EBT to roof LOF = roof to ground LOF?

[lancelot]

i m sure my subject line says it all...if i am on EBT and i have clear line of fire, it s like firing from the roof to the ground? i cannot engage in close combat with adjacdent characters if i am on EBT, even if i have Leap/Climb?

[Earnan]

Ow.

A synapse broke. That hurt.

Sorry, you'll have to wait for double_a, Xanth, or Tsannik.

But, I promise I'll remeber what they say for the next guy! ;)

WarlordEarnan

[double_a]

Here's how it breaks down (based on current Chapeau rulings):

1- For movement purposes: Only Flyers and Leap/Climbers can be on Elevated Blocking Terrain (EBT) squares (phasers can move though them but can't stay).

2- For close-combat & knockback purposes: The thick black lines are considered to be WALLS. Use all the same rules that you use for indoor walls (i.e. you are not adjacent, if you get knockback you stop & take a click of damage, etc).

3- For range combat against ground targets: Use normal elevated terrain rules (i.e. must be on the edge, cannot cross other elevated terrain squares, can fire over ground figures, etc).

4- For range combat against rooftop targets: Use elevated terrain rules except LoF is affected by intervening rooftop figures (blocked) and terrain (blocked/hindered). Effectively you cannot shoot over rooftop figure's heads.

So your LoF question applies to #4. If you have clear line of fire (i.e. no intervening figures or blocking terrain) then use normal elevated rules against rooftop opponents.
Your Leap/Climb question applies to #2: since you could not do a leap/climb attack through a wall you can't leap/climb attack from or to EBT.

I think that's as simple as I can make it.