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Had something come up last night that I wasn't sure about - I had a unit of Saurus fleeing, right on top of his marker for a Scorpion. On his turn, he rolled and the Scorpion arrived, no scatter. What happens to the unit of Saurus?

If I remeber correct when a unit comes from below it counts as charging. So the unit that comes from below would charge the fleeing unit, the unit would flee again towards the closed table edge. I do not think the scorpion would get to pursue, because essential it has already moved its allowed distance result in a charge.

Just my thoughts.
Please note, I do not have the Tomb King book present to read the full entry. But the thought process above is how I would think to resolve this. For me i'd probably be the person with the fleeing unit, and I'd feel this is fair.

njpc wrote:If I remeber correct when a unit comes from below it counts as charging. So the unit that comes from below would charge the fleeing unit, the unit would flee again towards the closed table edge. I do not think the scorpion would get to pursue, because essential it has already moved its allowed distance result in a charge.

Just my thoughts.
Please note, I do not have the Tomb King book present to read the full entry. But the thought process above is how I would think to resolve this. For me i'd probably be the person with the fleeing unit, and I'd feel this is fair.

Yea we weren't sure, because I believe that, although it counts as charging, it normally would get to move?

It counts as charging if in base contact, so it causes the fleeing unit to flee again. The rules for the Scorpion dont seem to give it any abilty to move after the unit, as it is only allowed to move as normal if it doesnt come up in contact.

Seems like it would sit there, pincers going crazy while the lizards run for the hills...

I agree as above with Nosf. The scorpion comes up, this was his declared charge, the move is that he gets to appear out of no where. The fleeing unit auto flees to the nearest table edge. The scorpion stays put, as you have already utilized your movement option, its not a failed charge as it happened during compulsory if i remember correctly.

Sounds accurate to me. The scorpion would only get extra movement if it actually made it into close combat, which it doesn't.

RZ

BTW, When did this unit start to Flee?

Negativemoney wrote:BTW, When did this unit start to Flee?

My combat phase the turn before.