Author Topic: (Answered) SPA cluster hitter  (Read 1741 times)

shadowdancer

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(Answered) SPA cluster hitter
« on: 16 November 2019, 15:33:54 »
Can a SPA Cluster hitter aim at a head?
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nckestrel

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Re: SPA cluster hitter.
« Reply #1 on: 16 November 2019, 15:56:48 »
It uses the same rules as aimed shots with a targeting computer (via Marksman SPA), and targeting computers cannot make aimed shots to the head. (TW p143).
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shadowdancer

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Re: SPA cluster hitter.
« Reply #2 on: 16 November 2019, 22:16:32 »
But you are not using a targeting computer. This is a skill set.
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Re: SPA cluster hitter.
« Reply #3 on: 16 November 2019, 23:14:13 »
The rule is that it does aimed shots as if using a targeting computer.  It’s specifically written that way so we don’t have to rewrite all the exact same rules we wrote for targeting computers all over again.  It interacts with pulse weapons the same an aimed shot with a targeting computer. It is limited in not being able to select the head location, same as a targeting computer.  It’s not saying it has a targeting computer, it’s saying the same rules that govern targeting computers (because otherwise free aimed shots are broken) also govern aimed shots from Marksman and Cluster Hitter.
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Re: SPA cluster hitter.
« Reply #4 on: 16 November 2019, 23:22:41 »
Yea, but that waste all the good arguments that I had written down. :-\
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