12 Leaving Engagement Attacks?

[Simpsons Scaper]

If you are surrounded by 6 characters with a Coward's Reward (KOW, I believe) could you fly away and take 12 leaving engagement attacks? I would say so, but that just seems like a lot!

[tchop]

I suppose theracus could probably rack up more.

[Grungebob]

I think we have done this before. We have tried to calculate the highest amount of leaving engagement attacks a figure could possibly take. The number was much higher than you might expect.

[tchop]

I don't think there is much you guys haven't figured out about this game at this point. Every probability, highest relentless bonus, highest deadly shot, etc.. It's actually funny how often it comes up though.

My question: Can you actually delete completely useless and locked threads? It would seem a useful utility to have. Especially when people sign up to this site for the lone reason of ripping on us to get banned.

[roostertail9000]

I beleive its like 32 or something. Theracus and a bout 2 squads of knights.

[Agent Minivann]

You could always have the incredibly likely scenario of two lines of Knights of Weston (the gauntlet) leading away from Theracus engaged with Knights of Weston on all adjacent hexes but the one opening into the gauntlet. The player with Theracus also has Venoc Warlord to enhance the movement. Theracus then walks along the gauntlet until at the end of the move there are no more engaged Knights. Just a bit more than 12.

[Grungebob]

Originally Posted by roostertail9000

I beleive its like 32 or something. Theracus and a bout 2 squads of knights.

I think it is higher than that if you have ladders surrounding Theracus with knights on the ground and on ladder rungs... I think that is how it works.. Something like 40?

[pinche_guey]

Consider braxas next to 8 ladders, with the most knights possible up along the ladders (stacked over one another as densely as possible using the short knight). Then maybe 48? Even more perhaps.

[Jexik]

Well, I could imagine a situation with Sgt. Drake (old) and a bunch of Knights and Ladders... I'm thinking ~60 on the low end.

But really, why bother?

[dok]

Originally Posted by Jexik

Well, I could imagine a situation with Sgt. Drake (old) and a bunch of Knights and Ladders... I'm thinking ~60 on the low end.

Actually, wasn't the conclusion of that long FAQ discussion that you only check for adjacency at the beginning and the end of a move between hexes? That is, that climbing over battlements, or falling, or grappling up, can't lead to rapid engagement and disengagement?

Assuming that's the case, here's the best I can do:

Nilfheim, Su-Bak-Na, or Braxas (i.e. a 2-hex figure with a height of at least 12) is standing on a 4 high pedestal, surrounded by Knights of Weston. Around the edge of those hexes are ladders, and there are two more "stories" of knights, at heights of 6 and 11.

So the dragon/hivelord is adjacent to 24 knights. Flying away, the dragon takes 48 dice of leaving engagement attacks.

[GreenLanturn]

Originally Posted by dok

So the dragon/hivelord is adjacent to 24 knights. Flying away, the dragon takes 48 dice of leaving engagement attacks.

But then without moving the dragon/hivelord lands again only to take off without using any move! INFINITE STRIKES!

[Agent Minivann]

Originally Posted by Agent Minivann

You could always have the incredibly likely scenario of two lines of Knights of Weston (the gauntlet) leading away from Theracus engaged with Knights of Weston on all adjacent hexes but the one opening into the gauntlet. The player with Theracus also has Venoc Warlord to enhance the movement. Theracus then walks along the gauntlet until at the end of the move there are no more engaged Knights. Just a bit more than 12.

Originally Posted by Grungebob

I think it is higher than that if you have ladders surrounding Theracus with knights on the ground and on ladder rungs... I think that is how it works.. Something like 40?

Thanks to some insomnia I went through and figured out how many dice would be rolled in my scenario with a second level of knights on ladders from Grunngebob's scenario. I came up with 76 possible dice. 19 knights on the ground, 19 on ladders for 38 knights rolling 2 dice each. I think Theracus would probably have to be on a raised path to be adjacent to both levels simultaneously. With less movement Braxas could get more with the taller gauntlet of knights, but I'm not about to go through and figure that one out.