Attack question

By Dentifrice, in Mansions of Madness

Let's say you have a monster in your space and another in an adjacent one. You have a firearm or any long range weapons. Do I need to attack the monster in my space first or I can attack the one in adjacent ? If the latter, do I need to evade first ?

thanks

Edited by Dentifrice
1 hour ago, Dentifrice said:

Let's say you have a monster in your space and another in an adjacent one. You have a firearm or any long range weapons. Do I need to attack the monster in my space first or I can attack the one in adjacent ? If the latter, do I need to evade first ?

thanks

You do not need to attack the monster in your space, and such an attack does not require an evade check.

What Gamer said, but for reference... from the rules reference:

If an investigator in a monster’s space attempts to move out of the monster’s space voluntarily or perform any action other than the attack action or move action, that investigator must resolve an evade check against the monster in his space.

The rules don't state that the attack has to be against the monster in your space, so no evade check.