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Reclarification on why player 3 doesn't achieve flanking
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edit approved Jun 21 at 12:58
Kasper Thystrup Karstensen
edit approved Jun 21 at 12:58
Kasper Thystrup Karstensen
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Flanking applies to attackers

The flanking rules say:

To flank a foe, you and your ally must be on opposite sides of the creature. A line drawn between the center of your space and the center of your ally's space must pass through opposite sides or opposite corners of the foe's space

That is, for you, the attacker under consideration, it matters if you have an ally on the other side. The creature in the middle does not gain some kind of "flanked" status flag if it is flanked by some other creatures. You check for each creature around it if the flanking conditions are fulfilled.

In your example, there is no ally onyou can't draw a line from the opposite sidecenter of player 3, so and cross both opposite sides of the enemy square with any other ally. Thus player 3 does not get the advantage of flanking.

There is even an image in the rules that explains this situation:

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Here Merisel is your player 3, and Valeros and Kyra are your players 1 and 2. They flank the creature, Merisel does not.

Flanking applies to attackers

The flanking rules say:

To flank a foe, you and your ally must be on opposite sides of the creature. A line drawn between the center of your space and the center of your ally's space must pass through opposite sides or opposite corners of the foe's space

That is, for you, the attacker under consideration, it matters if you have an ally on the other side. The creature in the middle does not gain some kind of "flanked" status flag if it is flanked by some other creatures. You check for each creature around it if the flanking conditions are fulfilled.

In your example, there is no ally on the opposite side of player 3, so player 3 does not get the advantage of flanking.

There is even an image in the rules that explains this situation:

enter image description here

Here Merisel is your player 3, and Valeros and Kyra are your players 1 and 2. They flank the creature, Merisel does not.

Flanking applies to attackers

The flanking rules say:

To flank a foe, you and your ally must be on opposite sides of the creature. A line drawn between the center of your space and the center of your ally's space must pass through opposite sides or opposite corners of the foe's space

That is, for you, the attacker under consideration, it matters if you have an ally on the other side. The creature in the middle does not gain some kind of "flanked" status flag if it is flanked by some other creatures. You check for each creature around it if the flanking conditions are fulfilled.

In your example, you can't draw a line from the center of player 3 and cross both opposite sides of the enemy square with any other ally. Thus player 3 does not get the advantage of flanking.

There is even an image in the rules that explains this situation:

enter image description here

Here Merisel is your player 3, and Valeros and Kyra are your players 1 and 2. They flank the creature, Merisel does not.

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Flanking applies to attackers

The flanking rules say:

To flank a foe, you and your ally must be on opposite sides of the creature. A line drawn between the center of your space and the center of your ally's space must pass through opposite sides or opposite corners of the foe's space

That is, for youyou, the attacker under consideration, it matters if you have an ally on the other side. The creature in the middle does not gain some kind of "flanked" status flag if it is flanked by some other creatures. You check for each creature around it if the flanking conditions are fulfilled.

In your example, there is no ally on the opposite side of player 3, so player 3 does not get the advantage of flanking.

There is even an image in the rules that explains this situation:

enter image description here

Here Merisel is your player 3, and Valeros and Kyra are your players 1 and 2. They flandflank the creature, Merisel does not.

Flanking applies to attackers

The flanking rules say:

To flank a foe, you and your ally must be on opposite sides of the creature. A line drawn between the center of your space and the center of your ally's space must pass through opposite sides or opposite corners of the foe's space

That is, for you, the attacker under consideration, it matters if you have an ally on the other side. The creature in the middle does not gain some kind of "flanked" status flag if it is flanked by some other creatures. You check for each creature around it if the flanking conditions are fulfilled.

In your example, there is no ally on the opposite side of player 3, so player 3 does not get the advantage of flanking.

There is even an image in the rules that explains this situation:

enter image description here

Here Merisel is your player 3, and Valeros and Kyra are your players 1 and 2. They fland the creature, Merisel does not.

Flanking applies to attackers

The flanking rules say:

To flank a foe, you and your ally must be on opposite sides of the creature. A line drawn between the center of your space and the center of your ally's space must pass through opposite sides or opposite corners of the foe's space

That is, for you, the attacker under consideration, it matters if you have an ally on the other side. The creature in the middle does not gain some kind of "flanked" status flag if it is flanked by some other creatures. You check for each creature around it if the flanking conditions are fulfilled.

In your example, there is no ally on the opposite side of player 3, so player 3 does not get the advantage of flanking.

There is even an image in the rules that explains this situation:

enter image description here

Here Merisel is your player 3, and Valeros and Kyra are your players 1 and 2. They flank the creature, Merisel does not.

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Nobody the Hobgoblin
Nobody the Hobgoblin
  • 128.9k
  • 17
  • 372
  • 770

Flanking applies to attackers

The flanking rules say:

To flank a foe, you and your ally must be on opposite sides of the creature. A line drawn between the center of your space and the center of your ally's space must pass through opposite sides or opposite corners of the foe's space

That is, for you, the attacker under consideration, it matters if you have an ally on the other side. The creature in the middle does not gain some kind of "flanked" status flag if it is flanked by some other creatures. You check for each creature around it if the flanking conditions are fulfilled.

In your example, there is no ally on the opposite side of player 3, so player 3 does not get the advantage of flanking.

There is even an image in the rules that explains this situation:

enter image description here

Here Merisel is your player 3, and Valeros and Kyra are your players 1 and 2. They fland the creature, Merisel does not.