Re: Armour and Cover Answer

On 10 Jan 2005 at 23:00, The GZG Digest wrote:

> From: "laserlight@quixnet.net" <laserlight@quixnet.net>
> Whereas I'm not sure that PA should get any extra armor benefit from
> hiding in a bush.

Due to a lack of designer notes, we don't know what the cover shift is 
supposed to _truly_ entail. I always assumed that being in a bush not 
only made it harder to be seen (represented by the range die shift) but 
harder to see the centre of mass of a target, thus making it difficult
to 
hit a target head on (thus the die shift to the Impact versus Armour 
roll).

Also, if you look at the bushes on my game board and apply the 1" = 10 
metres game scale, you often have 10 or more metres of bush to shoot 
through.

Does it make sense for PA to get an armour benefit for hiding behind a 
bush? Probably not. Does it make sense for PA to get an armour benefit 
for being in a brushy area the size of a large copse? Probably.

I give PA the armour shift because I feel that a piece of lichen on the 
game board represents more than a single bush. It also makes the game 
easier to play, without all sorts of special rules. Considering some of 
the other issues in SG2 that have never been resolved or which give 
stranger results, I don't sweat the open die shift for PA.

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