Hi all. I don't know if this has already been discussed before but has anybody else found conflicts with the rules governing ladders and combat in elevated positions?
I don't know how to make these questions coherent so I'll number them for ease of reference. Any help or clarification would be greatly appreciated.
Now, bear with me because this is about to get complicated
1) The rulebook states that fights between attackers and defenders in elevated positions, such as at the top of a ladder, can be completed by moving the attacker to the foot of the ladder (rather than positioning the miniature on the ladder) and resolving the fight that way. If this is the case:
1a) If the attacker must back away does he back away 1 inch from the foot of the ladder?
1b) What would be the benefit/point of physically positioning miniatures onto a ladder (as described in the section governing ladders in the siege rules) when they can fall and hit friends who are also on a ladder? Wouldn't it be more sensible to fight all combats at the foot of the ladder (as described in the section governing "defending elevated positions")?
1c) How do you decide what "in the way" test is supposed to be made by the attacker who is fighting a defender up a ladder considering there may not be anything actually "in the way".
2. If a model is on the top of a ladder and is forced to back away where does he back away to? Does he move 1 inch back down the ladder?
2a) If so: is he considered trapped if he cannot back away because of friends on the ladder?
2b) If he cannot back away down the ladder because of friend in the way, but survives being struck by the defender, does the defender have to move back 1 inch as is the case in a normal combat?
3. When an attacking model fights a defender in an elevated position (that would normally require a climb test to scale) is a climb test required and, if so, when is the test made? The rules in the EFGT rulebook don't mention making a test and only reference the climb test if the attacker must back away, saying something like "if the attackers would have required a climb test they take falling damage".
4. If a single attacker charges a single defender behind a barrier can he jump over the wall if he slays the defender? I ask as the only reference made to crossing barriers after defeating defenders is made in the section governing combat involving barriers and multiple attackers so doesn't seem to apply to single combats over a barrier.
I think that's about it for now. Thanks for any help in advance. I don't have the rulebook to hand just yet so I may be getting things muddles up so apologies if I have.
Edited for spelling and clarity.
