14. LOS into own space clarification?

[soygreen]

LOS into own space clarification?

[Corbon Loughnan]

Background:
The LOS mechanics include drawing a line from the centre of the
'looking' figure's space to the centre of the 'target' space. Any
obstruction that this line passes through blocks LOS.
Many people argue that there is no preclusion for obstructions in the
target space (or the originating space). They therefore claim that,
for example, a hero cannot shoot a razorwing as it passes through a
rubble space - the rubble blocks LOS to the razorwing!
The holes in this logic are painfully clear, but the thought still
comes up regularly enough to possibly deserve a clarification.
Clearly, neither obstructions in the originating space nor in the
target space block LOS, or, as a single example, tree spaces would
make all figures in them both invulnerable and unable to attack.

This could be clarified with a simple statement.

"When checking LOS, the line is drawn from centre of space to centre
of space as on pg9. However blockages in either the orignating space
or the target space do not block LOS. Only blockages *between* those
spaces (including walls, closed doors, other figures, blocking
obstacles and blocking props or terrain) actually block LOS from space
to space.

On Sep 9, 10:44 pm, soygreen <esch...@gmail.com> wrote:
> LOS into own space clarification?

[Corbon Loughnan]

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