Honor Bound Hero

Japan, Hero Soldier, 1939

ATT inf 8/6/-
ATT veh 2/-/-
Cost 7.00
Def 5/5
Speed 1

Japanese Hero
This unit doesn’t get placed on the battle map during deployment. At the beginning of any of your movement phases, you may deploy this unit in any hex that contains a friendly Japanese Soldier. This unit ignores face-up Disrupted counters.

Hand to Hand 10
This unit has an attack value of 10 against Soldiers in its hex. This attack ignores cover.

Close Assault 8
This unit has an attack value of 8 against Vehicles in its hex. This attack ignores cover.

Superior Camouflage
While this unit has cover, enemy units can’t attack this unit at medium or long range.

Set D-Day, 41/45 u

 

Special Abilities Errata & FAQ

Japanese Hero

This unit doesn’t get placed on the battle map during deployment. At the beginning of any of your movement phases, you may deploy this unit in any hex that contains a friendly Japanese Soldier. This unit ignores face-up Disrupted counters.

Q: If a single Soldier is already mounted on a Heavy Transport unit (capacity 2), could a Hero be placed directly into the transport unit with it?
A: Yes.

Q: Can a Hero be placed into a hex already at the stacking limit?
A: Heroes can be over-stacked (by 1, as per the stacking rules) when they are placed.

Q: When you place a hero in the beginning of the movement phase is it allowed to move as well?
A: Yes, the initial placement of the hero doesn't count as movement so he can move as normal.

Q: Can a Hero be stopped by defensive fire? If not, is there even any reason to shoot at them for defensive fire?
A: No, they can’t be stopped by normal Defensive Fire. But if the Lethal Defensive Fire rule from the Expanded Rules is used, then there is a reason to use Defensive Fire against them. You could score enough successes to get two hits. Then they would be removed in the casualty phase.

Q: If a friendly Soldier is mounted on a transport, can a hero deploy into the same hex at the beginning of the movement phase?
A: Yes.

Close Assault 8

This unit has an attack value of 8 against Vehicles in its hex. This attack ignores cover.

Q: Can a Solder perform a Close Assault while loaded on a Vehicle with Fighting Platform?
A: Yes. Close Assault can be used without dismounting, if the transport has Fighting Platform.

Superior Camouflage

While this unit has cover, enemy units can’t attack this unit at medium or long range.

Q: Does "has cover" mean that the unit must succeed at a cover roll to get the Superior Camouflage ability?
A: No. A unit "has cover" just by being in hex filled with defensive terrain. This means that a Sniper with Superior Camouflage can't be attacked directly at medium or long range while it's in a forest, hill, marsh, town or other hex that gives it cover.

Q: A rifleman is sharing the same hex with a Fanatical/Expert/Imperial Sniper. A Brummbar tank is four hexes away and decides to target the rifleman. Does the sniper take damage from the Blast targeted at the rifleman located in the same hex?
A: Yes. The Blast gets the sniper too.