[ASLML] DC residual

[Bruce Probst]

On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 07:50:43 -0500, "Brian W" <cardboard.killer at verizon.net>
wrote:

>I disagree. Collateral attacks never leave residual, but the attack that
>created the collateral attack does. In other words, the attack that
>created the collateral attack is what creates the residual.

I believe that D.8 says exactly the opposite.  In the case of Specific
Collateral Attacks, there is no "original attack", there is only the attack
vs. the vehicle.

> So, if you
>hit a tank with a MG TK attack, you (possibly) leave residual regardless
>of whether the tank was killed or not or whether there was a collateral
>attack due to the TK attempt. Per A8.2 "If the attack includes a To Kill
>DR vs a vehicle, Residual FP is created in the same manner. . ."

You're correct that A8.2 does indeed say that.  I don't know how to resolve
that with what D.8 says.  It seems to me that one of them is contradicting the
other.  Time for a Q to Perry, I guess ....

>Of course, this question has to do with thrown DC, so the likelihood of
>a destroyed AFV is slim. I suspect that residual was meant to be placed
>even if no TK DR was made (due to poor placement DR), but that is not
>covered by the rules as far as I can tell.

Right.  It doesn't happen.

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