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<blockquote data-quote="mvincent" data-source="post: 3371328" data-attributes="member: 27034"><p>The rules say:</p><p><em>"When making a melee attack, you get a +2 flanking bonus if your opponent is threatened by a character or creature friendly to you on the opponent’s opposite border or opposite corner."</em></p><p>and</p><p><em>"Only a creature or character that threatens the defender can help an attacker get a flanking bonus."</em></p><p></p><p>This could be interpreted few ways, but it does not appear to allow for someone to flank with a ranged weapon. You could be considered to be flanking while attacking with a melee weapon while someone threatens on the opposite side (even if your melee weapon does not threaten), and you could be considered to be flanking if threatening with someone else on the opposite side. So I suppose a rogue could be interpreted as flanking when attacking with a non-threatening melee weapon, but note that I was speaking in reference to my earlier mentioned kludge of attacking with a ranged weapon while flanking.</p><p></p><p>Also, the 3.0 FAQ states:</p><p><em>"If you’re out of melee reach and you have a ranged weapon, you cannot flank</em></p><p><em>an opponent."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="mvincent, post: 3371328, member: 27034"] The rules say: [I]"When making a melee attack, you get a +2 flanking bonus if your opponent is threatened by a character or creature friendly to you on the opponent’s opposite border or opposite corner."[/I] and [I]"Only a creature or character that threatens the defender can help an attacker get a flanking bonus."[/I] This could be interpreted few ways, but it does not appear to allow for someone to flank with a ranged weapon. You could be considered to be flanking while attacking with a melee weapon while someone threatens on the opposite side (even if your melee weapon does not threaten), and you could be considered to be flanking if threatening with someone else on the opposite side. So I suppose a rogue could be interpreted as flanking when attacking with a non-threatening melee weapon, but note that I was speaking in reference to my earlier mentioned kludge of attacking with a ranged weapon while flanking. Also, the 3.0 FAQ states: [I]"If you’re out of melee reach and you have a ranged weapon, you cannot flank an opponent."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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