leapclimb and range

[bam]

yesterday during a battle a dispute arose from the use of a grounded dr octopus attacking a figure on the rooftop six squares away. can a judge please clarify if this is a legal use of a leap climbing figure? thanks

[Earnan]

No, this is not.

Leap/Climb says that the character may make a Close Combat attack against another character, regardless of elevation.

WarlordEarnan

[guanoe]

no dr ock cant attack because there isnt any line of sight. For CC he is neither adjacent anyway.

[TheEnigma]

Well, without all the facts it's hard to say. V Doc Ock does have a ranged attack of 6 squares, so if the target was on the edge of the roof, Doc would have clear LOS to shoot him provided no other figures were between them. However Leap/Climb would not affect his ranged attack, only the ability to close-combat someone in the next square away but on the roof. So if the player was moving 6 squares and then attacking this is illegal because Doc doesn't possess the Charge power, which would replace L/C anyway.

[Earnan]

I assumed that when he said "6 squares away" that the target figure was back off from the edge of the building. I made my ruling based off of that assumption.

If I'm wrong about that asumption, now would be a good time to let me know :)

WarlordEarnan

[bam]

That day a couple of pals and I were playing on my brand new outdoor expansion set. We chose the building (school ?) for this particular battle. The V Doc ock was on the small pathway behind this building.
My V Cyclops was six squares from the edge deep on the rooftop. ( DO_-_-_-_-_-Cyke) oh and by the way Cyclops’s clicks were just enough to take perplexed damage for four clicks. I taxied him back to a medic who easily healed him.

I lost out on using him for most of the game If only I would have memorized the leap/climb rules.

I apologize for the delay on the response my internet kept going down due to the torrential winds.

[HeroComplex]

Why did you lose out on using him, though? Doc Ock's Leap/Climb doesn't allow him any special rules for ranged attacks---only close combat ones.