witchbottles
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A typical game of ASL, you are the defender with a SAN of 4 ( or even 5 perhaps). The Attacker has a SAN of 2 (maybe a 3, not any higher). Do you position your SAN counter on setup to place the Attacker's SAN counter on one of the kill lanes? In all likelihood, with your SAN 4 and his a 2, you are around 3.5 times as likely to get a SAN result than he is. (8.3% vice 2.8%). A selection on a 1 result for a SAN activation that tags his SAN counter with an enemy SAN of "2" means you are now free from SAN fears for the rest of the game, while he must still fret the SAN 4 you are wielding. a "2" pin result on his SAN will incapacitate it at least until the end of the turn, and keep your SAN counter in prime position to continue targeting his SAN.
Corollary - the game has moved past the physical locations of your SAN counter early on and there is still a lot of game left, and you still have the SAN 4 while his is still a SAN 2. You roll a "2" result on a SAN trigger, do you relocate your SAN counter to then place his SAN counter in one of your kill lanes?
Remember a "kill lane" is one of the direct radii from the SAN counter from 1-6 hexes from that SAN counter.
This tactic seems to offer a ASL player a bit more control over the use of SAN than the rules might otherwise provide. Kind of like instructing your sniper before he goes out "...look for enemy snipers first. Only shoot another enemy if it is safe and no enemy snipers appear to be present...". There are no guarantees the SAN counter will tag the enemy SAN counter, but if it is on a kill lane, and you have a good advantage over a SAN 2, it seems a plausible strategy for either initial placement or an early "2" activation result, to place the enemy SAN counter so it is in one of your SAN counter kill lanes.
Thoughts?
Corollary - the game has moved past the physical locations of your SAN counter early on and there is still a lot of game left, and you still have the SAN 4 while his is still a SAN 2. You roll a "2" result on a SAN trigger, do you relocate your SAN counter to then place his SAN counter in one of your kill lanes?
Remember a "kill lane" is one of the direct radii from the SAN counter from 1-6 hexes from that SAN counter.
This tactic seems to offer a ASL player a bit more control over the use of SAN than the rules might otherwise provide. Kind of like instructing your sniper before he goes out "...look for enemy snipers first. Only shoot another enemy if it is safe and no enemy snipers appear to be present...". There are no guarantees the SAN counter will tag the enemy SAN counter, but if it is on a kill lane, and you have a good advantage over a SAN 2, it seems a plausible strategy for either initial placement or an early "2" activation result, to place the enemy SAN counter so it is in one of your SAN counter kill lanes.
Thoughts?