Warfighter: Modern Expansion #55 – Medals
Warfighter: Modern Expansion #55 – Medals Rulebook
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Medals
If you are using the Medals expansion, your Soldiers earn Medals as normal during the Campaign Missions.
The RP value of Medals is only used when drawing Hostile cards for Location and Objective cards.
Example: You are playing an Offensive Campaign. Your Squad started the Mission worth 30 RP, plus 5 RP of Medals. During the Mission, you treat the Squad as being worth 35 RP when drawing Hostile cards. At the end of the Mission, your Squad is only worth 20 RP due to losses, not counting Medal RP. Your Squad gains 10 RP to make purchases (30 RP of starting Squad value - 20 RP of ending Squad value = 10 Regained RP).
Nation Medal Cards
Set-Up
Separate the Medal cards by Nation. You will only need the Nation cards for the specific Nation you are commanding during a Mission. Place all the other Medal cards off to the side.
Shuffle your Nation's Medal cards and place the deck face down next to the Tactical Display Sheet.
The Mission
Always use Elite Hostiles when you are using the Medals expansion.
Drawing a Medal Card
Draw the top card when the Mission meets the condition specified on the back of its card. Draw only one card even if the next card in the deck has the same condition.
Example: A Medal card's back has the condition "Draw when you play a Location." You play a Location card and draw the Medal card. If the next card also has the "Draw when you play a Location" condition, do not draw it until you play another Location card.
Potential Medal Recipient
Once you draw the Medal card, randomly determine which of your Soldiers is in a position to receive the Medal. All Soldier types (Player Soldiers, Non-Player Soldiers, and Squad Soldiers) may receive Medals.
Earning the Medal
If the Soldier completes the requirements listed on the Medal card, the Soldier gains the noted benefit.
Immediately apply the benefit to the Soldier. It is possible for a Soldier to earn a benefit they would not normally be eligible for.
Example: A Squad Soldier earns a benefit that awards him 2 RP of Skills. Select 2 RP of Skills for that Soldier.
Example: An NPS earns a Medal that allows him to "Once per Mission, Find 1 Grenade." Even though he is an NPS and his Gear is normally pre-determined, he can Find, and use, the Grenade.
The Medal cards come with sheets of Medal stickers. Peel off the appropriate Medal sticker and apply it to the Soldier card.
Each Medal has an RP value. Take this into account during Soldier RP checks, such as when Lightening the Load.
These stickers stay with the Soldier until he suffers a Downed or KIA result. Take into account the RP value of Medals when selecting Soldiers for future Missions.
"Eliminate"
Some Medals have the "Eliminate" condition. This means the Soldier must be the only Soldier to inflict all Suppression and EKIA results on the Hostile card. If any other Soldier, or card played by another Soldier, inflicts a Suppression or EKIA on the Hostile card, the Soldier is no longer eligible to receive the Medal for that Hostile card.
Example: To receive a Medal, the Soldier must Eliminate an enemy Sniper card. If any Soldier, other than the selected Soldier, inflicts a Suppress or EKIA on the Sniper, the Soldier is no longer eligible to receive the Medal.
If the Medal specifies a Turn limit, and the condition is not met within the noted limit, shuffle the Medal back into its Nation's draw deck.
Example: The French's "Military Medal" specifies that 2 EKIA must be placed on a Rifle Team this turn. If the Soldier only places a single EKIA this turn, the Medal is discarded, with the Hostile remaining in play.
"Draw and leave face down..."
Draw the card, but leave it face down. Move it off to the side. Reveal it, when the condition is met.
"Draw a Hostile..."
If the Hostile does not have Place instructions, Place it in the Front-most Location card. The Hostile Targets Soldiers as normal.
PMC Medal Cards
PMC Medal cards work much the same as Nation Medal cards.
Differences
PMC Medal cards have a variety of card text formats on their front sides.
Some cards will inflict a penalty on the Soldier until a condition is met or a cost is paid.
Other cards will impose a penalty and benefit.
And still other cards will simply give the Soldier a bonus of some kind.
Most PMC cards either have an instant effect, and are then discarded, or they only last for a set duration, such as until the Soldier exits their current Location. Very few PMC cards stay in effect past the end of the Mission.
PMC Medal cards do not add to a Soldier's RP value unless the card has an RP value in its top-right corner.
Stickers
Even though the effects of most PMC Medals do not last beyond the end of the Mission, place a Medal sticker on the Soldier's card each time the Medal card is placed on a Soldier.