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Old 04-28-2022, 05:13 AM   #23
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Default Re: Questions while reading rules more accurately...

The hex you occupy is relevant to represent the general space you are controlling. However it also produces very silly results if you try to treat it as a literal representation of exactly quantized one yard movements in exactly one second time. Fighters aren't standing exactly in the middle of a one yard hex nor do they freeze while other fighters teleport from hex center to hex center during their turns. These are abstraction of dynamic actions in free space.
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Originally Posted by Lovewyrm View Post
It seems then the entire thing then doesn't matter, especially considering that Kromm post about 'just giving an inch' and the step doesn't even matter unless the GM wants it to matter.
Game mechanically, you don't get the bonus unless you move a full hex. This doesn't mean your character necessarily moved exactly 36 inches, it means they shifted enough so that their relative positional zones of control changed by about that.

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But also at the same time having obstacles as the limiter.
Well, yes because you can't effectively control the space occupied by a table even if you technically can squeeze into the edge of it.
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Why even do the step then?
In order to get a bonus on defenses, you need to significantly surrender some space.

You also seen to consistently be ignoring Sideslips and Slips (Martial Arts p. 120) as retreat options. These still require a yard of movement, but you don't end up farther from your opponent than you started.

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