Rules Questions from Play

[Axly Suregrip]

Originally Posted by Tywyll

I was introducing my friends to Melee and Wizard and a couple of situation cropped up we weren't clear on how to resolve by the book. We did out own thing and moved on, but still.

1) When in the Dex order does a character with a ranged weapon shoot at a target that engages them? It simply says 'before' the opponent engages them, but the dex count isn't clear. This became important when a Wizard wanted to Sleep the same figure that was charging their friend. Depending on how you read it, since the wizard and the opponent had the same dex, if the missile user fired as the wizard was casting it would have messed up the sleep spell (waking the target immediately).

2) If you disengage from an opponent who ran their full MA to engage you, do they still get a free swing if their Dex is also higher than yours?

A1) attacks are in adjDX order. The last attack from a bow while engaged rule is the exception to the rule that prevent archery while engaged. It allows the archer one last shot, but it does not alter the adjDX sequence. So, the archer got engaged during movement, then that same turn during actions that archer gets to fire ONE arrow (even if he is fast enough for two) and does so in sequence based on his and others adjDX.

If he is lucky enough that by next turn he is no longer engaged (say his last shot killed the attacker) he gets to keep his bow out. Otherwise he must drop the bow.

A2) Higher DX guy does not get to attack the disengaging guy, because highter DX guy ran his full movement. thus he gets no actions this turn. If higher DX guy had run only half his MA, then he would get an attack off before the slower guy would be able to disengage.

I hope that helps.