I have a couple of questions about lieutenant encounters. Specifically when are they triggered. I understand that if a Lt. moves onto the heroes it may initiate an encounter, or if the heroes move onto an Lt. they may initiate. But what about when no movement is occurring. This can happen in two cases that I can think of:

-Lt. is besieging Tamalir and the heroes flee a dungeon to allow them to return to Tamalir. No movement has occurred there (the players movement resulted in them entering and exploring the dungeon they have subsequently chosen to flee). Are the heroes eligible to encounter the Lt. when they flee to Tamalir?

-If the Lt. and the Heroes begin a week in the same location (like in the above example), can the Lt. attack the heroes? The rules explicitly state that "If a lieutenant enters the party’s location he may (but does not have to) attack the party." But in my example the Lt. is not "entering" the party's location but rather, is already on that location. If Lt. can attack does it also get to add a siege token? Similarly, if the Party Action phase is entered and the Heroes and Lt. are on the same space, can the heroes attack the Lt.? If they do, can they also take "train" actions in town, or are they restricted to visit action or can they take a recuperate/train action?

Thanks

howlingfang said:

No, the heroes cannot encounter the LT in this case. It's during the movement phase of the Overland turn sequence that LTs or Heroes can initiate such battles.

howlingfang said:

Yes, either the heroes or the LT can start a fight if they both begin on the same space in their respective turn. They must declare a Move action in order to do so, but you are not required to use all (or even some) of your allotted movement, so you just stay still and then fight. This still counts as a Move action, however, so you can't do anything that would normally be precluded by Moving.

I'm pretty sure the LT still adds seige tokens in this case. That happens in an entirely different step in the turn sequence, IIRC.

Not quite correct.

If the Lt. is issued a Move action (instead of Siege), he may or may not move, then attack if ending/staying at the same location as the party. No siege token is added if this happens at a city location.

If the party chooses a Move action (instead of Train/Recuperate), they may or may not move, then attack the Lt. if ending/staying at the same location. Visit in a city would be resolved only after a non-TPK outcome of the battle(s).