Flame cloud question

[svawter]

Originally Posted by Dr Rick

Hi all. Brief intro: I played in the late 80s to mid 90s, and then not until I spent a slightly embarrassing amount of money on DriveThruRPG a few weeks ago, since when I've been enjoying myself enormously.

Question about flame clouds that isn't in CWRQ or ODQ (or the original sources, as far as I can see): if a vehicle touches a counter, does it treat it as through it were fully inside the counter (ie all facings and tyres take damage)? My guess is probably yes. This duel came down to a couple of cars barely moving after a head-on, and one car pivoted in reverse, stopped, and fired its FCE onto the other.

The official wording (from UACfH):
"do d-1 damage to all exposed vehicular components and pedestrians
that touch the counter while it is burning"

My crew has played where if you barely touch it from the front, the rear tires and back, but, it is much simpler than arguing over which parts of the car take damage... I mean, if it only covers the front corner, should I take less damage to the side/top/under than I do to the front since it covers less?