Snakebite striker and flanking by oneself

[Particle_Man]

At 15th level, the snakebite striker archetype of brawler can name two adjacent squares to count as extra squares their attacks could come from for the purpose of flanking. If this character is orthogonal adjacent to a medium sized enemy could the snakebite striker name two squares, each diagonally adjacent to the snakebite striker, such that those squares flank that opponent?

So if Sam the snakebite striker is south of Enid the enemy, could Sally name the squares northeast and northwest of Sally, which would be east and west of Enid and hence flanking Enid?

I am assuming that diagonally adjacent still counts as adjacent and that the two named squares have to be adjacent to the snakebite striker but not necessarily to each other.

[Andy Brown]

Pretty sure you need two creatures to get a flank.
prd with added emphasis

flanking wrote:

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.

When in doubt about whether two characters flank an opponent in the middle, trace an imaginary line between the two attackers' centers.

[SheepishEidolon]

Well, Circling Mongoose and Dimensional Savant allow you to flank a foe with yourself, so there is coincidence for that.

Let's look at the rule text, with the relevant context before:

Quote:

At 11th level, once per round she can declare her square and one adjacent square as the origin of her attacks until her next turn (allowing her to use one or both squares to determine whether she or her allies are f lanking an opponent). At 15th level, she counts an additional adjacent square for this purpose.

So I agree to the interpretation that the additional adjacent square only must be adjacent to the brawler. Some GMs might rule otherwise, though, the wording is slightly ambiguous. Beside this: Yes, diagonally adjacent is a thing, so the trick works:

CRB, page 188 wrote:

Threatened Squares: You threaten all squares into which you can make a melee attack, even when it is not your turn. Generally, that means everything in all squares adjacent to your space (including diagonally).

Had to search quite a bit for this one. Page 194 shows a picture with the rogue being described as diagonally adjacent to an ogre.

[bbangerter]

SheepishEidolon wrote:

Well, Circling Mongoose and Dimensional Savant allow you to flank a foe with yourself, so there is coincidence for that.

Given that both of these abilities explicitly call it out, and that snakebite striker does not, then this suggests the opposite of what your stating. That is, because it is not called out, then snakebite strike cannot flank with themselves. It defaults to the standard flanking rules that require another character, or two characters, as Andy pointed out.

[James Risner]

Snakebite cant self flank, because it doesn’t say it can. That’s the sort of thing that would be called out if intended.

[Cevah]

While the two squares are threatening, they are not opposite of the striker to make the flank with the striker.

However, with Gang Up, that might change.

/cevah