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Catalyst Game Labs => BattleTech Game Errata => Topic started by: Xotl on 18 June 2019, 10:04:38
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This thread is for all issues and problems with Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition.
Product Link: https://store.catalystgamelabs.com/collections/battletech/products/battletech-alpha-strike-commanders-edition
There are six printings of AS:CE - be sure to cite which release you're working from (you can check page 5 to see the actual printing number):
2019 (Thunderbolt cover)
2020 (Thunderbolt cover)
2021 (Trebuchet cover)
2021 (Trebuchet cover)
2022 (Trebuchet cover)
2023 (Trebuchet cover)
Current errata version is 6.03, and can be found here:
https://bg.battletech.com/errata/
Please remember to follow the errata report template (http://bg.battletech.com/forums/index.php/topic,2412.msg171290.html#msg171290) when reporting issues. Thanks.
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P. 43, terrain modifiers section.
After "if the target occupies wooded terrain"
Add “, the attacker occupies wooded terrain, or if the line of sight passes through intervening wooded terrain.”
P.46, physical attack example
"Knowing that the Target modifier for a DFA is 1 point higher than a charge attack"
change to
"Knowing that the Target modifier for a DFA is 2 points higher than a charge attack"
P.44, Attack Modifiers Table footnotes
change the footnote references 6-10 to be 5-9 instead. Also, change the footnote reference on ‘Is airborne Aerospace’ from 11 to 10.
P.46, physical attack example
Error: in regard to attacker damage from a DFA, the example reads, “If the Vindicator misses, it will suffer one point of damage for its trouble (0 because the vindicator size is less than three, + 1).”
Correction: “If the Vindicator misses, it will suffer three points of damage for its trouble (2 for its size + 1).” The DFA rule above this example states that a failed DFA results in damage to the attacker equal to the attackers size plus 1.
P.181 Altitude Bombing section
Delete redundant “There must be at least one POI per 2 inches along the path and a minimum of one bomb dropped at each POI.”
P.182 step 5, bombing
“if For every bomb attack that fails”
Change to:
"For every bomb attack that fails"
P.182 step 6, dropship attacks
“...while striking attacks by DropShips use the units rear weapon arc if the unit is a spheroid DropShip.”
Change to:
“...while Striking attacks by DropShips will use the front weapon arc if they are aerodyne DropShips or the rear weapon arc if they are spheroid DropShips.”
P.185 step 4
“(such as previous Crew Hit of Fire Control Hit...”
Change to:
“(such as previous Crew Hit or Fire Control Hit...”
P.188 CAP, SCAP, and MSL
“...though they make attack separate targets...”
Change to “...though they may attack separate targets...”
P.188 3rd paragraph
“They can engage air units, make strike attacks, or strafe with their Nose firing ark.”
Change to: “They can engage air units or strafe with their Nose ark, or they can make strike attacks with their Rear ark.”
P.41 indirect fire
“Note that aerospace units can spot for indirect fire while they are in the Central Zone, provided they have the Recon (RCN) special ability.”
Change to:
“Note that aerospace units can spot for indirect fire provided they have the Recon (RCN) special ability.”
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P.29, Improved-Skill PV Increase Table
"PV Decrease per Rating"
Change to
"PV Increase per Rating"
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pg 36. Submersible Movement
"spending 1 inch of Move for every 1-inch increase"
change to
"spending 2 inches of Move for every 1-inch increase"
Vertical Take-Off and Landing (VTOL) Movement
"spending 1 inch of Move for every 1-inch increase"
change to
"spending 2 inches of Move for every 1-inch increase"
p39. Transporting Infantry Example.
"The Maxim has a Move of 16 inches. It spends 4 inches to mount both infantry platoons. The Maxim has 12 inches of Move left available. Lara moves the Maxim 8 inches straight ahead. She then spends 4 inches of additional Move to dismount both infantry platoons."
change to
"The infantry move first, saving at least 2 inches of their Move in order to mount the Maxim. After all the infantry have mounted, Lara then moves the Maxim up to its Move of 16 inches and then dismounts all the infantry."
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p37, Movement Basics Example and Diagram
"If the player would rather place his ’Mech in the water, he can move the ’Mech 3 inches to the water’s edge, spend 4 inches of Move for the elevation change into the water and then spend 3 inches of Move to push through 1.5 inches of water terrain."
change to
"If the player would rather place his ’Mech in the water, he can move the ’Mech 3 inches to the water’s edge, spend 2 inches of Move for the elevation change into the water and then spend 3 inches of Move to push through 1.5 inches of water terrain."
On the Diagram, change 2" Depth Water to 1" Depth Water.
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Page 32, Unequal Number of Units
“each side, this simple means that each player takes a turn”
Change to:
“each side, this simply means that each player takes a turn”
Page 32, Unequal Units Example
“Now, Side A has even units left to move”
Change to:
“Now, Side A has seven units left to move”
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pg 93. Demoralizer
"The reduced Move rating does affect its target movement modifier."
change to
"The enemy unit reduces its TMM by half (round the reduction down) while Demoralized."
pg 92 Animal Mimicry.
add
"The enemy unit reduces its TMM by half (round the reduction down) while intimidated."
pg 101 Heavy Horse.
delete
"This damage does not apply to physical attacks, however."
pg. 45 Physical attacks.
"ProtoMechs may attempt Standard-type physical attacks only."
change to
"ProtoMechs may attempt Standard or Melee physical attacks."
pg 175. Multiple Attack Rolls.
"Goose-Hugger"
change to
"Ground-Hugger"
pg 183 aerospace attack modifier table.
delete
"Attacker is a Drone, +1"
delete
"Attacker is a grounded DropShip, -2"
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p44 and p200, Attack Modifiers Table
Move Footnote 1 from Target Movement Modifiers' Standstill/Minimum Movement and Jumping Movement to Attacker Movement Modifiers' Standstill/Minimum Movement and Jumping Movement.
Footnotes 6-10 renumber to 5-9. Renumber the first footnote 11 (is airborne aerospace) to 10.
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p104, Environmental Specialization
first paragraph, remove "except for clear"
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Pg 47. Artillery Range and Damage Table.
add
Cruise Missile/50 ART-CM5 5 2"
Cruise Missile/70 ART-CM7 7/2 6"
Cruise Missile/90 ART-CM9 9/4 6"
Cruise Missile/120 ART-CM12 12/5 6"
Pg 138. Artillery Emplacements, 5th Paragraph.
Change example to read:
For example, a player wishing to arm a CF 15 building with artillery weapons could select a weapon as powerful as a Cruise Missile/70, which can deliver a maximum 7 points of damage per standard-ammo attack. But the same building may not mount the next size up in artillery weapons—the Cruise Missile/90—because its
maximum damage value of 9 points exceeds half of the building’s CF.
Pg 151, 209
change "Artillery Attack Modifiers Table"
to "Off-Board Artillery Attack Modifiers Table"
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p38, Maximum Jump Height
"A jumping unit can jump over any terrain that is lower in height than its jump Move rating, so a unit with 6 inches of jumping Move
may jump over any obstructions less than 6 inches tall."
change to
"A jumping unit can jump over any terrain up to half its jump Move rating (rounded down) plus it's starting elevation , so a unit with 6 inches of jumping Move, standing on a 2" high hill, can jump 5" high and may jump over a 2" tall building on top of a 3" high hill. "
p40, Line of Sight
add after last paragraph
"If terrain is occupied by the unit, the first 2" of that terrain extending away from the base of the unit is still considered the occupied terrain. Occupied terrain more than 2" from the base of the unit becomes intervening terrain. For example, if a unit occupies a building, and is within 2" of the edge of the building, the building is occupied but not intervening so it does not block LOS. If the same unit occupies a building, and line of sight is drawn through more than 2" of the building, then building is now intervening and blocks LOS. For Woods, if the unit occupies the Woods, the first 2" away from the base of the unit does not count toward the 6" of Woods blocking LOS."
p74, Skidding
"-The unit ended its previous Movement Phase on pavement/ road/bridge terrain types (see p. 35), or on ice terrain (see p. 56).
-The unit is beginning its Movement Phase by travelling at least 1 inch on any one of those same terrain types."
replace with
"-The unit moves more than half it's Move rating on pavement/road/bridge terrain types (see p. 35), or on ice terrain (see p. 56), during a single Movement Phase. "
p118, Striker/Cavalry Lance Bonus Ability
add (round normal) after 75 percent of the units
p120, Pursuit Lance Bonus Ability
add (round normal) after 75 percent of the units
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p. 47 and Appendix p. 201: Artillery Range and Damage Table
First row (Arrow IV), second column (Special):
ART-AIS/ART-AIC
Change to ART-AIS/ART-AC
p. 47, 1st column, 2nd paragraph, 2nd sentence:
...and an area of effect template (see p. 197) is placed...
Change to ...and an area of effect template (see p. 216) is placed...
Area of Effect Template is on p. 216
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Good news is that you crazy kids have run through CGL's stock of Commander's Edition. That means a rapid reprint, and the rapid issue of errata to match. All changes noted will feature in the second printing.
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p. 182, Step 5, Strafing:
"For strafing, an attack roll is made for all of the targets within the strafing attack area."
Change to read, "For strafing, an attack roll is made for each of the targets within the strafing attack area."
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pg. 181, Step 2: Verifying Firing Arc, Altitude Bombing
The sentence "There must be at least one POI per 2 inches along the path and a minimum of one bomb dropped at each POI." is repeated.
Change: delete the second occurrence.
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p78, HEAT (HT#/#/#)
Add after the first paragraph
"A unit with a Heat value at a range it does not normally deal damage at may make a special weapon attack in place of its standard weapon attack that only deals the effects of the Heat special ability."
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P. 29, ADJUSTING PV FOR SKILL, More Experienced Skills (Skill Rating 3 and Under) [5th paragraph], last sentence.
Error: "For ease of reference, this formula is translated into the High-Skill PV Increase Table shown to the right."
Change to: "For ease of reference, this formula is translated into the Improved-Skill PV Increase Table shown to the right."
Xotl: Added in in-progress errata; will feature in the reprinting along with anything above.
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Page 44 and 200
Footnote 10
"Includes fixed-wing support vehicles, conventional fighters, small craft, and
DropShips. Only applies when target is airborne. Do not apply if attacker is also
an airborne aerospace unit.
Remove
"Do not apply if attacker is also an airborne aerospace unit."
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p. 80, Watchdog (WAT) entry, last sentence.
error: (Active probes are covered in greater detail in the Optional Rules chapter, see p. 136.)
correction: Active probe rules are on p. 82, Optional Special Abilities.
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p138, Arming a Building
Delete
", and dividing the result by 5, rounding the result normally"
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p183, Aerospace Attack Modifiers Table
change the following modifiers
Altitude Bombing, +0
Dive Bombing, +0
under Miscellaneous Modifiers
add Is an Area-Effect Attack +1
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Airships, DropShips and Small Craft (p. 188)
Fourth paragraph: "A grounded Spheroid DropShip can make attacks the same as hovering in place."
Change to:
This statement makes no sense and is conflict with the rule on p. 65 which states, "A grounded spheroid DropShip
cannot use its Aft weapons at all."
I suggest using the phrasing from p. 65 or simply redirect the reader to p. 65.
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P. 170
A routed must begin to retreat per the rules for Forced Withdrawal (see p. 126), starting with its next Movement Phase.
Change to:
A routed UNIT must...
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p. 74, Buildings Example.
change first sentence to
"Eric’s ’Mech has taken shelter in an 8” tall, large heavy building with a CF of 10. "
last paragraph of example, first sentence
"As the medium building"
change to
"As the heavy building"
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The new errata release for AS:CE is up, featuring everything that will be corrected in the upcoming third printing.
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p.74, Buildings Example.
last paragraph of example, first sentence (in addition to the change mentioned by nckestrel):
"its collapse will deliver 4 points to Eric’s ’Mech (2 inches per each 4 inches of building height)."
change to:
""its collapse will deliver 4 points to Eric’s ’Mech (2 points per each 4 inches of building height)."
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p121, Combined Transport and Infantry Formations
last sentence, second paragraph, add
"The existing formation and mechanized and or nova formation each count as separate formations for determining number of formations a force has, or when using Lance/Star Movement (p. 33)."
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p31, Movement Phase
replace all instances of "formation" with "unit".
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p.185 Step 2: Establish Engagement Control
There appears to be no mention of what happens if both units succeed on their control rolls. Presumably, both units may attack each other but neither is tailing the other?
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p71, add hex-based Large Support Vehicle Firing Arcs Diagram based on p65 non-hex large support vehicle firing arcs diagram
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p45, Rolling to hit
change
"Natural 12: If the attack roll is successful and the roll is a natural 12 (two 6s), the attack results in an automatic critical hit (see Applying Damage, p. 49)."
to
"Natural 12: If the attack roll is successful, delivers at least 1 point of damage, and the roll is a natural 12 (two 6s), the attack results in an automatic critical hit (see Applying Damage, p. 49)."
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p.145, Precision
"the target has a Move of 10” or more."
change to
"the target has a Target Movement Modifier (TMM) of 2 or more for this attack."
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p. 38, Hull Down
"A hull down unit gains +1 Target Number modifier to any attacks"
change to
"A hull down unit has a +0 TMM but gains a +1 Target Number modifier to any attacks"
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P175, Multiple Attack Rolls
Before Multi-Tasker and Ground-Hugger, add:
"Damage Modifiers: A damage modifier from the attacker (a choice of the attacker, the use of a special ability or special pilot ability, etc) or from terrain or an environmental condition (being underwater, an attack from the rear, etc) is applied before determining the number of attack rolls. A unit with 3 damage, attacking from the rear arc, would roll four attack rolls.
A damage modifier from the target (armor special abilities, anti-missile system, etc) is applied after all attack rolls are resolved and the final damage determined. A unit with 3 damage and the SRM special ability attacking a target with AMS would roll three attack rolls. If only one of them is successful, the AMS would reduce the damage by 1, except the minimum of 1 rule would still apply and the target would take 1 damage.
Lucky/Floats Like A Butterfly: Each point of Lucky or Floats Like a Butterfly rerolls the entire attack.
Marksman/Sharpshooter: The critical chance from these special abilities is only applicable on the first attack roll of each attack."
After Natural 12, add:
"Weapon Specialist: The Weapon Specialist may choose to reroll a single attack roll each turn. "
Add Multiple Attack Roll Example
"An AWS-9M Awesome (attack values: 4/4/3) executes an attack against an enemy Bushwaker at its medium range and is attacking the rear of the Bushwacker, giving the Awesome four attack rolls from its medium range damage value plus one for a rear attack. The Awesome has the Sharpshooter Special Pilot Ability (pXX) that causes a critical hit if the margin of success is three or more. The Bushwacker has taken five damage to its Armor in previous turns, leaving it with one Armor and three Structure remaining and has been customized with Reflective Armor (RFA special, see pXX).
Using Multiple Attack Rolls, the Awesome rolls 12, 8, 12, 7 and 3. Four attack rolls succeed, and two of them succeed with a margin of 3 or greater. Two of the attack rolls are natural 12s. The Reflective Armor (RFA) special reduces the damage from all attacks by one. This results in the attack doing three damage to the Bushwacker, plus a single critical hit from the Sharpshooter Special Ability, and a single critical hit from the natural 12 rule.
The Bushwacker then applies the three damage, marking off one Armor and two Structure. The two Structure damage causes another single critical hit. It has one Structure remaining assuming it survives the critical hits."
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p34 and p199, Movement Cost Table
Under Water, for Depth 0"
Change "Ground, Infantry^6" to "Naval".
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p39, Transporting Non-Infantry Units
Rename this section to Transporting Units
Remove the line "They do not apply to the transport of infantry units by units with the Infantry Transport (IT#) special ability (see Transporting Infantry, p. 38)."
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p31, Step 2: Movement Phase
change all references of "formations" to "units".
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p34, Movement Cost Table
Footnote 9
change to
"Infantry, ground vehicles, ProtoMechs, and WiGEs may not perform elevation changes greater than 1” per 2” travelled. ’Mechs may not make elevation changes over 2” per 2” travelled."
p183, Striking Damage
change this rule to
"Striking Damage: The damage from a successful striking attack is the unit’s standard attack values for the range to the target based on the attacker’s altitude, plus any overheat damage effects. For example, at attacker at Middle altitude (+12”) would use the medium range damage value."
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p23, RULES
"For the conversion rules, players will find the rules online at bg.battletech.com/downloads"
No such download is available. Remove or change to up to date location.
Xotl: this is a work in progress. We hope to have them at that address, eventually.
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A pre-release errata is ready, detailing the changes being made in the upcoming 4th printing of AS:CE (still some months out).
Your eyes on clarity of wording, rules interactions we may have missed, etc are always welcome. Feel free to post questions in the Errata Discussion Thread:
https://bg.battletech.com/forums/errata/errata-discussion-thread/
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p93, Cross Country
"Combat Vehicles (but only those that use ground movement types)"
change to
"Ground vehicles"
Xotl: Added to upcoming reprint
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p185, Example
change to
"Side A has two aerospace fighters, A1 and A2. Side B has two aerospace fighters, B1 and B2. All units are Skill 4.
Side B won Initiative for this turn.
Side A starts the Combat Phase as the Initiative loser. A1 makes an attack on B1.
Both A1 and B1 make Control Rolls. Both have a target number of the Skill rating 4, plus 2 for air-to-air combat, for a final target number of 6. A1 rolls 2D6 and succeeds with a 7 result. B1 rolls 2D6 and fails its Control Roll with a 5. Because A1 succeeded and B1 failed, A1 is now tailing B1. A1 receives a –2 target number modifier to its attacks for tailing B1.
A2 then makes an attack on B1. A2 rolls a 6, succeeding. B1 rolls an 11, which succeeds. A2 can attack B1, B1 can attack A2.
Now it is Side B’s turn for the Combat Phase.
B1 is being tailed by A1 from earlier engagement roll and cannot fire in its rear arc and so is unable to hit A1. B1 can attack A2, or make an air-to-ground attack instead if it prefers.
B2 makes an attack on A1. There was no previous engagement roll here, so the players make one now. B2 rolls a 7 and succeeds. A1 rolls an 8 and succeeds. B2 can attack A1 from the front with no modifiers from the engagement roll positioning."
Xotl: Added to upcoming reprint
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Version 3 PDF:
Page 7
The Dark Age era is listed as (3081+). As of IlClan and Hour of the Wolf, this should be revised to (3081-3150).
Page 110
The second paragraph on this page refers to the range of Availability Eras, "from the Age of War through the present Dark Age setting". As of 2021, should this be revised to "the present IlClan setting"? Or, since the coverage of the IlClan Era remains tentative in MUL terms, should the line read something like: "from the Age of War through the Dark Age, with coverage of the present IlClan setting in the process of being added"?
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p187, Grounded Aerospace Units
"but disregard the target movement modifier and
instead apply a –4 immobile target modifier."
change to
"with a +0 Target Movement Modifier (TMM) and, if a spheroid DropShip, the Immobile modifier."
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p157, Visual Spotting Table
replace ranges with
Pitch Black 6”
Night, Moonless Night, Blizzard 12”
Fog, Blowing Sand 18”
Dusk, Dawn, Rain (Torrential) 30”
Rain, Snow 42”
Normal Daylight 120”
p158, Active Probes
change 16" to 18" for the standard probe
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p48, Area of Effect (AoE) Damage
add sentence at end of paragraph
"A unit is within the Area of Effect if any part of the unit's base is within the area."
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p39, Transporting Units
"If a transport is destroyed, any units it is transporting are destroyed as well."
replace with
"Transported Units and Combat: Transported units cannot be targeted by enemy units, their transport must be targeted instead. Area Effect attacks will not damage transported units. If a transport is destroyed, any units it is transporting are destroyed as well. Transported units cannot use any special abilities, for example ECM or C3, while being transported.
Mechanized Battle Armor (see p. 38) and External Cargo (see p. 163) have some exceptions. They still cannot be targeted separately, but attacks against its transport can damage the transported units instead. They are damaged by area effect attacks, and if their transport is destroyed, they are not destroyed but immediately dismounted or dropped."
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It's time for a new reprint of AS:CE, which means time for new errata. Preview version can be found in the first post as normal; anything posted after this will appear in later printings.
"Wait", you're saying, "didn't AS:CE just get reprinted a month ago?" Yes it did. Go Battletech, I guess. :)
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p80, Notation and Tracking of C3 Networks
Add
"A unit may only belong to a single C3 network. While a unit may mount both a C3 Master and a C3 Slave, it may not use both at once. For units so equipped, at the start of the game designate which C3 system is operational."
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So I've just been informed that there was a communication foul-up somewhere along the line and what I understood to be the 5th printing was just more information about the 4th printing. I've updated the errata accordingly (mostly the version numbering) to reflect this. Apologies for the confusion.
EDIT: just got some fresh errata so give it ten minutes before downloading while I update it again.
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p52, Heat
delete
"End Phase Heat Application: With the exception of Deliberate Overheating (see p. 53), any source that applies Heat during the End Phase does so before Cooling Down occurs."
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Page 43: Second paragraph should be changed to account for this change: https://bg.battletech.com/forums/alpha-strike/woods-and-commander-s-edition-errata-4-1/
Page 45: Examples should be changed to remove the occupied woods modifier for any targets with less than 2" of woods between the attacker and the defender (particular Mech A to Infantry C).
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p43, Terrain Modifiers
remove
"and any terrain occupied by the attacker is considered intervening even if it does not pass through Line of Sight to the target (see Line of Sight, p. 40)."
p45, Example
"They have 2”f Move, giving them a target modifier of +0."
change to
"They have a 0 TMM, for no Target Number modifier."
"It has 5 Move, giving it a target modifier of +2."
change to
"It has a TMM of 2, giving a +2 Target Number modifier."
"It has a Move of 10”/2”j. The 10” has a target movement modifier of +2, the 2”j has a target movement modifier of +0 and +1 jump for a +1 total."
change to
"It has a TMM of 1 and it jumped this turn for +2 Target Number modifier total."
"The Modified Target Number is 7 [3 (Skill Rating) + 0 (short range) + 2 (target movement) + 1 (woods) + 1 (partial cover) = 7]."
change to
"As Unit A occupies the Woods between Unit A and Unit E and there is 2" or less of Woods between them, the Woods are all consider attacker occupied and there is no intervening Woods. The Modified Target Number is 6 [3 (Skill Rating) + 0 (short range) + 2 (target movement) + 1 (partial cover) = 6].
"It has an 8” Move, giving it a Target Number modifier of +1."
change to
"It had a 2 TMM, but a motive hit has reduced the TMM to 1, giving a +1 Target Number modifier.
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p35, before Aerospace Movement
Elevation and Units:
A unit with an elevation above the ground (from VTOL and WiGE movement for example) is considered to physically be at that distance above the play area for all purposes. These units are usually left represented on the “ground” level, but for all game purposes the miniature, including base, is considered to be the elevation’s inches above the ground. The miniature or other temporary stand-in, should be held at the elevation above the table to determine line of sight, base to base contact, or any other check on the unit’s location.
p46, Melee Physical Attacks
After “Melee physical attacks can only occur when the attacking unit is within 2 inches of its target and the target unit is also within the attacking unit’s firing arc (see Firing Arcs, p. 41).”
add
“If a unit is at a different elevation than the attacker, the difference in elevation is added to the distance. Thus, a ‘Mech on a hill at the edge of a 2” range of Melee and 1” above the attacker could not be attacked by a Melee physical attack.”
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p120, Pursuit Lance
Change Ideal Role from Skirmisher to Striker.
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p182-183, DropShip Attacks
"Strafing attacks by DropShips always use the unit’s front firing arc weapons, while Striking attacks by DropShips will use the front weapon arc if they are aerodyne DropShips or the rear weapon arc if they are spheroid DropShips"
change to
"Strafing and striking attacks by DropShips will use the front weapon arc if they are aerodyne DropShips or the rear weapon arc if they are spheroid DropShips."
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p54, Offensive Aerospace Support (Light Strikes)
"Light Strike Target Number: 4"
change to
"Light Strike Target Number: 5"
p56, Artillery Support
delete
"(1 for missed shots by artillery cannons)"
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p61, Environmental Conditions.
"Concealing Unit Data Rules (p. 153)"
change to
"Concealing Unit Data Rules (p. 157)"
"16" for Probe (PRB), or 24" for Bloodhound (BH)"
change to
"18" for Probe (PRB), or 26" for Bloodhound (BH)"
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p41, Indirect Fire
add to end of section
"If an indirect fire attack is made using a spotter, and no spotter attacked this turn modifier was applied, the spotter cannot attack in that turn."
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p88, Reflective Armor
remove "FLK" from line in second paragraph about doubling damage.
remove fourth paragraph about critical hit modifier.
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p38, Sprinting
end of second paragraph add
"Units cannot mount or dismount a sprinting transport. If a unit has already mounted a transport this turn, the transport cannot sprint this turn."
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p52, Heat
"Jumping Move is not affected by the heat scale."
change to
"Move and TMM is not affected by the heat scale when using Jumping movement."
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p35, ProtoMechs
delete "As noted above, ProtoMechs are tracked in a player’s army list as five-member groups called Points. All surviving members in a Point of ProtoMechs must always be moved at the same time during the controlling player’s movement turn, but the individual ProtoMechs need not remain close together. Beyond that,"
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p103, Banking Initiative
insert at the end of the paragraph that begins "for every two turns"
"If two (or more) players use this ability to declare banked initiative victory on the same turn, the banked initiative for those players is still spent, but initiative is determined as if the ability had not been used by any players."
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Edit - I misread the intent of the below comment. It is not in conflict, but is confusing and could be reworded for clarity.
Suggest removing paragraph or changing to:
End Phase Heat Application: If a unit is Overheating (see p. 53), follow the steps for Cooling Down below. Deliberate Overheating is applied after the Cooling Down process.
ASCE v4.1 p52
End Phase Heat Application: With the exception of Deliberate
Overheating (see p. 53), any source that applies Heat during the End
Phase does so before Cooling Down occurs.
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p34, Movement Cost Table
Footnote 9
change to
"Infantry, ground vehicles, ProtoMechs, and WiGEs may not perform elevation changes greater than 1” per 2” travelled. ’Mechs may not make elevation changes over 2” per 2” travelled."
(the second sentence of this was changed in 4th printing, but the change to the first sentence was missed)
Level Changes, p35
"(per inch of horizontal travel)"
change both instances to
"(per 2 inches of horizontal travel)"
Overrun Combat, p107
At of second paragraph, add
"The damage effects of attacks from Overrun Combat are resolved immediately."
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p32, Stacking
add a new paragraph after the first paragraph
"An entire unit's base must fit within any terrain restrictions. For example, if two enemy units are 1" from each other, an enemy unit may not move between them, as the 1 1/4" base will not fit between those two enemy units. This would break the stacking restrictions above. If there is only 1" between two 3" high elevation changes, units cannot fit between the two at the ground level. This would break the movement rules for elevation changes and is prohibited terrain (see p34, Movement Cost Table for list of prohibited terrain for different unit types). Similarly, a unit must be legally able to cross all terrain its base occupies. A 'Mech can stand on a slope that is 2" high because 'Mechs can move across an elevation change of 2" per 2" traveled. A 'Mech cannot stand or move through where it's base occupies both a 0" elevation and a 3" elevation as a 3" elevation change is prohibited terrain for 'Mechs."
p39, Ground Unit Transport
Add after last sentence in this section
"A transport may not mount/embark and dismount/disembark units in the same turn. Once a transport has mounted/embarked units, it may not dismount/disembark any units that turn, and once a transport has dismounted/disembarked units, it may not mount/embark units. A unit may not mount/embark and dismount/disembark in the same turn either."
p39, Extended Mechanized Special Ability
"However, the transport"
change to
"However, a non-OMNI transport"
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p46, Charge Attacks
“The charging unit’s damage is based on its weight and the distance it traveled in the Movement Phase. The damage from a successful charge is equal to the number of inches moved, multiplied by the charging unit’s Size value, and divided by 8—rounding all fractions normally. Thus, a Size 3 unit charging 6 inches to its target would deliver 2 points of damage on a successful attack (6 [inches] x 3 [Size] ÷ 8 = 2.25, rounded normally to 2).”
Change to
“The charging unit’s damage is equal to its Size plus half its Target Movement Modifier (rounded down). Thus, a Size 3 unit with TMM 3 would deal 4 damage with a successful charge.”
Delete Special Physical Attack Damage Formulas table
“Damage to Attacker: If the Charge attack is successful, the attacking unit also suffers 1 point of damage if its target is Size 3 or
higher. This damage does not count as an attack by the target unit, which may attack normally during its Combat Phase.”
Change to
“Damage to Attacker: If the Charge attack is successful, the attacking unit also suffers half its Target Movement Modifier (rounded down) in damage, plus 1 point of damage if its target is Size 3 or higher. This does not count as an attack by the target unit.”
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p43, Range Modifier
"To determine a unit’s range, measure the distance from the edge of the attacker’s base to the edge of the target’s base,"
change to
"To determine a unit's range, hold the measuring tape or other measuring tool above both the attacker and the target, and measure the horizontal distance from the edge of the attacker's base to the edge of the target's base"
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p76, Angel ECM
move "(see p. 77)" page reference to end of first sentence.
in its place, add "if using the ECM/ECCM, optional rule (see p. 161)".
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p178, QuadVees, Conversion and Movement
add bullet point after the existing bullet points
"Wheeled QuadVees in vehicle mode increase their available MV per turn by 2".
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p40, Combat Phase
"Valid targets for an attack include other units,"
change to
"Valid targets for an attack include enemy units,"
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p. 191 (Index page)
If I'm not mistaken, the words "Hex map" are over-indented and need to be moved one indent to the left.
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p45, Making a Physical Attack
add "the attacker's movement mode," before "target's movement capability"
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p74, Attacking Units Inside Buildings: Infantry
"For example, if a unit capable of delivering 5 points of damage attempts to attack an infantry unit inside a medium building, the building suffers 4 points of that damage to its CF, while the infantry unit takes the remaining 1 point."
change to
"For example, if a unit capable of delivering 5 points of damage successfully attacks a medium building with CF of 4 with an infantry unit inside, the building applies the 5 damage to its CF and is destroyed. Meanwhile the same attack is applied against the infantry, beginning with the 5 points of damage from the attack, subtract the 2 for a medium building's damage absorption for infantry, and the infantry takes 3 damage from the attack as well."
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Page 54 "Offensive Aerospace Support (Strikes)"
Light Strike Target Number: 4
Heavy Strike Target Number: 6
Table on Page 55 shows these as 5 and 6 respectively. Based on the most recent print of the BattleMech Manual, it appears the info on page 54 is incorrect.
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p38, Hull Down
after the sentence with "The unit is considered half its normal height.." add
"A target that is hull down cannot receive the partial cover modifier."
p44 (and p200), Attack Modifiers Table, Target Movement Modifiers
under StandStill/Minimum Movement, add
Hull Down +1
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p175, Multiple Attack Rolls
change "all attacks roll a separate attack roll for each point of damage" to "all weapon attacks roll a separate attack roll for each point of damage. Area effect and physical attacks do not use multiple attack rolls."
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p42, Making the Attack
"If the result is equal to or greater than the modified Target Number, the attack hits."
change to
"If the result is equal to or greater than the modified Target Number, the attack is successful and hits the target."
(This is not a change, just a clarification explicitly defining a successful attack.)
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(these are clarifications, not rules changes)
p34 (and p199), Movement Cost Table
footnote 3
"to enter this terrain" change to "to move through this terrain"
footnote 8
"can only enter water" change to "can only enter or move through water"
p35, Prohibited Terrain
"may not enter" change to "may not enter or move through"
Water
"entering water" change to "entering or moving through water"
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The pre-release errata is up at the first post, with the intention of a formal release on 6 June. This also synced up with the upcoming 5th printing, which is rare.
Note that only errata reported up through 7 May is included: anything after that missed the reprint cutoff point and will have to be pushed out to a hypothetical 6th printing.
Let me know if you spot any errors. Thanks!
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p34 (and p199), Movement Cost Table.
Depth 2"+ change +6" to +3"
p171, Infantry & Vehicles (PLOS template)
change from 1" x 1" to 1" x 1.25"
(see attached)
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This errata appears to have gotten dropped accidently?
p45, Example
"They have 2”f Move, giving them a target modifier of +0."
change to
"They have a 0 TMM, for no Target Number modifier."
"It has 5 Move, giving it a target modifier of +2."
change to
"It has a TMM of 2, giving a +2 Target Number modifier."
"It has a Move of 10”/2”j. The 10” has a target movement modifier of +2, the 2”j has a target movement modifier of +0 and +1 jump for a +1 total."
change to
"It has a TMM of 1 and it jumped this turn for +2 Target Number modifier total."
"The Modified Target Number is 7 [3 (Skill Rating) + 0 (short range) + 2 (target movement) + 1 (woods) + 1 (partial cover) = 7]."
change to
"As Unit A occupies the Woods between Unit A and Unit E and there is 2" or less of Woods between them, the Woods are all consider attacker occupied and there is no intervening Woods. The Modified Target Number is 6 [3 (Skill Rating) + 0 (short range) + 2 (target movement) + 1 (partial cover) = 6].
"It has an 8” Move, giving it a Target Number modifier of +1."
change to
"It had a 2 TMM, but a motive hit has reduced the TMM to 1, giving a +1 Target Number modifier.
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p91, Trenchworks/Fieldworks Engineers (TRN)
"Each turn these infantry units may convert an area under a 2” AoE template into a fortified area."
change to
"These infantry units may create fortified positions (see p. 168). Fortified positions can be used by infantry digging in (see p. 139) or Protomechs and vehicles going hull down (see p. 38). "
p168, Fortified Positions
"during which time it also may not make any weapon or physical attacks of any kind."
change to
"during which time it also may not make any attacks of any kind, be used as a spotter, or take any other actions."
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p170, Practical Line of Sight
"found at the back of this book"
change to
"found on the next page"
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The errata has been updated to add in the missing example and fix a couple of other minor issues.
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Corrected Third Printing, print
p. 194 under Command Lance
Change Move value of Delmar Clay's WVR-6R Wolverine from 12"j to 10"j.
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Removing no longer necessary (and perhaps confusing) references to the aerospace units being on the ground map, when they are always on the ground map now.
p55, Offensive Aerospace Support
delete "along its flight path over the ground map"
p66, Destroying a Mobile Structure
delete "over a ground map"
p83, Booby Trap
change "flying over the ground map and" to "to"
p90, TSEMP
third paragraph, delete "on the ground map"
p141, Aerospace Units on the Ground Map
change "on the ground map" to "on the ground" in section title and in first paragraph
p4, Table of Contents, p187, Thrust Loss, p70, Partial Cover, and p38, Transporting Infantry, change reference from Aerospace Units on the Ground Map to Aerospace Units on the Ground
p142, Airship and Spheroid Landing
change "on the ground map" to "on the ground"
p146, TAG
change "on the ground map" to "on the ground"
p154, Artillery Flak
delete "that pass over a ground map where such artillery weapons are located"
p156, Ground Target
change "against the ground map" to "against ground units"
p160, Dropping Troops
change all instances of "on the ground map" to "on the ground"
p170, Practical Line of Sight
delete "-even those flying directly over the ground map-"
p181, Verify Firing arc
"but because an aerospace unit overflying the ground map" change to "an aerospace unit"
and under Strafing Attacks, delete "over the ground map"
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p39, Transport example
replace last paragraph (omnimechs and battle armor) with
"The Night Gyr moves to a position within 4" of the battle armor, alongside the Grendel and Hellion that were already in position. Brian then wants to mount the battle armor on to the OmniMechs. Brian cannot have the battle armor mount the Night Gyr, as it has already moved this turn. So the two battle armor each move in to base to base contact (up to 4" of MV) with the Grendel and Hellion and then pay 2" of MV to mount the OmniMech. Brian may then move the Grendel and Hellion, along with the mounted battle armor, if he chooses."
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p44 and p 200, Attack Modifiers Table.
"Is attacking a secondary target"
add a foot note
"requires Multiple Attack Rolls optional rule (see p. 175)"
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Location: AS:CE Corrected 4th Printing (PDF), p. 86 Improved ATM (IATM#/#/#)
Issue: Under Magnetic Pulse, the effects include the target receiving a -1 target number to-hit next turn, making it easier to hit targets while under the effect of MagPulse.
Solution: Change
But if this attack hits a target in the Short range bracket, the target suffers a loss of 2 inches of Move, as well as a –1 Target Number modifier for all weapon attacks, throughout the following turn.
to
But if this attack hits a target in the Short range bracket, the target suffers a loss of 2 inches of Move, as well as a +1 Target Number modifier for all weapon attacks, throughout the following turn.
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p39, Ground Unit Transport
Add after last sentence in this section
"A transport may not mount/embark and dismount/disembark units in the same turn. Once a transport has mounted/embarked units, it may not dismount/disembark any units that turn, and once a transport has dismounted/disembarked units, it may not mount/embark units. A unit may not mount/embark and dismount/disembark in the same turn either."
I am confused by this one. Doesn't it directly contradict page 39, right column, under the heading TRANSPORTING INFANTRY, last sentence of the fifth paragraph, which states,
"It is, however, permissible to mount an infantry unit, move its transport, dismount the infantry, and make attacks with the infantry unit all in the same turn."
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p38, Transporting Infantry
delete
"It is, however, permissible to mount an infantry unit, move its transport, dismount the infantry, and make attacks with the infantry unit all in the same turn."
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p39, Transport Example.
"The infantry move first, saving at least 2 inches of their Move in order to mount the Maxim. After all the infantry have mounted, Lara then moves the Maxim up to its Move of 16 inches and then dismounts all the infantry. Both platoons may make weapons attacks during the upcoming Combat Phase."
change to
"The infantry move first, saving at least 2 inches of their Move in order to mount the Maxim. After all the infantry have mounted, Lara then moves the Maxim up to its Move of 16 inches. The next turn, Lara moves the Maxim up to its Move of 16 inches and dismounts all the infantry. The infantry platoon may not move this turn, but may make weapons attacks during the upcoming Combat Phase."
(note this is on top of a previous errata to this same paragraph).
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p110, Master Unit List
"By clicking on the names of a listed unit, the user can then view more distinct stats for it, including—at the very bottom of the page—links to images of these units courtesy of CamoSpecs Online (www.camospecs.com), another partner site, online ordering options to obtain the appropriate miniature via Iron Wind Metals (www.ironwindmetals.com), and, if available, an Alpha Strike card for the model and variant selected. These Alpha Strike cads may then be copied, customized, and printed."
change to
"By clicking on the names of a listed unit, the user can then view more distinct stats for it, including related units, faction availability by era and an Alpha Strike card for the model and variant selected if available. These Alpha Strike cards may then be copied, customized, and printed."
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p50, Engine Hits
"an engine hit will cause the unit to generate 1 heat point any time it fires its weapons without delivering any extra damage from overheating."
change to
"an engine hit will cause the unit to generate 1 heat point in the End Phase if it made any weapon attacks in the turn. This heat is separate from overheating, and does not deliver any extra damage to the weapon attack."
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I've just added a new mini-errata release to the first post to catch some stray errata bits, since there likely won't be another printing for a while. Let me know if you find any issues with it; I'll be adding it to the main website in a week or two.
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p56, Minefield Support
add to end of first paragraph
"Minefield Support cannot be stacked, no part of a minefield template can be placed to overlap another minefield template."
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5.1 has been uploaded to the main website, with all errata reported above.
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VERSION: Alpha Strike Commanders Ed corrected fifth printing
LOCATION: Page 46, red physical attack example
THE ERROR: the charging example still lists the old calculation of distance moved times two then divided by eight
THE CORRECTION: It should list a new calculation of size +1/2 TMM rounded down
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On page 38 of the Commander's Edition v5, Battle Armor is described as "external cargo". However, they do not operate as external cargo does on page 163. I recommend noting that Battle Armor does not follow the rules for External Cargo. I already checked the Errata 5.1 and these are not corrected:
Mechanized Battle Armor, 1st Paragraph:
"This allows the battle armor to be transported as a kind of
external cargo."
Change to:
"Although battle armor is a form of external cargo, it does not follow the rules for external cargo (see External Cargo p163)."
Further, on page 38, it states that battle armor can be struck "accidentally (see Applying Damage p49)." However, the rule in question is on page 48 under Mechanized Battle Armor.
Mechanized Battle Armor, 2nd Paragraph:
"Even though mechanized battle armor mounts up externally
on an Omni unit, battle armor units may not attack or be directly
attacked while mounted in this fashion—but they can be struck
accidentally (see Applying Damage, p. 49)."
Change to:
"Even though mechanized battle armor mounts up externally
on an Omni unit, battle armor units may not attack or be directly
attacked while mounted in this fashion—but they can be struck
accidentally (see Mechanized Battle Armor, p. 48)."
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p45, Natural 12
"Natural 12: If the attack roll is successful and the roll is a natural 12 (two 6s),"
change to
"Natural 12: If the attack roll is successful, deals at least one point of damage, and the roll is a natural 12 (two 6s),"
(TAG attack roll cannot cause a critical hit on a 12. Nor a minimal damage attack that then fails to deal damage.)
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p77, ECM
"Against hostile electronics, ECM has the following effects:"
change to
"ECM will disrupt the following hostile electronics on units within its area of effect, or that have an effect that has its line of sight for the effect go through the ECM’s area of effect."
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p52, add new sidebar
Multiple Modifiers
When multiple cumulative effects apply to the same value, the general rule is they are applied in the order that they are received.
Temporary effects are an exception to the general order of applying effects. Temporary effects are effects that modify a unit’s value but can then be removed during gameplay. These include effects from heat (see p. 52), morale effects from the Animal Mimicry, Antagonizer, or Demoralizer special pilot abilities (see pp. 92-93), and any effects that apply for a specific attack, such as reductions from a target’s defensive special abilities like Anti-Missile System (see p. 76) or Ballistic-Reinforced Armor (see p. 83). Temporary effects are always applied last, after permanent effects, regardless of the order they were received. Temporary effects often have a marker (marking the unit’s current place on the heat scale, or a token placed on the unit for being intimidated) to denote the temporary effect, that is removed when the effect ends.
If two or more effects are applied to the same value at the same time, such as two defensive special abilities from a target unit being applied to an attack, apply any multiplying or dividing effects first, followed by any adding or subtracting effects. This only applies if the effects are applied at exactly the same time. If two units attack the same target, and both cause damage effects on the same value, they are applied in the order the attacks were resolved. The attacks are distinct and resolved in order. If an attacker has an option that modifies their attack value, and the target has an ability that modifies the attack value, the attacker option was made before the attack was applied to the target and is thus applied in that order. Temporary effects are always applied at the same time as all other temporary effects.
<<begin example text>>
Order Received Example
A unit suffers a critical hit to movement in turn 1, then the unit overheats in turn 2. The movement critical hit was applied to MV at the end of turn 1, then the heat modifies it again at the end of turn 2. They are applied in that order. If a unit is attacked twice in the same turn, and both attacks cause an MP hit that reduces the MV value, they are applied in the order the attacks are resolved. The first attack applies its effect on the target’s MV value, then the second attack applies its effect.
Temporary Effects Example
A unit with MV 10” on the unit card overheats by one heat in turn 1. In the End Phase of turn 1 it will have -2” to MV from the first spot on the heat scale. It now has 8” MV. In turn 2, it then suffers an MP critical hit, that reduces its MV by half. The MP critical hit is a permanent effect, while heat is a temporary effect. So, the player first reduces the MV 10” by half for the permanent MP critical hit, to MV 5”. Then, the heat is applied to reduce the MV to 3”. In turn 3, after not making a weapons attack, the unit moves to 0 on the heat scale in the End Phase, restoring its MV to 5” for turn 4.
<<end example text>>
p78, Jump Jets
Add:
Any effect that reduces TMM By 50% will lower the JMPS# by 1, to a minimum of JMPS0.
p79, Submersible
An effect that reduces TMM by 50% will lower the SUBS# by 1, to a minimum of SUBS0.
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p38, Mechanized Battle Armor
after first paragraph add
"A transport carrying Mechanized Battle Armor may not go airborne or use WiGE, VTOL, submersible or aerospace (thrust) movement."
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* VERSION: Alpha Strike Commander's Edition
* LOCATION: Page 119, Heavy Striker/Cavalry Lance, Requirements
* THE ERROR: "At least 3 units in this formation type must be of size 3, and none may be smaller than a size 2."
* THE CORRECTION: "At least 3 units in this formation type must be of size 3 OR GREATER, and none may be smaller than a size 2." Campaign Ops says or larger, so I'm sure this was intended here.
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Location: AS:CE Corrected 4th Printing (PDF), p. 99 Speed Demon
Issue: Minor typo (mmovement).
Solution: Change "target mmovement modifier" to "target movement modifier".
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VERSION: Alpha Strike Commanders Ed corrected fifth printing
LOCATION: Page 46, red physical attack example
THE ERROR: the charging example still lists the old calculation of distance moved times two then divided by eight
THE CORRECTION: It should list a new calculation of size +1/2 TMM rounded down
In addition to this, the Skidding rules on pg. 75 of the 5th Print are now ambiguous as they are using the old (distance-based) charge rules as well.
New players have no clue how to how to handle Skids/Collision vs Charge anymore.
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p46, Death From Above
“On a successful DFA attack, the attacking unit delivers damage to its target equal to its Charge damage +1 (see Charge Attacks, left).”
Change to
“On a successful DFA attack, the attacking unit delivers damage to its target equal to its Charge damage +1 (see Charge Attacks, left). Add an additional +1 to DFA damage if the unit has strong jump jets (JMPS) special at 2+, and -1 to DFA damage if the unit has weak jump jets (JMPW) special at 2+.”
p46, Charge/DFA example
Replace example with:
“Brian is debating whether his PNT-9R Panther light ’Mech (Size 1, with a Move of 10”/16”j and TMM of 2) will Charge or DFA an enemy CES-3R Caesar (a heavy Size 3 ’Mech).
If the Panther charges, Brian calculates that it will deliver 2 points of damage (Size of 1 + half its TMM of 2 rounded down to 1) on a successful attack and will suffer 2 points of damage (half its TMM of 2 rounded down to 1, plus 1 as the Caesar is Size 3 or higher).
If the Panther attempts a DFA instead, this will add 1 to the charge damage for 3 damage from a DFA. It will suffer 1 damage (the Panther’s Size value) if it hits. If the Panther misses, it will suffer 2 points of damage for its trouble (1 for its Size, + 1 for failed DFA).
Knowing that the Target Number modifier for a DFA is 2 points higher than a charge attack from the jumping movement attacker modifier but will have an increased defense from the higher jump TMM and the jumping target modifier, Brian must now choose between a DFA that will inflict more damage or the less damaging—but easier to pull off—charge.”
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ASCE 5th Printing
P. 84
CRITICAL-RESISTANT (CR)
A unit with this special ability features special armor or other protective features that reduces the chance and severity of a critical hit (including damage to structure, damage effects from armor-penetrating weapons, and hull breaches while in vacuum or underwater) . Any time an attack on this unit prompts a roll on its Critical Hits Table, apply a –2 modifier to the Critical Hit roll . Modified critical results of 1 or less are treated as No Critical Hit results .
The rule as written works as intended for crit rolls vs Exceptionally Large Units and Protomechs. However, it has unintended interactions with the Mech and Combat Vehicle Critical Hit charts.
Versus Mechs it decreases the likelihood of rolling a critical by 8.3% while increasing the odds of ammo explosions by 300%, increasing the overall likelihood of catastrophic critical and/or extra damage by 50%. Versus Combat Vehicles it both increases the likelihood of critical damage by 8.3%, and increases the likelihood of ammo explosion. Thus having the opposite effect of its intended purpose.
Possible solution - simply ignore critical rolls of 11-12. Ensuring that the likelihood of critical damage is reduced by 8.3% while also reducing the likelihood of catastrophic damage by 50%.
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p97, Hot Dog
"subtracts 2 from its target movement modifier"
change to
"subtracts 1 from its target movement modifier"
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p32, Mobile versus Immobile
add as new paragraph
"If a unit begins the movement phase unable to move on its own, whether its immobile, shutdown, or being transported, carried or towed, the unit does not receive a movement this turn."
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The preview edition of this year's upcoming AS:CE errata is now up in the first post for review. This is a monster errata doc, more than doubling the size of the previous one, so there's lots to take in (and review). As always, feel free to report any mistakes in the document, but in the stickied Errata Discussion Thread rather than here. The finalised version will go live on 6 June (including the table updates mentioned in the document; those aren't up yet).
EDIT: Document updated 30 May.
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AS:CE
p.35
The Unit Movement Mode Table doesn't include VTOL as an Infantry Movement type.
(bonus query)
p.38
Are VTOL infantry meant to dismount airborne transports as standard ground infantry, like Jump infantry, or as their own thing?
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p43, Terrain Modifiers
"base is in contact with"
change to
"base overlaps"
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The 6.0 errata has been finalized and uploaded to the website, along with the referenced corrected tables compilation.
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6th printing, p. 40
Line of Sight, 4th para
The entire para should read:
"Infantry units occupying a building may ignore the building as blocking LOS, as long as their target may draw LOS to the occupied building."
However, the 6th printing only replaced the first sentence of that para with the sentence above, and left the rest of the para intact. Everything from "Occupied terrain more than 2” from the base of the unit..." should be deleted.
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Errata updated to v6.01 to fix all formatting and duplication errors reported in the 6.0 document. Thanks to Alfaryn for pointing out a bunch of these.
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Replace example with:
“Brian is debating whether his PNT-9R Panther light ’Mech (Size 1, with a Move of 10”/16”j and TMM of 2) will Charge or DFA an enemy CES-3R Caesar (a heavy Size 3 ’Mech).
If the Panther charges, Brian calculates that it will deliver 2 points of damage (Size of 1 + half its TMM of 2 rounded down to 1) on a successful attack and will suffer 2 points of damage (half its TMM of 2 rounded down to 1, plus 1 as the Caesar is Size 3 or higher).
If the Panther attempts a DFA instead, this will add 1 to the charge damage for 3 damage from a DFA. It will suffer 1 damage (the Panther’s Size value) if it hits. If the Panther misses, it will suffer 2 points of damage for its trouble (1 for its Size, + 1 for failed DFA).
Knowing that the Target Number modifier for a DFA is 2 points higher than a charge attack from the jumping movement attacker modifier but will have an increased defense from the higher jump TMM and the jumping target modifier, Brian must now choose between a DFA that will inflict more damage or the less damaging—but easier to pull off—charge.”
Uhh, you'd want to choose a different unit than that one. PNT-9R on MUL is TMM1, mov 8"j.
Stinger STG-7S is a better option, with mov 12"/16"j and TMM2.
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p39, transport example
"They may then move half their MV value, for 1"f MV."
change to
"As they were not mechanized battle armor, they cannot jump when dismounting. They may move half their MV value, for 3" MV. "
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There appears to be a change to the books that wasn't recorded in errata.
I have version 1 or 2 (2019, Thunderbolt cover), and this was compared to a later version with the trebuchet cover.
Page 120 in my version, Force Building section, Command Lance.
The 'Bonus Ability' section: in my book, it states: "Prior to the beginning of play, half of the non-commander units in this formation (round up)..."
In the other book, it states: "Prior to the beginning of play, half of the units in this formation (round up)..."
I didn't see any mention in latest errata (v6.01) or the previous one (v5.1) that I have on file.
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This was changed in the fifth printing but not recorded. I'm upping a 6.02 errata document that records this change.
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p90, Target Acquisition Gear
"with no spotter attack modifier" change to
"with no spotter attacked or spotter attacker movement modifiers"
second paragraph after "in addition...and homing artillery" add
"If unsuccessful with a TAG desingating attack, the target is still spotted for indirect fire, but will add the spotter attacked modifier."
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p. 34, Movement Cost Table (also applies to the same table in the tables appendix, p. 199)
Woods - Prohibited Movement Type/Unit Type
It lists "g, n, r, s, v, w movement types4"
I don't think "r" is a unit movement code (see p. 35, Unit Movement Type Table. No "r" is listed.)
I think this was intended to be an "h," for hover. (See p. 35, under Hover Movement, "Hover units typically cannot enter woods features")
If I am correct, then the fix would be to change the table entry on p. 34 to "g, n, h, s, v, w movement types4"
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Xotl: Questions are for the Errata Discussion thread, not individual errata threads. Thank you.
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p89, Remote Sensor Dispenser
"Remote Sensors can also reveal units (see Hidden Units, p. 168),"
change to
"Remote Sensors can also reveal units within 12" (see Hidden Units, p. 168),"
p168, Hidden Units
"LRPB"
change to
"LPRB"
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p44, Attack Modifiers Table (and p200)
Under Target Movement Modifiers [T]
"Hull-Down +1"
change to
"Hull-Down +0"
Under Target
"Is hull-down +1"
change to
"Is hull-down and not rear attack +1"
(removing the duplicate modifier, and the hull-down modifier is not technically a target movement modifier)
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AS:CE Corrected Sixth Printing (Aug. 2023)
P. 72, second column, paragraph 5 (starting with "For Example...")
Issue: The example for building weights on page 72 doesn't match the current buildings table as seen on page 73. The example seems to have been written for the older, pre-errata version of the rules where medium buildings could only hold up to a weight factor of 2. According to the table on page 73, a medium building can now hold up to a weight of 4 (so 4 lights, 2 mediums, 1 assault, 2 lights and a medium, or 1 light and a heavy can exist on a medium building).
Suggested Solution: Change the references to the Medium building in the paragraph to Light.
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p37, Movement Modes
add after first paragraph (before ground movement)
"If the unit has multiple movement types (Wheeled and Submersible for example), it must choose one when it selects its movement mode. The jump movement type can only be used with the jump movement mode."
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p38, Infantry Transports
remove "from an airborne transport or" from "and can only use jump movement mode from an airborne transport or if mechanized.."
Units with jump can dismount from airborne transports (next paragraph), but they do not use the jump movement mode when they do so, since they don't move on dismounting from an airborne transport. They also do not get both the airborne and jump modifiers, only airborne.
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Alpha Strike: Commander's Edition, Corrected Sixth Printing, PDF edition:
Page 23, Miniatures
The current paragraph refers to the BattleTech Beginner Box and the A Game of Armored Combat Box as sources of starter miniatures. In light of the release of the Alpha Strike Boxed Set, might it be possible for a future revision of this book to refer to that product, and/or to perhaps add a picture of its cover, as a further means of cross-promotion?
Universe Primer, pages 6-21
The aforementioned Alpha Strike Boxed Set includes a revised universe primer, which brings the setting forward to the year 3151: the onset of the IlClan Era. In a future revision of this book, might it be possible to swap in that primer for the one shown here, so as to further leverage the advent of the IlClan for future purchasers of this volume?
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* VERSION:Alpha Strike: Commanders Edition, Corrected 6th Printing, Print Edition
* LOCATION:Special Abilities, p.82 Artillery Abbreviation Table (below Artillery (ARTX-#))
* THE ERROR:The Artillery Abbreviation Table (referenced in the Appendix on p.182) is missing. It was removed in the Corrected Sixth printing (it is present in the Corrected Fifth Printing, PDF Edition) and has been replaced with the picture of a mech.
* THE CORRECTION: Replace the picture of the mech at the bottom of page 82 with the Artillery Abbreviation table from the corrected 5th printing:
ARTILLERY ABBREVIATION TABLE
Artillery Type Abbreviation
Arrow IV (IS) AIS
Arrow IV (C) AC
Thumper T
Sniper S
Long Tom LT
Cruise Missile/50 CM5
Cruise Missile/70 CM7
Cruise Missile/90 СМ9
Cruise Missile/120 CM12
Thumper Cannon TC
Sniper Cannon SC
Long Tom Cannon LTC
[NCKestrel]: Developer note, this was intentional. It's redundant with the Artillery Range and Damage Table. index (p189) should remove the "abbreviation table" line.
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p90, Target Acquisition Gear
"with no spotter attack modifier" change to
"with no spotter attacked or spotter attacker movement modifiers"
second paragraph after "in addition...and homing artillery" add
"If unsuccessful with a TAG desingating attack, the target is still spotted for indirect fire, but will add the spotter attacked modifier."
Is it possible to please also include some explicit mention of the TAG attack on pg. 90 being able to ignore the requirement that a spotter not have fired yet.....including the case mentioned by nckestrel in the rules discussion thread where the spotter can still spot for Indirect Fire if TAG misses, despite having already attacked?
Thanks.
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AS:CE Corrected 6th Printing, Print Edition, 6.0.2 errata
Line of Sight (p. 41)
6.0.2 Under “Indirect Fire”, second sentence:
To use indirect fire, there must be a unit friendly to the attacker, that has not yet made an attack this turn, with valid LOS and within 42” of the target
This wording causes units designated as spotters for a target to not be allowed to be used as a spotter for units that attack after the spotter. The spotter has already made an attack this turn and is not valid to be selected as a spotter even though a spotter can spot for multiple IF attackers against a single target.
Change to:
To use indirect fire, there must be a unit friendly to the attacker, that has not yet made an attack this turn or that has already been designated as a spotter for the target, with valid LOS and within 42” of the target
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p100, Terrain Master (Drag Racer)
SPA Cost: 3 points
change to
SPA Cost: 1 point
,Terrain Master (Forest Ranger)
SPA Cost: 1 point
Change to
SPA Cost: 3 points
p206, Special Pilot Abilities
(Drag Racer) change Cost to 1
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p46, Standard Physical Attacks
"Standard physical attacks can only occur when the attacker is within 1 inch of its target, and the target is within the attacking unit’s firing arc (see Firing Arcs, p. 41)."
change to
"Standard physical attacks can only occur when the attacker is within 1 inch of its target, within 1" of the same elevation, and the target is within the attacking unit’s firing arc (see Firing Arcs, p. 41)."
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Minor point update to correct a single incorrect entry for Available Drop Options on page 160 (the errata missed a change that had been implemented in the 6th printing).
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p118, Heavy Battle Lance
"If this is a vehicle formation, there must be at least 2 matched pairs of Size 3 units."
Change "Size 3" to "Size 3+".
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Clarification/reorganization: ASCE 6th printing page 149 states that:
NARC
The benefits of attacking a NARC-tagged unit cannot be
combined with the use of any alternate LRM/SRM munitions.
However, this is buried under the LRM/SRM alternate ammunition and easily overlooked. There should be a reference to this rule under the iNARC, SNARC, and CNARC ability. Such as:
If using alternate munitions, see the rule for NARC on page 149.
Or add the text from p149 to the iNARC, SNARC, and CNARC ability.
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* VERSION: 6.03, PDF
* LOCATION: 3 locations: table of contents, index, and Pg 154
* THE ERROR: Artillery Flak rules seem to be outright missing, despite being in both the index and the TOC.
* THE CORRECTION: Include Artillery Flak rules.
[NCKestrel]: Developer Note. Remove Artillery Flak from ToC and index. The rules on p154 were removed intentionally.
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p86, Improved NARC Missile Beacon
replace first paragraph with (matches changes to NARC)
"A unit with the INARC# special ability may make an extra weapon attack using its iNarc missile beacon device. A unit hit by an iNarc beacon will not suffer damage from the iNarc itself, but will suffer 1 additional point of damage from any indirect fire attack or special weapon attack using the IF, LRM or SRM special abilities, or any standard weapons attack from a unit with the IF, LRM or SRM special abilities, for the rest of the game—unless the unit is within a friendly ECM bubble. The iNarc beacon launcher can reach targets up to Medium range. Unlike most effects, iNARC takes place immediately and can be used by other attacks in the same turn."