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Jetpack Jockey Flyby Melee Attack Question

 
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pcrh
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2012 1:34 pm    Post subject: Jetpack Jockey Flyby Melee Attack Question Reply with quote
If a jetpack jockey flies past an opponent and makes a melee attack as he moves by, some questions arise:

- can the jockey keep moving after his melee attack, ending his move somewhere out of melee range from his target?
- if the jockey can keep moving after his attack, does his target get a free attack on the jockey since the jockey is disengaging from melee as he flies past?
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2012 10:22 am    Post subject: Re: Jetpack Jockey Flyby Melee Attack Question Reply with quote
pcrh wrote:
If a jetpack jockey flies past an opponent and makes a melee attack as he moves by, some questions arise:

- can the jockey keep moving after his melee attack, ending his move somewhere out of melee range from his target?
- if the jockey can keep moving after his attack, does his target get a free attack on the jockey since the jockey is disengaging from melee as he flies past?


As with the other question, there is no "jetpack" in the core rules, so any specifics related to its use would depend on how it actually worked in the setting it exists in.

In general though, a character can resolve their actions at any point during their movement. So given a Pace of 6", a character could move 2", attack, and then move up to 4" more.

And yes, if a character makes a melee attack on another character they move adjacent to and then continues to move past them, they pretty much exemplify the very definition of withdrawing from close combat. As long as the target was not Shaken, he would get a free attack.

Hope that helps.
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