Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Saeviomagy" data-source="post: 2115964" data-attributes="member: 5890">Ok, here goes.Flanking, flanked and flank are not defined terms.We have to assume that the section on flanking SOMEHOW tells us how to apply them.If we shift into patryn-mode (ie - the way in which you are reading and arriving at a conclusion as if each paragraph is seperate and self contained):Your particular section just tells us when someone IS FLANKED, not when someone flanks, or when people are flanking. Remember? We look at it when we're in doubt whether people are flanking, but it never actually helps with this. It never says "they flank when...". To make your particular interpretation work, we have to make the leap that the two people that we're checking will be flanking a target if the target is flanked.If we shift into Saeviomagy-mode (in which we read the entire section as a whole):My particular interpretation basically says the same, BUT with the limitation that it only applies to anyone who could potentially be contributing to gaining a flanking bonus. IE - two people on either side of the target who threaten the target.No matter which version we use, we have to interpret what is written and make assumptions.</blockquote>