we still have argues about how exactly this figure works. Please can you explain? thanks

It is really simple if you boil it down. If you can see another, non-Diplomat figure, the Noble can't be attacked and is not considered a legal target. If you can only see Diplomats, they are fair game. The only tricky thing I see is remembering they don't override the adjacency rule for targetting.

the way i read it it was that only a diplomat can attack a diplomat and even then when no non diplomats are in LOS. My question is, if you use something with AOE will it take out the noble? such as grenades or flamethrower, force storm etc?

Actually, Diplomats cannot attack, so this is incorrect.


Yes, Diplomats can take damage from non-targetting methods of damage, as in Lightsaber Sweep, Grenades, Missiles, Uggie/Nom Bombs, etc.

Well, technically, that's not true. A character like Lord Vader or the Rodian Hunt Master can allow a Caamasi to gain 10 damage, so it is possible for them to make attacks, they just still have a +0 attack (without combined fire, anyways).

The simplest explanation of the whole thing is this: Any piece on your squad (whether it has Diplomat or not) can attack an enemy Diplomat if it is the ONLY piece it has LOS to. The only exception is that if there are other enemy pieces within LOS, as long as they ALL have Diplomat, you can still attack the one. Think of it this way, you want to assassinate the Diplomat. But you can't do it if anybody is going to see you do it. They might see the Diplomat get hit, but they don't see where the shot came from.



And while this is technically correct, you still have to follow the targetting rules in most of those situations. So things like Grenades, Flamethrower, or Missles are most useful when you hit a non-Diplomat piece that is standing adjacent to a Diplomat. In order to hit the Diplomat directly with one of those abilities, you still have to follow the targetting/LOS rules as I explained above.

Sweep is the best exception in regard to the Noble, because Lightsaber Sweep specifically generates attacks against adjacent enemies, and has absolutely nothing to do with targetting. So even if the Caamasi Noble is the only piece adjacent to you, and there's 20 other enemy non-Diplomats in LOS, you can use Sweep to attack the Noble. Self-Destruct would also immediately kill an adjacent Diplomat.

It is a tough ability to understand. Let us know if you still don't understand some part about it after you've read this.

Just giving you more explaining to do, there, Aaron. I think sometimes you get bored! ha ha

thank you, you've explained things perfectly for me.

Hahaha...probably. I just enjoy knowing the silly little nuances of the rules. It's what helps me win games.

best explanation I heard, thanks

Heh, no problem. It's one of the few things in SWM that works when you apply regular old logic to it.

Actually, this came up on WotC boards, you cannot use LS Sweep on the Noble. You are not allowed to attack or target them if diplomat is in play. "Attack" is specifically in the definition, so it matters not that sweep doesnt target.

Nickname clarified this a while back. Otherwise, everything else that was said is correct.

Oh seriously? Hadn't caught that. Interesting.

Huh, well, my Noble should still be alive from our multiplayer game a few weeks ago. I wonder how much gambit he's earned since then . . .

I agree with Billiv. Because Sweep is an attack, you can't sweep a diplomat if there are other non-diplomats in LOS.

And they most certainly can attack (when boosted). See my WotC sig...

And Attacks of Opportunity don't trigger either if Diplomat is in play. Makes them much more dangerous, IMO, for things like Thrawn Swaps or Exar Kun Transers.

I used a Camaasi at my LGS to screw this guy out of his Double Attack. He had LoS to another character but my Camaasi was adjacent so he had to move away. Probably one of the main reasons I won the match, lol...

Sorry to bump an old topic, but i figured it would be better to than duplicate it for reference.

But I just wanted to confirm that the Noble cannot be targetted even if the other mini within line of sight also cannot be targeted, such as a cloaked mini?

thanks,

correct

sorry but i have a clarification question...
You can attack the diplomat if it is the only piece your piece has LOS with?
Even if the diplomat has LOS to another of it's teams pieces?

This probably comes from a bad ruling I heard a long way back.

Check out Diplomat in the Archives and that may help... or hurt you. Basically it is saying if the active character only has LOS to the character with Diplomat and no one else in your squad has LOS to that character than you can target it as normal.