Sniper from Battletech Missions rules set 3.1 question

[Saint]

So my group tried out Battletech Missions v3.1 last weekend and I have a question about Sniper special ability.  Does it work with indirect fire as well? Here is the SPA inquestion.

The Sniper Sniper (15/5): While stationary and firing up to three identical weapons, halve all range penalties. For the purposes of this rule, “Identical” includes missile weapon sizes (i.e. LRM-15s and LRM-10s are not considered identical weapons)

[Charistoph]

Not familiar with the Battletech Missions, but unless it specifies it doesn't work with Indirect Fire, like Artemis doesn't work with Indirect Fire, then it should work with Indirect Fire.

However, you should confirm with your GM who is running the Missions so that you're both on board.

[Daryk]

I'm not sure how it works in that product, but the AToW SPA (page 221) doesn't have any restrictions.  It just reduces the range modifiers for Medium/Long/Extreme, period.

[Saint]

It is different than the SPA in AToW. Just seems like it needs a tweak.


Battletech Missions was played at Gen Con (I believe) this year and ran by Demo team members, although it may not have been an officail event. A buddy of mine was there and brought the rules set back.

It is quite fun and adds a little bit of RPG element to linked scenarios.

[Charistoph]

I don't think it's official, but it is set up by some Demo Agents on their own time.

It takes some things from Campaign Operations and "balances" them according to the author's preferences where they think CampOps is less-effective or too powerful.

[klarg1]

I forwarded the question to the Missions author. Will update when answered.

Missions is fan-created, but yes it was done by a demo agent, and the events at Gencon were scheduled by Catalyst and the demo team. Not sure how that works out in terms of 'officialness'. There is no Catalyst publication for Missions.

[Saint]

Thanks . It is a fun rules set.

[klarg1]

After a little discussion,

Rules as written: yes. Indirect fire works with sniper
Rules as intended: no. This may be addressed in a future update, but I don’t think it’s going to trigger an update.

Glad you’re enjoying missions!

[Saint]

Thanks for the update .