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Say an Alan the Archer possesses both Snap Shot and Improved Snap Shot and is positioned 15ft away from an Barry the Bad Guy. Now will Ricky the Rouge get his sneak attack when he stabs Barry if he is positioned opposite of Alan? I ask because of this:
When making a melee attack, you get a +2 flanking bonus if your opponent is threatened by another enemy character or creature on its opposite border or opposite corner.
Emphasis mine.
Well he would be threatened on his opposite boarder by Alan, so I think Ricky would get his sneak attack off on Barry. Is this Correct
Note: I don't believe however that Alan would qualify for any bonuses but I'm not 100% sure about this.
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I think that the rogue would gain flanking bonuses and that the archer would not.
Thats what I thought as well. Now let me pose you another question. Say Alan takes a 5 foot step up. Now he is Threatening three sides of Barry (Diagram Bellow) where can Ricky Flank from now? I believe Ricky can threaten from all squares shown on Diagram 2.
T=Threat, 0= No Threat, B=Barry, A=Alan
0 0 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 T B T 0 0
0 T T T T T 0
T T T T T T T
T T T A T T T
0 0 R R R 0 0
0 0 R B R 0 0
0 T T T T T 0
T T T T T T T
T T T A T T T
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That fails this check from the Core book:
When in doubt about whether two characters flank an opponent in the middle, trace an imaginary line between the two attackers' centers. If the line passes through opposite borders of the opponent's space (including corners of those borders), then the opponent is flanked.
Your flanking comes from your square, not the square that you threaten from. (at least that is how I view it).
This can also happen with melee attacks and size L+ creatures.
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I was just curious because now you threaten multiple boarders of the same enemy which is the only prereq to be a flanking partner. And I do usually use that rule but this is a special case I think because now you are able to threaten a lot more the most people can. But I may be wrong which is why I ask.
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Well, lets change your archer to a size H monster with a natural reach of 15
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T=Threat, 0= No Threat, B=Barry, M=Size H monster
0 0 0 @ 0 0 0
0 0 T B T 0 0
T T T T T T T
T T T T T T T
T T M M M T T
This is why that next line for flanking is provided in the rules. To flank with the monster, you have to follow this rule:
When in doubt about whether two characters flank an opponent in the middle, trace an imaginary line between the two attackers' centers. If the line passes through opposite borders of the opponent's space (including corners of those borders), then the opponent is flanked.
Per that, only the space with the "@" is flanking B with the M.