Way of the Sarlacc question

By Wampa Wrangler, in Imperial Assault Rules Questions

If my Rebel hero employs "Way of the Sarlacc" on multiple adjacent figures, and one of those adjacent figures moves once to be within reach, but no longer adjacent because of an effect that was caused by another hostile figure expiring, can my hero still attack that figure?

The attacks of Way of the Sarlacc are resolved sequentially. The player controlling Diala has to designate a figure to attack, resolve the attack and can then designate the next target. If one of the potential targets moved out of range before an attack can be declared (like elite Royal Guards "Forward Vengeance" ability) Diala can not attack it.

So the answer to your question is probably no. However, I have difficulty understanding your situation, so you might clear that up a bit more :)

I don't understand the problem - I phrased that in a perfectly baffling way :-)

Thank you for the answer - that was exactly what we were looking for.

Can Diala then use Force Push between attacks to get 1 more enemy in Range?

Also can she use Precise Strike against one enemy?

Can Diala then use Force Push between attacks to get 1 more enemy in Range?

Also can she use Precise Strike against one enemy?

Force Push between the Way of Sarlacc attacks: No.

Way of the Sarlacc is a special actions and those need to be completed before other special actions (like Force Push) can be taken.

Precise Strike against one target of Way of the Sarlacc: Yes.

Precise Strike triggers when you declare an attack. During Way of the Sarlacc you still declare attacks normally (just more often). So you can use Precise Strike once.

Force Throw is not a special action, you can exhaust it any time during the activation to use it.

But Force push is not action, does ut still Count ås a special action? Same thing as Precise Strike is also not an action, ev en suffering strain to move is not action or special action.

Nos moving between attacks in Way of Sarlacc feels wrong to me but if enemies can interupt to move then why not use force push also?

But Force push is not action, does ut still Count ås a special action? Same thing as Precise Strike is also not an action, ev en suffering strain to move is not action or special action.

Nos moving between attacks in Way of Sarlacc feels wrong to me but if enemies can interupt to move then why not use force push also?

The rule you are missing is on pg 2 RRG "Abilities"

" An ability that can be used “during your activation” can be used before or after performing an action during an activation. It cannot be used while resolving an action."

Since Force Throw resolves "during your action", you cannot be used while resolving an action - in this case, Way of the Sarlaac.

Force Throw is not a special action, you can exhaust it any time during the activation to use it.

As DarkJodo already said, even though Force Push is not a special action, it's still an ability.

Generally, if you trigger a special action, an action or an ability, you need to complete this action before you can trigger new ones. Only stuff that triggers of specific circumstances (like "before declaring an attack" or "while attacking" or "while defending") can be used during special actions, actions and abilities (if the requirements are met).

As said above, you can only use Force push before, or after another action. The only time you can use "during" is when moving.

But you could use Force push to place an Imperial officer apart from other units, but still adjacent to Diala, so he can't use cower, then do Way of the Sarlacc. You could use force push to finish off a unit you damaged with Way of the Sarlacc, if it has only 1 hp left, or you could place it around a corner from you...

Oh, the things you can do!

;)

I have a question about "The Way of Sarlacc"... What happens if I play this card using a weapon with "reach"? The text on the card says that I can attack "adjacent" figures (which are aligable targets for melee weapon). But when you use a weapon with "reach", aligable targets are all figures that are 1 space away. Following that logic, you can use "Way of Sarlacc" on all figures you can reach, not just adjacent to Diala... What do you think?

I have a question about "The Way of Sarlacc"... What happens if I play this card using a weapon with "reach"? The text on the card says that I can attack "adjacent" figures (which are aligable targets for melee weapon). But when you use a weapon with "reach", aligable targets are all figures that are 1 space away. Following that logic, you can use "Way of Sarlacc" on all figures you can reach, not just adjacent to Diala... What do you think?

Way of the Sarlaac:

Action, 2 strain: For each hostile figure adjacent to you, perform 1 attack with a melee weapon targeting that figure.

Having reach does not effect this ability at all. The ability requires at least 1 hostile figure adjacent to you, no matter what kind of weapon you have.

As covered in another thread as well, no, Reach does not allow Sarlacc to hit targets at range 2. Reach only applies to regular melee attacks, while Sarlacc specifically states that attacks are made against "each adjacent figure" and Reach does not change what is adjacent.

However, if your weapon also has Cleave, then you can still invoke Reach to assign Cleave damage to things at range 2 each time you make a Sarlacc attack against an adjacent figure.