09-23-2018, 01:05 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Plymouth, UK.
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Polearm charge against a bowman
Beldros (adjDX 12) has a bow ready and is charge attacked by an orc with a spear (adjDX 11). Who attacks first?
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09-23-2018, 01:54 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Columbia, Maryland
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Re: Polearm charge against a bowman
From Melee, page 12. "On any turn when a pole weapon is being used in a charge attack or against a charge attack (or both), roll all the pole-weapon results first, in order of adjDX, before resolving any other attacks."
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09-23-2018, 02:09 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Plymouth, UK.
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Re: Polearm charge against a bowman
Indeed, and that sounds strange when against a character with a ranged weapon.
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09-23-2018, 02:26 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Columbia, Maryland
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Re: Polearm charge against a bowman
Agreed. Logically, the archer should fire first.
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09-23-2018, 05:30 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: behind you
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Re: Polearm charge against a bowman
I believe I have seen some people state that they order actions by weapon type then adjDX. In other words...
- All missile weapon attacks occur first, in order of adjDX - Next, all polearm attacks, in order of adjDX - Next, everything else but spells in order of adjDX - Finally, spells. Seems reasonable to me but I think I'd lump polearm and thrown attacks together, ordered by adjDX. Last edited by platimus; 09-23-2018 at 05:36 PM. |
09-23-2018, 08:09 PM | #7 |
Join Date: May 2018
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Re: Polearm charge against a bowman
I'd agree with this, though it's partially mitigated by the fact that the only way to disengage is to take a whole turn to do it, otherwise the character's movement is limited to shifting hexes.
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09-23-2018, 08:35 PM | #8 |
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Re: Polearm charge against a bowman
The pole weapon preemption rule assumes the pole user is facing a hand-held weapon, were weapon reach matters. It should not matter against ranged weapons.
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09-23-2018, 10:17 PM | #9 |
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Plymouth, UK.
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Re: Polearm charge against a bowman
Relying on assumptions in rules, causes augments at the game table when people have different assumptions.
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09-24-2018, 10:44 AM | #10 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
Location: behind you
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Re: Polearm charge against a bowman
The more I think about this, the more I'm Ok with it. A polearm charger would usually start his turn less than 30 feet away from the archer he would charge. That's not a lot of time for the archer to draw his bow and aim at the guy running toward him with a long pointy stick. The time he spent drawing and aiming would certainly make him an easier target for the charge attack.
Compared with the alternatives, I'm jim-dandy with the polearm charge attack rule. |
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