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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 6310652" data-attributes="member: 19675">Pardon the formatting (and showing only 1 Eladrin column attacking a column of pikemen for ease of illustration):K-10' K-5' E0' &lt;5' &lt;10' &lt;15' P20' P25' P30'Where:K = eladrin knightE = eladrin trooper&lt; = pike pointP = Pikeman(Actually...I just realized I don't know- are 4Ed pikes 16' long?)Assuming semi-realistic geometry, a 30' blink gets the Eladrin appearing in the air somewhere between the second and third row of pikemen; Using 4Ed squares, he's appearing right above the third rank.&nbsp; Either way, he's well away from the business end of the polearms.&nbsp; Now, sticking with 4Ed rules- and feel free to correct my rules errors- the Eladrin falls on the 3rd Pikeman.&nbsp; &nbsp; The 3rd Pikeman has to successfully not be knocked down by the falling Eladrin trooper.&nbsp; The Eladrin has to choose to attack while prone or stand.&nbsp; Lets say he attacks.Whether or not the Pikeman was knocked down, he has the same basic decision to make as the trooper, and has to do so while adjacent to an armed hostile.&nbsp; Lets say he attacks.&nbsp; If he attacks with his pike, he's obviously aiming at the knights who are advancing behind the Trooper.&nbsp; If he drops his pike to try to knife the Trooper, any knight advancing into the rarest of pikes is facing one less obstacle.Is the Trooper's job suicidal?&nbsp; Well, it's definitely ultra dangerous, but it's less dangerous than simply working his way through the bristling pikes to get to the first row, then second, then third like a human would have to- he's attacking from the soft side.&nbsp; And those at the formation' interior have to make the choice between maintaining formation discipline or dealing with the SOB in their midst.And all that assumes that only the Trooper blinks over the formation.&nbsp; His allies could do likewise, though enough still have to be advancing conventionally to make the pikemen have to keep their pikes at the horizontal.Breaking the formation is simply easier for the eladrin than for those without their blink.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 6310652, member: 19675"] Pardon the formatting (and showing only 1 Eladrin column attacking a column of pikemen for ease of illustration): K-10' K-5' E0' <5' <10' <15' P20' P25' P30' Where: K = eladrin knight E = eladrin trooper < = pike point P = Pikeman (Actually...I just realized I don't know- [B]are 4Ed pikes 16' long?[/B]) Assuming semi-realistic geometry, a 30' blink gets the Eladrin appearing in the air somewhere between the second and third row of pikemen; Using 4Ed squares, he's appearing right above the third rank. Either way, he's well away from the business end of the polearms. Now, sticking with 4Ed rules- and feel free to correct my rules errors- the Eladrin falls on the 3rd Pikeman. The 3rd Pikeman has to successfully not be knocked down by the falling Eladrin trooper. The Eladrin has to choose to attack while prone or stand. Lets say he attacks. Whether or not the Pikeman was knocked down, he has the same basic decision to make as the trooper, and has to do so while adjacent to an armed hostile. Lets say he attacks. If he attacks with his pike, he's obviously aiming at the knights who are advancing behind the Trooper. If he drops his pike to try to knife the Trooper, any knight advancing into the rarest of pikes is facing one less obstacle. Is the Trooper's job suicidal? Well, it's definitely ultra dangerous, but it's less dangerous than simply working his way through the bristling pikes to get to the first row, then second, then third like a human would have to- he's attacking from the soft side. And those at the formation' interior have to make the choice between maintaining formation discipline or dealing with the SOB in their midst. And all that assumes that [I]only[/I] the Trooper blinks over the formation. His allies could do likewise, though enough still have to be advancing conventionally to make the pikemen have to keep their pikes at the horizontal. Breaking the formation is simply easier for the eladrin than for those without their blink. [/QUOTE]

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