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<blockquote data-quote="Artoomis" data-source="post: 2602763" data-attributes="member: 111"><p>That's sort of true. Sort of, because you are not considering the nature of D&D rounds, in which actions are done sequentially only for our sanity in running the game, they really all happen at once - sort of.</p><p></p><p>All this "sort of" stuff is what can makes things a little confusing.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, an opponent is flanked when a melee combatant is entitled to a flanking bonus on him. The flankers are the ones on opposite sides of him. Simple, eh? Both flankers must be making melee attacks (or at least one must be threatening) or the opponent is not flanked.</p><p></p><p>This can create an odd situation, though. Let's say we have</p><p></p><p>1A2</p><p></p><p>where 1 & 2 are PCs and A is the possibly flanked bad guy. Well, if 1 is using a longsword , then so far so good. Now let's say 2 has a dagger in each hand and two attacks (BAB 6 or more). When he attacks with the dagger in melee he gets the +2 flanking bonus and A is clearly flanked. Then he throws the other dagger. He clearly does not get the +2 flanking bonus for the second attack, but is A still flanked?? If so, sneak attack damage would apply.</p><p></p><p>Okay, I admit that's getting a bit far-fetched and the simplest rule is to simply say that the Rogue flanking sneak attack damage applies only if the Rogue also gets a +2 flanking bonus on that same attack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Artoomis, post: 2602763, member: 111"] That's sort of true. Sort of, because you are not considering the nature of D&D rounds, in which actions are done sequentially only for our sanity in running the game, they really all happen at once - sort of. All this "sort of" stuff is what can makes things a little confusing. Anyway, an opponent is flanked when a melee combatant is entitled to a flanking bonus on him. The flankers are the ones on opposite sides of him. Simple, eh? Both flankers must be making melee attacks (or at least one must be threatening) or the opponent is not flanked. This can create an odd situation, though. Let's say we have 1A2 where 1 & 2 are PCs and A is the possibly flanked bad guy. Well, if 1 is using a longsword , then so far so good. Now let's say 2 has a dagger in each hand and two attacks (BAB 6 or more). When he attacks with the dagger in melee he gets the +2 flanking bonus and A is clearly flanked. Then he throws the other dagger. He clearly does not get the +2 flanking bonus for the second attack, but is A still flanked?? If so, sneak attack damage would apply. Okay, I admit that's getting a bit far-fetched and the simplest rule is to simply say that the Rogue flanking sneak attack damage applies only if the Rogue also gets a +2 flanking bonus on that same attack. [/QUOTE]
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