Hello, I am new to Lancer and saw Throughbolt Rounds and wondered how it'd work.
Covering Fire says:
"Choose a character within line of sight and Range of one of your Heavy ranged weapons, and within 10 spaces: they are Impaired until the start of your next turn..."
Throughbolt Rounds says:
"When you attack with the weapon this mod is applied to, you may fire a throughbolt round instead of attacking normally. Draw a line 3 path from you, passing through terrain or other obstacles – any characters or objects in the path take 2 AP kinetic damage as the projectile punches through them and out the other side. Range, cover, and line of sight for the attack are then measured from the end of this path, continuing in the same direction."
Rules for Valid Targets says:
"... line of sight is only ignored if explicitly stated, not just omitted."
Question 1:
Would Throughbolt Rounds allow you to place covering fire on an enemy normally not in line of sight due to cover, but would be if you were to draw a line 3 path, then use that point as your line of sight point of origin? The logic being to even be able to use Throughbolt Rounds in the first place necessitates you having some way of seeing through cover, albeit no more than 3 wide; otherwise, how would you ever be able to target something and use Throughbolt Rounds?
On the other hand, it technically doesn't say it ignores line of sight... just moves where you calculate line of sight from. So the question really boils down to does that changed line of sight only work when actively making an attack or effectively at all times, so you'd even know what TO attack in the first place.
Overwatch says:
"A hostile character starts any movement (including BOOST and other actions) inside one of your weapons’ THREAT..."
Question 2:
Similar question, would you be able to overwatch an enemy within threat range but behind cover that normally blocks line of sight? The logic remains the same both ways.