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Old 09-14-2019, 06:45 PM   #22
Skarg
 
Join Date: May 2015
Default Re: TFT Errata for Hexagram #3

* Some people have been confused about the mention of initiating HTH from the "rear" (as a way to allow an attempt, and as an exception to the 6 result where the defender hits the attempter). That is, they wonder whether entering from a Side hex counts as "rear" for those purposes, or not. That is, can you initiate HTH on someone who isn't cornered and who has as much MA as you do, if you do so from the side? And, can a HTH initiation defender hit an HTH attempter with a 6 result if the attempt is via a Side hex?

* Some people think thrown weapons get Side and Rear bonuses from more than one hex away (though there is no diagram defining those arcs) because the rule about Missile Weapons not getting them says missile weapons, and thrown weapons have language about being like hand weapons.

* It's also not clear whether a 2-hex jab would get side/rear bonuses, and if so, it's not clear whether a 2-hex jab along the spine between a foe's Side and Rear hexes would get a +2 or a +4.

* GM screen: "Wing: -2 DX if target flying" ... doesn't mention that's in addition to the flying penalty of -4, total -6.

* GM screen: "Fighter using a weapon in each hand and striking with both in the same turn: -4 on both attacks." This contradicts ITL p.111, which says a figure without Two Weapons of a main gauche would be at -6 DX to each weapon attack.

* GM screen: "Target is Blurred" should read -4, not 4.

* GM screen: "Target is a multi-hex figure in flight -1" - That's not what it says anywhere else. Actual rules are on ITL p.116 (Oversized Targets section).

* Flight spell on ITL p. 25 description of penalties (-2 for melee attacks due to unfamiliarity) is very inconsistent with the general Aerial Combat rules, which say even natural fliers make melee attacks at -4.

* GM screen also mentions "Using a Flight spell and attacking with a melee weapon or casting spell: -2" but does not list the standard -4 to make attacks while flying.

Last edited by Skarg; 09-14-2019 at 10:06 PM. Reason: removed thrown spell roll to miss comment because a later line on the screen does say Thrown Spells don't need to do that
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