Hi! My son had 1 tank with my tank directly across from him and one remaining soldier of a squad of mine next to him. Diagonally across from him was my hero. Can he shoot the hero diagonally across from him but between the other to forces on my team?
Let me get this straight: A is your hero, B is your soldier, C is your tank and D is your son's tank. Correct?
In that case his tank can attack your hero, as LOS just skims your tank. Your hero would benefit from soft cover, if heroes could use cover.
If B was a tank, however, the shot would not be possible.
Also, if your son had a squad instead of a tank, the shot would not be possible.
Loophole Master said:
Let me get this straight: A is your hero, B is your soldier, C is your tank and D is your son's tank. Correct?
In that case his tank can attack your hero, as LOS just skims your tank. Your hero would benefit from soft cover, if heroes could use cover.
If B was a tank, however, the shot would not be possible.
Also, if your son had a squad instead of a tank, the shot would not be possible.
Yeah, sorry, B is the tank. A is the hero, C the remaining squad member. But how come it would be okay in your other example?
Either way, both instances work the same way.
This is a case of a tank attacking infantry. Other infantry units don't block LOS (line-of-sight) for this attack, but a tank does. So in this case the soldier standing on C is irrelevant, he doesn't affect the shot in any way. The tank in B blocks LOS, but the shot is not crossing the square occupied by it, it's just skimming its corner at a 45ยบ angle. This means there is LOS and soft cover would be granted if the target was a squad.
Ok, that makes sense and fits in with my understanding of the rules. Thanks!