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Old 07-18-2019, 02:44 PM   #6
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Default Re: Safely Approaching Pole Weapons

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Originally Posted by Skarg View Post
No, you don't only get the defensive pole weapon advantages if someone moving up to you doesn't attack. You get the defensive advantages against anyone who was two hexes or more away from you at the start of your turn, and who then moves adjacent (unless they end up in your side or rear hex during the action phase).
Are you sure about this, the rules seem clear that a polearm gets the bonus against a "charge attack", and a charge attack is defined as an attack, not some other action

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Originally Posted by ITL p111
A charge attack is defined as an attack in which the attacker moves from a non-adjacent hex to a hex adjacent to his target.
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Originally Posted by ITL p11
Charge attack – An option in which you move up to half your MA and then strike at the foe
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