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Old July 21st, 2009, 09:19 AM
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Climb and Engagement

There's something I've been wondering about concerning
the Climb ability. I've searched around and haven't found anything about this, so I figured I might as well ask.

The ability Climb says:
When moving up or down levels of terrain, (name of figure) may double/triple (depending on whether it's X2 or X3) their height.

My question is:
There is a Fyorlag Spider on a height 1 space and there is an enemy figure on a height 4 space next to the spider. Obviously they are not considered to be engaged. However, If the spider moves onto a height 2 space that is still next to the enemy figure (and for some reason has to use Climb X3 - say there's a battlement in the way) its height would temporarily become 6 (because Climb X3 triples height). Does it become momentarily engaged with the figure on the height 4 space? Furthermore, after moving onto the height 2 space and ending its movement, its height would revert to 2. Would it take a leaving engagement attack because it is no longer engaged?

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Old July 21st, 2009, 09:23 AM
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Re: Climb and Engagement

Climb never affects height.

It only affects how high you can climb in one turn. Your stated height is what you must use to determine if engaged or not.

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Old July 21st, 2009, 09:27 AM
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Re: Climb and Engagement

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I hope that engagement on the same hex gets an answer in the faq too (a ruling like: "if two figures occupy the same space they are considered engaged" would do it, I think)

I see no reason for a separate ruling. I'd consider "moving through another figure" (ala ghost walk, phantom walk) similar to moving over a wall/battlement, or falling past other hexes. You can't stop in the middle, so engagement would only be checked (a) on the hex you left from, and (b) on the hex you wound up on.

You don't check for Nakita "engagement strike" when climbing a battlement from one engaged space to another around a Nakita - why would you check for engagement strike when walking from one engaged space to another through a Nakita?

Agreed.
Engagement is checked on the hex you left from and the hex you arrive on, not in the middle. Therefore, the spider is safe.

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Re: Climb and Engagement

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Climb never affects height.
Actually, the power explicitly says that it does affect height:

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...may triple their height.
However, engagement is only checked on each hex of your move, not between, I think, so you're OK.
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Re: Climb and Engagement

No, it doesn't, for sake of engagement.

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hen moving up or down levels of terrain, (name of figure) may double/triple (depending on whether it's X2 or X3) their height.
They do not suddenly become 2 or 3 times taller - they only double or triple their height for the sole purpose of movement, nothing else at all.

EDIT:

What I mean is that their power is that they are excellent climbers, being able to climb better than their height would otherwise suggest. The converse being is that their height does NOT actually increase when climbing.

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Re: Climb and Engagement

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However, engagement is only checked on each hex of your move, not between, I think, so you're OK.
That's what I figured. Thanks for the clarification.

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Re: Climb and Engagement

On the card it says that climb doesn't affect engagement only moving up and down levels.

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Re: Climb and Engagement

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On the card it says that climb doesn't affect engagement only moving up and down levels.
Because they don't "grow", they are just good climbers.

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Re: Climb and Engagement

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On the card it says that climb doesn't affect engagement only moving up and down levels.
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When moving up or down levels of terrain, Fyorlag Spiders may tripple their height.
I don't see where it says anything about it not affecting engagement.
But yes, since engagement/disengagement is only considered when a figure is on a hex, not in between. It's like when a figure falls off a cliff and passes by an enemy on the way down. You don't roll for disengagement because you were never engagned on a particular hex.

Side Note: I just noticed that you may add height when moving up or down. This means that when falling, you could choose to roll for falling damage even if the drop was not more than 5 high.I can't think of many situations where this would be advantageous. Maybe if Cyprien were almost dead and you didn't want your spiders to give him easy life. I just thought this would be something worth pointing out.


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Re: Climb and Engagement

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The orange circle is the starting postition for our spider, the green circle is one of your opponent's spiders, and the blue/cyan circle is your spider at the end of his move.

Now, on the right example, using the ladder to get up the four hexes, your spider would become engaged and leave engagement when he got to the top (per the FotA rule book).

In the example on the left, I would think the spider using climb would also become engaged and then disengage when going from the orange circle to the blue/cyan circle. However, it sounds like most of you are saying that the spider wouldn't become engaged. I think I will respectfully disagree with that opinion -- but I'll keep checking the rule book.
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Re: Climb and Engagement

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The orange circle is the starting postition for our spider, the green circle is one of your opponent's spiders, and the blue/cyan circle is your spider at the end of his move.

Now, on the right example, using the ladder to get up the four hexes, your spider would become engaged and leave engagement when he got to the top (per the FotA rule book).

In the example on the left, I would think the spider using climb would also become engaged and then disengage when going from the orange circle to the blue/cyan circle. However, it sounds like most of you are saying that the spider wouldn't become engaged. I think I will respectfully disagree with that opinion -- but I'll keep checking the rule book.
With the ladder, their would be engagement, since the spider is occupying a 'space'. With the 'climb' version, the spider is never in a 'space' except at the begging and end of its move.

This has been discussed previously and a clarification given. I can't recall the exact context of the discussion, but I will attempt to find the relevant thread..
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Re: Climb and Engagement

The space occupied is called a ladder rung space or just rung space. With climb there are no spaces being occupied.

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