Firing at Top Armor / Weapon Depression

[juris]

This was a stealth rule change in the 2.5e Compendium. Truck stop had a simple rule that only applied to oversized vehicles. I think it was turrets on OS vehicles could fire down onto the top armor of a car within 6" or so - but there was a 'point blank' blind spot to counteract this. Having a 4-space turret firing DOWN onto someone's roof was often a one-shot kill.

In the latest 2.5e vehicles were all given separate heights - vans and pickups were particularly tall. They also introduced the -2 to fire at a non-facing side rule. Some people interpreted this to allow a pickup with a turret to fire down onto the roof of a luxury or smaller with a -2, which was CLEARLY not something anyone intended but was also a pretty cool twist and kept people from cheesing 1 point of armor on top. I have mixed feelings about this stealth change but I'm generally ok with it.

Fear the laser turret pickup.

Also, Racer plenty of people in my games fired down into the roof of a trike because most of the stock designs didn't account for this :). Ironically if people build their trikes with this in mind people don't try it.

Originally Posted by Galfridus

So today I learned that the Truck Stop rule for targeting the tops of cars is gone