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<blockquote data-quote="GMMichael" data-source="post: 9410281" data-attributes="member: 6685730">This makes sense until you look at it a bit.&nbsp; If an archer is directly* targeting an opponent (in the first place), he probably has a line of sight on the target.&nbsp; That rules out the interposing targets.&nbsp; Since friendly fire rules are applicable, that opponent is probably in close combat with an ally.&nbsp; This range is the range at which swinging/stabbing your weapon is likely to hurt your opponent, so the opponent's other allies are likely not within this range, in order to keep from stabbing each other.&nbsp; That rules out adjacent targets.&nbsp; What remains is targets behind the target opponent, which probably have some amount of cover from the untargeted ally who is in close combat range with the target opponent (that the archer just missed).I can see a d6 doing some deciding here - miss your target, and you hit your ally on 1-2, someone behind her on a 3-4, or nothing/deflection on a 5-6.I might use a confirmation roll to decide what happens - you missed?&nbsp; Roll against what you just rolled.&nbsp; If your confirmation is below that (extra bad), yeah, you probably hit your ally.&nbsp; If it's above that, then you hit whatever's behind your target.*An archer using indirect fire doesn't need the line of sight, but shouldn't be playing by melee combat rules, anyway.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="GMMichael, post: 9410281, member: 6685730"] This makes sense until you look at it a bit. If an archer is directly* targeting an opponent (in the first place), he probably has a line of sight on the target. That rules out the interposing targets. Since friendly fire rules are applicable, that opponent is probably in close combat with an ally. This range is the range at which swinging/stabbing your weapon is likely to hurt your opponent, so the opponent's other allies are likely not within this range, in order to keep from stabbing each other. That rules out adjacent targets. What remains is targets behind the target opponent, which probably have some amount of cover from the untargeted ally who is in close combat range with the target opponent (that the archer just missed). I can see a d6 doing some deciding here - miss your target, and you hit your ally on 1-2, someone behind her on a 3-4, or nothing/deflection on a 5-6. I might use a confirmation roll to decide what happens - you missed? Roll against what you just rolled. If your confirmation is below that (extra bad), yeah, you probably hit your ally. If it's above that, then you hit whatever's behind your target. *An archer using indirect fire doesn't need the line of sight, but shouldn't be playing by melee combat rules, anyway. [/QUOTE]

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