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04-14-2021, 11:39 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jun 2019
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Anticipating an opponent breaking cover?
It seems a high MA figure can run from one place of cover to another through an area where they would be visible to a missile armed opponent without being at risk, because they get their full movement before any actions occur. In other systems this countered by "held actions" that interrupt movement. Is there anything in TFT as written that would allow an archer to at least have a chance to anticipate and deal with targets dashing from cover to cover?
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04-15-2021, 05:18 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Mar 2018
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Re: Anticipating an opponent breaking cover?
There's not a way within the rules to interrupt the movement phase for an attack.
The separation is baked deep into the system. If attacks during movement were possible, it would open a way to better handle things like opportunity fire, but also trampling, cavalry charges, and swooping attacks by dragons. But it might end up a very different set of rules :) |
04-15-2021, 05:29 AM | #3 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Carrboro, NC
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Re: Anticipating an opponent breaking cover?
As GM I'd allow an archer to hold their fire until their target broke cover. As long as they didn't fire the previous turn I'd let them take the shot.
It's one of those times when the GM can intercede in the name of realism, without codifying every edge case in the rules. Edited to add: This assumes that it won't go against player expectations. If they're playing with strict tactical precision according to the rules, then I wouldn't pull the rug out from under them by allowing it. Last edited by tomc; 04-15-2021 at 05:34 AM. |
04-15-2021, 06:58 AM | #4 |
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Idaho Falls
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Re: Anticipating an opponent breaking cover?
The "Rocket Patrol" rules I was developing added a sub action to one of the existing actions called a "snap shot"
I thought I handled it well enough to not be a game breaker and it was only available to specific weapons. |
04-15-2021, 07:19 AM | #5 | |
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Boston area
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Re: Anticipating an opponent breaking cover?
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This will, of course, cut both ways. The player can set up for an opportunity shot too. There are no explicit rules. I try to adjudicate using plain common sense, but since I've studied philosophy, common sense is in short supply for me. |
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04-15-2021, 07:28 AM | #6 |
Join Date: Apr 2018
Location: Idaho Falls
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Re: Anticipating an opponent breaking cover?
I would not allow this for conventional Bows, but I would allow this for a loaded cross bow which can be fired from the hip
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04-15-2021, 09:55 AM | #7 | |
Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Boston area
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Re: Anticipating an opponent breaking cover?
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There's no explicit adjDX penalty for shooting a moving target in TFT, which probably should be there, depending on the direction of movement (orthogonal motion is a lot harder, obviously). I might add a penalty to hit a target in motion if I'm using this house rule which is not quite a rule at all. Without allowing shots during movement, we can end up with what seems like an abuse of the rules, flitting from cover to cover up to MA away without the possibility of being shot. If the jump is only one or two hexes exposed, I'd probably buy it. A full five seconds in the open is a bit much. I confess that I've not fired a bow at a target that moved into my LOS, so I could be wrong about the plausibility of doing so. |
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