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<blockquote data-quote="Patryn of Elvenshae" data-source="post: 1998533" data-attributes="member: 23094">Well, it's close, but it's not entirely certain.You see, in the rewrite, they mentioned:Now, the only &quot;flanking bonus&quot; ever mentioned in those words is the +2 flanking bonus on melee to-hit rolls.You could expand that definition and rule that &quot;flanking bonus&quot; actually includes any and all benefits of flanking (including, but not limited to, the bonus on melee attacks and the allowance of Sneak Attacks).That's probably how I'd rule it, but with the way the rules are currently written (whether intentionally or un-):H...............S...................EThe Human (H) and the Elf (E) could *technically* be considered flanking the Spider (S), because:If each humanoid were to fire a bow shot, neither would get a bonus on to-hit rolls (since neither would be making a melee attack), but you might make an argument for them getting bonus Sneak Attack dice (so long as I don't have 31' worth of&nbsp; ......s).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Patryn of Elvenshae, post: 1998533, member: 23094"] Well, it's close, but it's not entirely certain. You see, in the rewrite, they mentioned: Now, the only "flanking bonus" ever mentioned in those words is the +2 flanking bonus on melee to-hit rolls. You could expand that definition and rule that "flanking bonus" actually includes any and all benefits of flanking (including, but not limited to, the bonus on melee attacks and the allowance of Sneak Attacks). That's probably how I'd rule it, but with the way the rules are currently written (whether intentionally or un-): H...............S...................E The Human (H) and the Elf (E) could *technically* be considered flanking the Spider (S), because: If each humanoid were to fire a bow shot, neither would get a bonus on to-hit rolls (since neither would be making a melee attack), but you might make an argument for them getting bonus Sneak Attack dice (so long as I don't have 31' worth of ......s). [/QUOTE]

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