[Diaspora] My other 2 Rules Questions

[C. W. Marshall]

Hi Darren!

On 30-Oct-09, at 9:06 AM, Darren Brewster wrote:

> Alright, I am next to my book and have two more questions:
>
> 1. Compelling Movement on page 189. So you can compel a unit to stop
> in any zone, not just zones with appropriate aspects on them? If so
> why does it say it works well for ambushes in appropriate terrain? Can
> you provide an example of how this works? I'm just not visualizing
> what is happening at the table.

The idea is this. A unit might intend on travelling four zones, to  
the safety of a protected urban area (say). Normally, compels would  
be to deny movement ("I think you have a flat tire" or whatever,  
waving a chip under his nose). However, with the platoon game, there  
are reasons you might want to stop him after only two zones -- out in  
the middle of the undefended cornfield, for instance, and not in the  
relative safety of the urban area. So the rule allows you to offer  
the compel to your opponent where it will be most advantageous to you.

> 2. Is free tagging always done by the very next to act? Can it be
> saved for someone else?

Yup, it waits there, a constant silent threat until it is used up or  
the table decides it is no longer applicable (i.e. it wont carry over  
from one combat to the next, or whatever).


> What if someone maneuvers an aspect on an
> enemy and then his ally goes next but takes an unrelated action
> against someone else? What happens with the free tag in that
> situation?

It sits there waiting to strike.

>
> Thanks for any help. Sorry to keep bugging everyone so much! :-)

Not at all.

Clarity is always worth achieving.

Toph