thrown weapons and facing

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by Shostak

The example below the diagram on ITL 114 make no mention of modifiers other than range so no, I wouldn't. Too bad the diagram did not have the letter symbols rotated to show facing (are we really to believe every figure is facing the same way?); it would have been far more useful if it had! As it is, one could take the failure to note facing modifiers as justification for or against giving thrown attacks the benefit.

As someone who remains convinced the intent is that facing has no effect on any ranged attacks, I would note that the lack of facing, and the fact that A is throwing though all those figure's Side and Rear hexes with no DX modifier applied, as well as the fact that they did not think to show any other facings, nor mention anything about facing, all tends to favor the reading that facing has no effect on thrown attacks.