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<blockquote data-quote="Majoru Oakheart" data-source="post: 6341835" data-attributes="member: 5143">Alright, I just looked up the 2e PHB since I don't remember this rule at all.&nbsp; There is a retreat rule that says if you flee from combat that your enemy gets a full round of attacks against you.&nbsp; I don't remember playing that way at all.&nbsp; However, I can definitely see that the way it is worded is kind of ambiguous.&nbsp; It says flee from &quot;combat&quot; not flee from melee.&nbsp; I can definitely see either our DMs ignoring this or someone deciding that charging past the front line to the Wizard didn't count as &quot;fleeing from combat&quot; and saying the rule didn't apply.Either way, the bigger problem was, as you say, people running AROUND the front line rather than running through it.&nbsp; It was fairly easy to convince most DMs that weapons were only about 2-3 feet long and if there was 7 feet between the 2 people in front that was enough room to pass through the middle without either of them being able to hit you.&nbsp; I've even seen some people successfully argue it for 2 feet because &quot;their weapon is facing forward and not sideways where I'm running through&quot;.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Majoru Oakheart, post: 6341835, member: 5143"] Alright, I just looked up the 2e PHB since I don't remember this rule at all. There is a retreat rule that says if you flee from combat that your enemy gets a full round of attacks against you. I don't remember playing that way at all. However, I can definitely see that the way it is worded is kind of ambiguous. It says flee from "combat" not flee from melee. I can definitely see either our DMs ignoring this or someone deciding that charging past the front line to the Wizard didn't count as "fleeing from combat" and saying the rule didn't apply. Either way, the bigger problem was, as you say, people running AROUND the front line rather than running through it. It was fairly easy to convince most DMs that weapons were only about 2-3 feet long and if there was 7 feet between the 2 people in front that was enough room to pass through the middle without either of them being able to hit you. I've even seen some people successfully argue it for 2 feet because "their weapon is facing forward and not sideways where I'm running through". [/QUOTE]

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