Re: [SGII] Nasty Cover

[Mark Donald <mark.donald@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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> You beat me to it! Also, with my comment about bullet proof glass, you could have (0/+1) and (0/+2).
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> This can get complicated, with a pretty involved chart needed to tell the players which cover is what, but it does allow some scope for players that want the extra flexibility. As an example, thick jungle ferns may be +2/+1 (very hard to see through because of the big leaves, but not as much cover as an actual tree).
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> I probably won't use this except for specialized terrain, but it does offer a lot of flexibility.
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This could also be used for degrading certain types of cover. Cover starts off blocking sight and impact at (+2/+2) but downgrades over successive turns of firing as chunks are blown out the wall or whatever it is.

Obviously this is a bit complicated but it could work in a specific scenario.

And how about upgrading cover?

Some kind of alien plant that only gently interferes with sight (+1/O) but once the shooting starts it can exotically rearrange its leaves and realign its internal cell structure to withstand damage until it eventually becomes (+2/+2) after a few turns. And if it's an alien rubber plant perhaps it can start bouncing
those bullets back at the firer.

And while I'm at it, we could apply the same idea to some kind of adaptive Borg-style armour. Armour starts relatively low but increases every time the unit is shot at until the firers remodulate their weapons (takes an action) or switch to a different weapon type.

Book-keeping might not even be too hard if you just put a counter next to the unit every time it's been shot at to indicate the armour level has increased one from the base. Just ditch the counters when the firers remodulate.

Mark




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