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Engagement question + more!
Hey all. We've been having a few questions in my play group that we just can't find the answer to in the rulebook and didn't see them on the FAQ so here goes;
1) When a figure is engaged can they ranged attack (normal or special) a different figure that they are not engaged with 2)if a figure is engaged with another figure can he use a ranged special/normal attack with the fiugure he's engaged with 3)When you have swamp water and regular water connected, how do you handle moving? Do you stop when going from swamp water to regular water or does it transition as normal (since you don't have to stop when entering swamp) 4)I know height advantage doesn't add to special attacks but do you get the height defense boost against special attacks? 5)If I have a figure at an elevation of 5 but he's shooting (ranged) at a huge figure (height 11) does height advantage kick in, or does the figure's hieght effect it? 6) If the answer to question 5 is yes, how does it work with melee combat if the huge figure is like 8 levels below you but still tall enough to melee against? 7) Anubian Wolves/Marcu Esenwein/etc.: Their abilities affect them till the end of the turn (when Marcu betrays you I mean). When they have multiple moves on them how does this work? Is it just for that order marker? 8 )I thought I had range and height figured out but the airborne elite have me confused. I thought the rules said height doesn't matter when calculating range, but the clarification on the Elite's grenade has the "lob" distinction which references how high it can be thrown. If height doesn't matter when calculating range why the clarification? Am I all wrong about how range works when shooting upwards? 9) One last easy one while on the subect of airborn. Ok, so I have 2 engaged elite and 2 non engaged. I want to grenade. I know the 2 unengaged work fine, but does this mean the engaged ones get no grenades, or can only use them against the figure they're engaged with? ( i know, not the best strategic decision, but is it allowable)? I know it's a lot of stuff but any answers would be a big help. The rulebook kinda glosses over a lot of stuff and I don't know where else to look for this stuff. Thanks in advance guys! P.S. Just spotted a couple of the answers in the FAQ but still like a players take on them in case the FAQ missed an exception or something. Just saying this before I get 3 posts saying "check the FAQ" Last edited by MyNameIsGrundle; August 10th, 2009 at 04:00 AM. |
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I'm sure some other member could tell you were in all the rule books that all is, but it's to late for me to do all that searching. In all honestly, I think it would be the same amount of work if not more to do that. In forest dark or glade beferned
No blade of grass shall go unturned Let those who have the daylight spurned Tread not where this green lamp has burned. Last edited by GreenLanturn; August 10th, 2009 at 07:02 AM. |
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Re: Engagement question + more!
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Re: Engagement question + more!
Whoa! It is late I copy pasted that same thing from the book and read it totally different! I edited that portion out of my response so it doesn't confuse people.
Thanks for the correction up nyphot. In forest dark or glade beferned
No blade of grass shall go unturned Let those who have the daylight spurned Tread not where this green lamp has burned. |
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Re: Engagement question + more!
Actually, I find that the rulebook doesn't gloss over anything; we readers do.
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Re: Engagement question + more!
Several of your questions can be answered if you followed the following rules for attack:
1. You have to ATTACK the figure(s) you are engaged before you can attack the unengaged ones, and special ATTACK is never modified. Therefore: - Defense against special attack gets height advantage. - Special POWER can be used on unengaged opponent even if you are engaged with another figure. For example: Braxas' Bad Breath can be used on any figures within 4 spaces, engaged or not, but Nilfheim's Cold Spit must be used on engaged figures. 2. Range of a figure is the distance UP TO which it can attack another figure. So, if you have a range 5 figure, it can attack another figure 5, or 4, or 3, or 2, or 1 spaces away. Attacking an engaged figure is attacking 1 space away, so your range figure can certainly attack an engaged figure, special or not. For your question 8, notice that the AE does not need any clear sight to use their grenades. Not sure if you know, but I think it is somewhat relevant to what you asked. You may want to check out my Brief Card for Beginner, link is in my sig line, below this post. Most of your questions can be answered there . L...o....n......g.....H...e.....r....o.....S....c....a....p...e......r ..... Heroscape Brief Card for Beginners. How to share your maps with the world. VirtualScape 101. My map thread. |
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Re: Engagement question + more!
You should really check out the new FAQs, too, posted here by one of the game's designers, as they answer a lot of extra questions.
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Re: Engagement question + more!
Thanks everybody. Big help. Like I said I did find some of the answers after posting, but it's still helpful to hear it explained by actual players. Anyway, really appreciate the help, I think it's great tthat the game still has such an active and helpful player base.
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