Sniper

Local Special Ability

When this unit targets an opposing unit with a ranged combat attack, choose a non-commander figure on the target-- this unit rolls a number of range dice equal to the number of its ready Sniper icons for the attack. The target rolls defense dice equal to the number of the chosen figure's defense icons plus 1 for its defense. This unit's ranged combat damage is dealt to the chosen figure. (Any excess damage is lost.)

Notes from Drake the Lesser

• Defense Bonuses (e.g. Wall of Shields, Hellenic Pride) do not apply to a Sniper attack, since the number of defense dice is explicitly stated in the ability description.
• The order point penalty for Elusive affects Sniper, since even though it targets a single figure, it is a combat order against a unit.
• Fragile affects the damage dealt to a unit, so it does not apply to Sniper attacks, which deal damage to figures. On the other hand, Tough affects all combat damage, so it does apply.
• There is no hit point limitation on the figure you target with Sniper, but the damage you can do to the target figure is limited by the number of range dice you can bring to bear, which is in turn determined by the number of ready Sniper icons.
• If you fail to kill the target figure, any further damage inflicted on the figure's unit in the current turn will have to go to that figure first, which means you have a good chance of finishing it off by making another attack on the unit.

Changes from the Original Rules

• In the original rules, this ability was a type of special order. Now it is a normal ranged combat order. This means several things.
  1. You need a ready blue die icon in order to issue the order.
  2. If you use Sniper and give a normal ranged combat order to a single unit in the same turn, the unit will push.
  3. You can push a unit to use Sniper twice in one turn, possibly killing two figures.
  4. If you use Sniper on a formation unit, it costs 2 order points instead of 1.
• Sniper was changed because the concept of a special ranged combat order was more trouble than it was worth.

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