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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 3681219" data-attributes="member: 1656">If you're drawing a distinction between the flanking bonus and the 'flank an opponent' status, and declaring that the only requirement for 'flank an opponent' is the line test, note that as well as 'making a melee attack' not being required, neither is 'ally threatens the opponent'.Let's say my ally, with his hands in his pockets, is at one end of a hundred foot long corridor.&nbsp; Let's say I'm at the other end, with my bow.&nbsp; Let's say there's an orc at the halfway point.I'm not making a melee attack - I can't get a flanking bonus.&nbsp; My ally doesn't threaten the opponent - I definitely can't get a flanking bonus.&nbsp; But we satisfy the line test - if my ally and I trace a line between our centres, it passes through opposite sides of the orc's square.Note that if there's a closed door between my ally and the orc, the line test still works - the imaginary line is drawn between my square and his square, with no mention made of cover.So, if you draw a distinction between the flanking bonus and the 'flank an opponent' status, and declare that the only requirement for 'flank an opponent' is the line test, then yes, you can sneak attack with a bow when your ally threatens an opponent from directly opposite... but you can also sneak attack with a bow when your ally is a fifty feet away from your opponent, on the other side of a closed door, as long as he's somewhere in the correct arc to intersect your line test.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 3681219, member: 1656"] If you're drawing a distinction between the flanking bonus and the 'flank an opponent' status, and declaring that the [i]only[/i] requirement for 'flank an opponent' is the line test, note that as well as 'making a melee attack' not being required, neither is 'ally threatens the opponent'. Let's say my ally, with his hands in his pockets, is at one end of a hundred foot long corridor. Let's say I'm at the other end, with my bow. Let's say there's an orc at the halfway point. I'm not making a melee attack - I can't get a flanking bonus. My ally doesn't threaten the opponent - I definitely can't get a flanking bonus. But we satisfy the line test - if my ally and I trace a line between our centres, it passes through opposite sides of the orc's square. Note that if there's a closed door between my ally and the orc, the line test still works - the imaginary line is drawn between my square and his square, with no mention made of cover. So, if you draw a distinction between the flanking bonus and the 'flank an opponent' status, and declare that the [i]only[/i] requirement for 'flank an opponent' is the line test, then yes, you can sneak attack with a bow when your ally threatens an opponent from directly opposite... but you can also sneak attack with a bow when your ally is a fifty feet away from your opponent, on the other side of a closed door, as long as he's somewhere in the correct arc to intersect your line test. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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