Melee Attacks & Elevation Differences

[CritterKiller32]

Here's a situation that came up that we weren't quite sure of the correct answer.

 

Say I have a friendly model standing on the edge of a Ht 3 wall. An enemy model with an engagement range of 3" is at ground level and is standing 3" from the base of the wall. Are the two models engaged / can the enemy take a melee Action against the guy on the wall?

 

Are engagement ranges measured top-down only, do you add the horizontal distance to the vertical distance (for 6" total), or is range measured at an angle?

 

Say you add a Ht 1 hard cover railing to the edge of the wall. Does that affect anything or is it simply ignored because the models still have LoS to each other (assuming they are each Ht 2)?

[Ratty]

This is the answer which was also "liked" by Justin. Follow this to the letter and you will easily know if models are engaged in melee when elevated terrain is considered. Disregard any other explanation.

Agreed, Justin has the final call on these things.

[Justin]

You measure horizontally.

Then you add the difference in elevations to the distance measured.

That is how far apart they are.

This is ignored if the model on the LOWER elevation has a Ht bigger than the Ht of the terrain the higher model is on.

No other Ht measurements are taken into consideration.

 

This is correct.

 

All measurement in Malifaux is from base to base. Elevation differences are handled as quoted above.