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<blockquote data-quote="Hypersmurf" data-source="post: 2111282" data-attributes="member: 1656">You know, while I personally disagree with Patryn's interpretation (I consider the conditions listed under Flanking for 'you receive a +2 flanking bonus' to be the conditions for Flanking), reading it the other way does lead to an oddity with Formians, for example.The Hive Mind ability states that when you have more than one formian in a group, none of them are considered flanked unless they all are.Since you only receive the +2 flanking bonus when you are making a melee attack, it's only possible to flank two formians if people are making melee attacks against both of them simultaneously... and with the initiative system, that can't happen.&nbsp; Therefore, two formians cannot be flanked at the same time, which means as long as there is more than one formian in a group, none of them are ever considered flanked.Patryn's interpretation, on the other hand, at least allows for the possibility - if you can draw lines between assorted allies bracketing all the formians, they can be considered flanked... and then one may receive the +2 bonus when attacking one of them.-Hyp.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Hypersmurf, post: 2111282, member: 1656"] You know, while I personally disagree with Patryn's interpretation (I consider the conditions listed under Flanking for 'you receive a +2 flanking bonus' to be the conditions for Flanking), reading it the other way does lead to an oddity with Formians, for example. The Hive Mind ability states that when you have more than one formian in a group, none of them are considered flanked unless they all are. Since you only receive the +2 flanking bonus when you are making a melee attack, it's only possible to flank two formians if people are making melee attacks against both of them simultaneously... and with the initiative system, that can't happen. Therefore, two formians cannot be flanked at the same time, which means as long as there is more than one formian in a group, none of them are ever considered flanked. Patryn's interpretation, on the other hand, at least allows for the possibility - if you can draw lines between assorted allies bracketing all the formians, they can be considered flanked... and then one may receive the +2 bonus when attacking one of them. -Hyp. [/QUOTE]

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