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Message: <blockquote data-quote="atom crash" data-source="post: 2483530" data-attributes="member: 22162">If you are flanking only when you receive a flanking bonus, then you are only flanking at the moment when you make an attack. Therefore no two people can be flanking at the same time, right?So then how can you ever flank a creature like a formian, an ambush drake or any creature with the axiomatic template? These creatures are not considered flanked unless all creatures in the group are. If you can only flank when you receive the flanking bonus, which characters will get only when they attack, thus one at a time, you can never have all creatures in the group flanked, therefore none will be considered flanked. This interpretation makes the wording of the hive mind/telepathic link/linked minds ability make no sense, as it implies that there is a situation in which the creatures can be considered flanked. If you consider flanking = flanking bonus, then the abilities in effect could be read as "no creature in the group can be considered flanked."However, if you consider that a character can flank even when you do not receive the flanking bonus, then the hive mind/telepathic link/linked minds abilities make perfect sense.It's not such a silly argument, really.</blockquote>