EJ1
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OK, I'll work on a Q&A, and maybe offer a draft before submitting. Cheers
Where is the remaining ambiguity, the rule as written doesn't allow what you want?OK, I'll work on a Q&A, and maybe offer a draft before submitting. Cheers
If you are going to rely on that sentence, are you not saying that a spotter renews his credentials, his "designation," as a spotter every Player Turn in which the mortar(s) he is spotting for does fire (PFPh/DFPh) or intends to fire (the AFPh)?No, a Spotter must be designated during the PFPh/DFPh (only) and must be marked with an appropriate Fire counter at that time (C9.3). If the Spotter is attempting Opportunity Fire it is marked OPP FIRE (Bounding Fire) and cannot move (A7.25).
Isn't that about the only thing the rule actually does say?BTW, I distrust Binchois' explanation only because there is nothing in the rule about the Spotter having to have a LOS to any target for the mortar to be designated as an OF. In this respect, I think Spotters are like every Opportunity Firer other than a mortar, none of which (as I read A7.25) need a target, in LOS or otherwise, to be designated as an OF.
Separate point. How do you enforce this...the mortar can claim its target is some woods in LOS as its intended target in case a HIPster pops up there. Okay so no HIP item in the scenario...same woods line is the intended target...I might want to start gaining AQ for for future smoke placement or enemy move that way, based on my upcoming plans for movement in my turn (i.e. when I place the OF)...and so on....maybe I am missing something...C9.3: A mortar cannot be designated for Opportunity Fire if it has no Spotter (9.3) and its intended target is out of its LOS. [cited ad infinitum ]
Since ordnance can attack "a hex devoid of such" [C3.41], I think this only comes into play if the MTR can't attack any hex it can see, e.g. if it has a minimum range > 1 and it is in the middle of LOS obstacles like in a hex surrounded by woods hexes. But that's only a guess, and I don't know how Perry would rule on the matter.Separate point. How do you enforce this...the mortar can claim its target is some woods in LOS as its intended target in case a HIPster pops up there. Okay so no HIP item in the scenario...same woods line is the intended target...I might want to start gaining AQ for for future smoke placement or enemy move that way, based on my upcoming plans for movement in my turn (i.e. when I place the OF)...and so on....maybe I am missing something...