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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zaebos" data-source="post: 2117102" data-attributes="member: 1499">Ok, now you got me running around in circles....According to the flanking section on page 153"When making a melee attack, you get a +2 flanking bonus if your oppent is threatend by a character or creature friendly to you on the opponents opposite border or opposite corner"To threaten a creature you must be able to melee attack it, so ranged attacks can not threaten."Threaten To be able to attack in melee without moving from your current space. A creature typically threatens all squares within its natural reach, even when it is not its turn to take an action. For a Medium or Small creature this usually includes all squares adjacent to its space. Larger creatures threaten more squares, while smaller creatures may not threaten any squares except their own."A.CBSo now if Al has a pole arm, as in my previous example, and stays 10' away, he will give the flank bonus to Bob.  If Bob is able to make a melee attack, then he would give Al the flank bonus in return.I must amend my statements before, I had forgotten about ranged weapons not threatening.But if say Al was using a ranged weapon and stood say 30' away and Bob was on one side of the Creature...A......CBAl would not get the flank bonus since he can not make a melee attack as stated in the first line of the PHB under flanking.  Neither would Bob since Al can not threaten with a ranged weapon.My goofs b4, sorry.</blockquote>

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