Burt Jebsen Slippery

[Terwox]

Take the following situation:

Nekima is hitting Burt from 3" away.  Standing behind Burt, 2 inches away from Burt, and 5 inches away from Nekima, is a malifaux rat.

Can Burt use slippery to make Nekima hit the rat?

To put that another way:  Does "legal target" not mind that the rat is 5" away from Nekima?  Is it still a "legal target" despite being out of range?  (You can shoot outside of your range by randomizing into an engagement, we're not sure if that transfers to this situation.)

Thanks! 

[Artiee]

It is not a legal target for Nekima.    It is not in Nekima range.   The same thing if I was shooting at Burt with a 10" range at 10" away and the rat is at 12" away.  It is not a legal target. 

Randomizing into an engagement is a separate situation and the range and LOS is ignored for the new target because shooting in to engagement states that.

[Terwox]

3 hours ago, Artiee said:

It is not a legal target for Nekima.    It is not in Nekima range.   The same thing if I was shooting at Burt with a 10" range at 10" away and the rat is at 12" away.  It is not a legal target. 

Randomizing into an engagement is a separate situation and the range and LOS is ignored for the new target because shooting in to engagement states that.

 

Much appreciated.  Thanks!