AoS Teleport distance question

[ILKAIN]

hey guys quick LOSAT question. My opponent is on a piece of terrain that is 4” up, do I measure 5” away from the base to include the vertical distance of the terrain feature, or do I have to be 9” away horizontally no matter what?

Additionally, if you have the answer can you post the page/faq/errata you found it in please?

Thanks so much!

 

[Aginor]

To keep it consistent for flying units, shooting and the like I would use slant range, so measuring directly.

Reasoning:
The "within x" range does not take obstacles into account, it never does. You measure the distance between the closest points of the two bases. Source: base rules, page 1. (Core book page 226).

 

[Killer Angel]

I measure the diagonal distance. That's the same real distance i take to see if a target is within shooting range.
Unless it's a piece of terrain with rules that say that you measure distance from the terrain itself.

 

[Aginor]

I measure the diagonal distance. That's the same real distance i take to see if a target is within shooting range.
Unless it's a piece of terrain with rules that say that you measure distance from the terrain itself.

I just noticed that I wrote "slant range" in my post above, and I totally forgot that that's not a term most people know. I meant the same thing as you.

...and that leads to an interesting tactic maybe.... I will have to think about that...

 

[Killer Angel]

I just noticed that I wrote "slant range" in my post above, and I totally forgot that that's not a term most people know. I meant the same thing as you.

Yep, despite the unusual term, in your previous post it was sufficiently clear that we adopt the same procedure

 

[Aginor]

Yep, despite the unusual term, in your previous post it was sufficiently clear that we adopt the same procedure

It is a term mostly used when talking about radar or laser operations. I studied geo-informatics so I learned about airborne laser scanning and such things, plus I am a flight simulation and military aviation fan so a lot of radar operations and laser/IR targeting systems there as well. That terminology is something I am using without even thinking a lot about it.

 

[ILKAIN]

Thank you both!