Facing, long creatures and other things

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The real question I need answered is, what counts as flanking for bigger creatures?

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oTTo
2TTo
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Between 1, 2, 3 & 4, who is flanking and with whom? T is the Dire Tiger.

Song and Silence covers this in depth. In fact, p 84 contains a diagram much like yours.

In this diagram, the flanking pairs are: 2, 3 ; 2, 4

The rule is: Connect the centerpoints of the flankers occupied areas. If they pass through opposite edges (or opposite corners) of the targets occupied area, they are flanking.

1 and 4 do not form a flanking pair, because the line passes through adjacent sides of the tigers area.

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