Visibility and Targeting
Visibility in Kill Team
One of the hardest principles to understand in Kill Team is targeting.
Refer to this the following rules for understanding visibility, cover, obscuring and choosing a valid target.
Visible
Kill Team uses True Line of Sight for determining visibility.
A target is deemed as visibile to an operator if a 1mm line can be theoretically drawn from the operator's head to any part of the target model. This does not include their base.
The same applies to terrain features.
Targeting Lines
Unlike line of sight and visibility, targeting lines are drawn base to base.
When targeting, two 1mm lines are drawn in 3D space from a single point from the activate operator's base, to either side of the target's base.
This is to simulate the point an operator's weapon, grenade, etc, is fired to the space in which the target operator could be occupying at the moment of impact.
Intervening
When drawing targeting lines, if one passes through something (outside of the active operator's control range), it is known as intervening.
However, if the target it visibile and within 2", the terrain is no longer classed as intervening.
Cover
An operative is deemed in cover if targeting lines wholly intervene through terrain in its control range.
Obscured
An operative is deemed obscured if it has intervening heavy terrain not in its control range.
When determining if a piece of terrain is obscuring or cover, the defender chooses.
Obscured or in Cover Explained
An operative is deemed in cover if targeting lines wholly intervene through terrain in its control range. The same terrain piece cannot both obscure an operative and provide cover.
If a targetting line crosses a terran piece wholly within the target's control range, it is in cover.
If a targetting line crosses a terran piece outside the target's control range, it is obscured.
If targeting lines crosses a terrain piece outside the target's control range, but terrain piece is within
control range of thr target, the defender can choose whether their
operative is obscured or in cover.
In this example, the terrain passes through outside the target's control range. But, the terrain is also in the target's control range.
The target is on a conceal, and opts to consider the terrain as cover. Thus not making it a valid target.
Valid Target
Often, a rule wil required the intended target of an action to be a 'valid target'.
The player attempting to resolve an action will need to determine if the target is a valid target for the operator attempting to perform the action.
To be a valid target, the target must be either: