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Phoenix_Dragon · 02-21-2014, 02:14 PM

For 1, no, you can't change a maneuver after you've selected it. You could possibly change what you do with the maneuver, when you realize that the situation is different than you thought (A good place for Tactical Shooting's Situational Awareness rules), so you could then spend the rest of your move scrambling back into cover or something. In either case, he wouldn't suffer surprise if he's already in combat.

For 2, you don't actually specify what you're attacking until you make the attack, so with the basic set, I don't think there would be a penalty (Pop-up gets a penalty because you're quickly popping up, shooting, and then dropping behind cover again, making it closer to Move and Attack than just Attack). Using just the basic set, you'd be able to attack unpenalized. If using the Situational Awareness rules, and you expect your target to be at a location that he isn't, I'd have a roll to see if you notice that the situation has changed; if it fails, you think he's still where you expected him and just haven't caught sight of him again (Probably attacking an empty hex). Success tells you he's not there, and may reveal where he currently is, allowing you to change targets.

02-21-2014, 02:14 PM	#3
Phoenix_Dragon Join Date: Apr 2005	Re: Breaking Cover for Ranged Attacks For 1, no, you can't change a maneuver after you've selected it. You could possibly change what you do with the maneuver, when you realize that the situation is different than you thought (A good place for Tactical Shooting's Situational Awareness rules), so you could then spend the rest of your move scrambling back into cover or something. In either case, he wouldn't suffer surprise if he's already in combat. For 2, you don't actually specify what you're attacking until you make the attack, so with the basic set, I don't think there would be a penalty (Pop-up gets a penalty because you're quickly popping up, shooting, and then dropping behind cover again, making it closer to Move and Attack than just Attack). Using just the basic set, you'd be able to attack unpenalized. If using the Situational Awareness rules, and you expect your target to be at a location that he isn't, I'd have a roll to see if you notice that the situation has changed; if it fails, you think he's still where you expected him and just haven't caught sight of him again (Probably attacking an empty hex). Success tells you he's not there, and may reveal where he currently is, allowing you to change targets.