Comment on “Sight and Fire”

OK. I say add a sentence to the end of the paragraph beginning "effectively" which makes that point in terms of line of sight.

Does the -4 AC penalty apply only against the targeted enemy, or against any attack made against the shooter in the following round? (I'd assume the latter, given that the target of the shot would be some distance away.)

Does sighting cost AP?

What happens if I sight a guy, and between sighting and firing he has moved (meaning I only have a chance to hit on a 2, and even then only if he's in the 30-degree cone), but then I roll a 20 on the attack roll? Critical miss? :P

Because loading and firing are two separate processes, if I sight, then load, and then before my next turn my target moves, can I just forgo the attack since it's near certain to miss? No sense wasting 2 AP and an arrow. Or, because I'm behind cover, do I have to commit to shooting him because I can't see the battlefield, and if I pop out and fire and it's wasted, oh well? If I do have to commit to the shot, then although you say the sighting can be performed during the same round as loading, in practice it would almost always be performed the same round, in order to fire as soon as possible (next round) and thus minimize the chance of the target moving. Might as well just make "sighting" part of loading -- "if you have this ability, you are able to shoot [one of these weapons] from behind cover by briefly popping your head out and targeting a specific enemy while loading your weapon. A character without this ability cannot do so; they must leave cover to fire." Then proceed with the details.

Hope this helps.