeons & Dragons is not only played with friends around a table, but also alone with graph paper.