[DF Monsters 4: Dragons] Targeting breath attacks

[evileeyore]

Originally Posted by Gnomasz

Without 360 Vision, it cannot face it's own hexes.

What? Where does this notion come from?

I don't have 360 Vision but I can "face" my own hexes whatever that means to you. As well it can certainly 'look down' and breathe it's area cloud under itself to 'billow' out around itself.

By rules as intended, I'm lost. I understood Kromm's forum quote as "you really can't get the +4, target the creature you want to attack", but the wording in Monsters 4 seems not to care.

Then either just accept that Dragons play by their own rules, or to give them the effect that this ruling is looking for, give them an additional +4 to their skill.

Question is: is it an overall interpretation, or "it's DF and those are dragons" interpretation.

Having dug into the Kromm quote... I have no idea. I'm guessing Kromm either had a senior moment and forgot his own ruling on it, or since the exact wording isn't "aims at the ground" but "aims at the hex" he's ruling that aiming at a whole hex is different... or more likely he decided to alter the the rules* to give cone breath weapon dragons a bit more punch.


* And pray he doesn't alter them further. /hisssss-pah, hisssss-pah