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Post by Scott on May 5, 2008 11:40:50 GMT -5
Another rule that causes some confusion.
Fighters get 1 attack/level vs. < 1HD creatures. What if a 5th level fighter is fighting a mixed group, say a group of goblins and their leader. Normally target determination is done randomly. Do you allow the fighter to decide five attacks against the goblins, or one against the leader?
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Post by geneweigel on May 5, 2008 12:39:29 GMT -5
Unless the leader is holding back (and therefore be isolated and outside random determination) then its just random: I'd do 1d6 1-3 the gobs 4-6 the leader to determine the result If one hit killed the leader then there was a spare hit, I'd leave it to another dice to see if it was still viable. But thats just me.... Running the bad guys that is...  Just kidding! |
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Post by Scott on Jun 8, 2008 8:56:36 GMT -5
After some thought, I'd say that if the group was not entirely made up of less than 1 HD creatures, the special attack option would not be available.
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Post by GRWelsh on Jun 8, 2008 9:07:47 GMT -5
I've always assumed that to be the case as well... and I really thought that was addressed somewhere in the rules. But I couldn't find it.
If the 5th level fighter is in melee range of both a leader-type (1+ HD) and normal goblins, at the same time, I would agree with you that the slightly superior skill of the goblin leader would occupy the fighter enough that he wouldn't get to do "the Aragorn thing" -- he'd just get his normal attacks.
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Post by stranger on Jun 9, 2008 9:11:36 GMT -5
Count me in the camp that says one attack if any of the creatures engaged doesn't meet the standard. Now if the leader is attacking the fighters companions and therefore isn't directly engaged that might be a different story.
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Just kidding!
