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<blockquote data-quote="DogBackward" data-source="post: 5194042" data-attributes="member: 50642"><p>Think of it this way: if Bob, Tim, Joe and the rest are all fighting you, then they've each got their attention on you. You can only give your <strong>full</strong> attention to one enemy: this doesn't mean you can't keep a weather eye on the other four.</p><p></p><p>So, you devote your energy to fighting Bob, and you're doing pretty well. If you tried to attack Tim right now, you'd miss for two reasons: you can't dedicate your entire focus to him right now since you're already doing that with Bob, and also because Tim is dedicating <strong>his</strong> entire focus to you. You can make as many side-attacks as you want, you just won't hit with any of them since you can't put your full attention behind them. In fact, that's part of the assumption of a threatened square: you're constantly attacking all enemies around you, but only the one you actually roll against is the one you're giving your full attention to, so it's the only attack that has a chance to hit.</p><p></p><p>However, if Tim decides to move away from you, he's got to break his focus on you to focus on where he's gonna move. This gives you a chance to actually land one of those side-attacks you've been sending his way every few seconds, because he's not entirely dedicated to blocking your attacks anymore, at least for the moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DogBackward, post: 5194042, member: 50642"] Think of it this way: if Bob, Tim, Joe and the rest are all fighting you, then they've each got their attention on you. You can only give your [B]full[/B] attention to one enemy: this doesn't mean you can't keep a weather eye on the other four. So, you devote your energy to fighting Bob, and you're doing pretty well. If you tried to attack Tim right now, you'd miss for two reasons: you can't dedicate your entire focus to him right now since you're already doing that with Bob, and also because Tim is dedicating [B]his[/B] entire focus to you. You can make as many side-attacks as you want, you just won't hit with any of them since you can't put your full attention behind them. In fact, that's part of the assumption of a threatened square: you're constantly attacking all enemies around you, but only the one you actually roll against is the one you're giving your full attention to, so it's the only attack that has a chance to hit. However, if Tim decides to move away from you, he's got to break his focus on you to focus on where he's gonna move. This gives you a chance to actually land one of those side-attacks you've been sending his way every few seconds, because he's not entirely dedicated to blocking your attacks anymore, at least for the moment. [/QUOTE]
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