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Originally Posted by Chris Rice
That gives me an idea. I think it would be reasonable to allow a figure to ignore engagement as long as the engaging figure is allowed an "auto-hit" before the figure leaves engagement. That means you can largely ignore weak foes, although still at some risk, which seems more realistic.
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That's one of several options for essentially the same proposal which people have used as house-rules over the years.
Most people who do it have agreed it makes sense that ignoring engagement should allow the ignored person a chance to attack the ignorer, but the details of how people handle it have varied, e.g.:
* a max-damage auto-hit
* an auto-hit
* a free attack at some advantage
* a free attack with no advantage
* a chance to use their normal attack out of sequence at some advantage
* a chance to use their normal attack out of sequence
* and/or an extra Shift (or full move) to react to the ignorer's movement
I tend to agree with hcobb in general that I tend to give:
* a chance to use their normal attack out of sequence at some advantage (+2 DX but not necessarily no shield protection) and an extra Shift (or full move) to react to the ignorer's movement.