Vamping Up Retreats

[Shostak]

Thanks for those page references! I'm definitely still using this old rule.

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by Axly Suregrip

... BTW, in DT2 the next sentence is about falling in a hex with a pit adjacent, then you need to roll against 3 v DX to avoid falling into it. Earlier in this topic Skarg said that is his house rule. It is actually from here, in DT2. So, I have always treated it as cannon. ...

Aha! Thanks Axly! I think that is probably where we got it from, but didn't remember.

[Desert Scribe]

Originally Posted by Axly Suregrip

In original Melee (pg 17 of my copy) it reads "If the enemy has no adjacent, vacant hex to retreat to, it must make a saving roll (3 dice against DX) to avoid falling in its original hex."

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The new ITL pg.102 states "If there is no vacant or fallen-figure
hex adjacent to the foe and farther from the attacker, you
cannot force a retreat." and again on pg 118.

The latter is almost identical to the rule in the most recent edition of Melee (page 20): "If there is no vacant or fallen-figure hex adjacent to the foe, you cannot force a retreat."

I prefer Melee/Wizard as opposed to the entire In The Labyrinth, and I have to say, I prefer the forced retreat rule from the 1977 version to the more recent editions.