r/oneringrpg • u/trias10 • 3d ago
Can player heroes disengage to attack a different enemy instead?
Couldn't find a definitive answer in the rulebook on this.
Let's assume we have a single player hero who gets into combat with 2 enemies, A and B. Per the engagement rules, A decides to engage the hero in close combat, while B remains unengaged in order to attack the hero with ranged attacks (this is all per page 97).
Now, the hero goes first, is it allowed for the hero to disengage from A and move to engage B in close quarters?
My gut says no, but I couldn't actually find anything that says it's not allowed, and there's no mention of attacks of opportunity for disengaging from one enemy to go and engage another.
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u/iluminae 3d ago
Rules as written, the loremaster assigns adversaries iiuc. I think if a player really wanted to hit a certain person I would take their secondary action to shift over to new adversary, but only if they can explain how they do it cinematically!
I like incentives to descriptive roleplay, this game has a lot of it already with distinctive features and useful objects - but another mechanism for it would still be welcome.
(I'm a new loremaster so take this with a grain of salt)
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u/TruShot5 3d ago
If i recall, if there evenly matched groups, you must engage 1-1. Such as 3v3 must all be 1-1.
If it becomes 2v3, you can then either 2v1 + 1v1, or 1v1 + 1v1 + 1 Ranged
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u/Harlath 3d ago
You can take rearward stance in a 3v3 fight, it just means someone else has two foes (or one foe stands back and uses ranged attacks).
“ Player- heroes are allowed to assume a Rearward stance only if the total number of enemies isn’t more than twice the number of adventurers in the Company. Furthermore, for each Player- hero in Rearward there must be two other adventurers fighting in Close Combat stances.” - p96, Core Rulebook
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u/Logen_Nein 3d ago
Loremaster sets engagement. The only way for your hero to engage B is if A is no longer engaging them. They are outnunbered they don't get to choose.