Flanking big critters

[kengar]

Couple of questions:

1) If -for instance- you have a Huge creature (i.e. a dragon) , are two medium sized opponents on either side sufficient for it to be considered flanked.

2) If so, do the two opponents have to be directly opposite one another to flank? Or do they merely need an "occupied square" to be between them?

Thanks.

 

[drnuncheon]

1) If -for instance- you have a Huge creature (i.e. a dragon) , are two medium sized opponents on either side sufficient for it to be considered flanked.

2) If so, do the two opponents have to be directly opposite one another to flank? Or do they merely need an "occupied square" to be between them?

There's a discussion about this in Song & Silence, but it boils down to:

1. Yes (assuming you mean two Size M opponents, one on either side).
2. Basically, draw a line from the center of one flanker to the center of the other. If the line passes through opposite sides of the creature, it's flanked. If it passes through adjacent sides, it's not.
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   Hope this helps.
   
   J

 

[Hypersmurf]

Song and Silence has rules for this.

Note that there is no such thing as "being flanked". Flanking is an active condition on the part of the attacker, not a passive condition on the part of the defender.

Thus if two creatures are on opposite sides of a large creature, they are indeed both flanking.

The rule is - draw a line between the centres of the two squares occupied by the attackers. If the line passes through two opposite sides of the defender's "facing", the attackers are flanking. If it passes through two adjacent sides, they are not.

Does that make sense? There are diagrams in S&S that make it easier.

-Hyp.