Re: (TFT) Is the Action Phase Dynamic or Static?

[raito@raito.com]

You're thinking too much. In TFT, nothing is simultaneous. So, take 
each action in order. If someone's acted, they don't act again that 
turn. If, as a result of something happening, the order in which 
characters acts changes, it changes. 

Quoting Sgt Hulka <hulkasgt@yahoo.com>:
> Example number 1:
>
> A DX 10 Spearman charges a DX 12 Swordsman. Before the DX 10 Spearman 
> acts, a DX
> 11 Spearman kills the same target. Now the DX 10 Spearman changes his 
> action. He
> decides to throw his spear at a DX 12 Swordsman. Who acts first, the DX 10
> Spearman or the DX 12 Swordsman?

The swordsman attacks first. And don't forget the DX- for range on the 
thrown weapon. 

> Static: When the DX 10 Spearman changes his action, he still acts 
> first, because
> his order in the action round was defined when he declared "charge" as his
> action. Once the action phase starts, nobody changes their order. 

This is wrong. Order of action changes all the time. I'd have to look 
it up, but isn't it true that the pole attacks first thing is only true 
if the characters attack each other. So that swordman would go first if 
he were attacking someone other than the spearman. 

> Example number 2:
>
> A DX 10 Spearman receives a charge from a DX 13 Swordsman. The DX 13 
> Swordsman,
> during movement, declares his action "Defend". The DX 10 Spearman, during
> movement, declares his action "Attack (receive a charge)". We move to the
> Action Phase. The DX 10 Spearman goes first because he's receiving a charge
> with a pole weapon. But now he says "okay, I'm gonna change my action to
> disengage." In response, the swordsman says "okay, I'm gonna change my action
> to attack." Which comes first?

The swordsman. 

> Static: When the Spearman changes his action, he still acts first. He 
> disengages
> before the Swordsman can attack. 

Wrong. He only gets to attack first. He does not get to act first just 
ebcause he has a pole weapon. 

> There's a big scrum. A DX 10 Swordsman is fighting two DX 12 Axemen. 
> At DX 13,
> the Swordsman's buddy knocks one of the Axemen down. The DX 10 Swordsman
> attacks the now-prone Axeman. 

> Dynamic: The DX 10 Swordsman is now attacking at AdjDex 14, so he 
> attacks before
> the second DX 12 Axeman. 

Yep. 

> Static: The DX 10 Swordsman is now attacking at DX 14, but he still attacks
> after the DX 12 Axeman, because the order was set at the beginning of the
> Action Phase and it does not change. 

Again, the order of action is fluid. Otherwise, every time you had 2 
characters declaring attacks against a single foe, if that foe died 
from the first attack, his partner would waste his action. 

> A DX 12 Wizard and a DX 10 Swordsman are fighting two DX 11 Axemen. The Two
> Axemen are attacking the Swordsman and vice versa. The Wizard casts 
> blur on the
> DX 10 Swordsman. The DX 11 Axemen drop to AdjDX 7. 
>
> Dynamic: The DX 10 Swordsman now attacks before the two Axemen. 
>
> Static: The DX 10 Swordsman still attacks after the two Axemen, because the
> order was set at the beginning of the Action Phase and it does not change. 

Read my previous responses. 

Neil Gilmore
raito@raito.com
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