SPD, DEX, and Initiative.

[KA.]

Steve,

 

I have never known if movement, as in a Move-By/Move-Through takes any time.

 

And if it does, does it give lower DEX characters a chance to act while the higher DEX character is "in transit".

 

Example:

 

Character A and Character B are 10 hexes apart.

 

Both Character A and Character B have a SPD of 4.

 

Character A has a DEX of 28, and 20" of Flight.

 

Character B has a DEX of 23.

 

It is now Segment 3.

 

Character A goes first:

"I want to perform a Move Through on Character B!

I am going to Fly at him and tackle him."

 

Character B says:

"I am going to use my Energy Blast to attack Character A."

 

What is the sequence of events from there?

 

Scenario 1:

Since Character A has the higher DEX, he completes his Move Through first.

If Character B is still able, after the results, he can fire his EB at Character A.

This is because Character A has the highest DEX, so he acted first.

 

 

Scenario 2:

Character A begins to move, but it will take some time for him to reach Character B.

Character B gets the chance to fire his EB, and as long as this does not Knock Back Character A, the Move Through happens as planned.

This is because, "starting to move" was the action that Character A got to take "first".

 

If Character A had fired an EB of his own, it would have gone off first.

But, since it takes time to move 10 hexes, Character B gets to take his shot before Character A arrives.

 

Scenario 3:

Something else entirely?

 

Thanks in advance for the help.

 

KA.

[Steve Long]

Re: SPD, DEX, and Initiative.

 

It's (1). Character's A's Phase occurs first, and that means he gets to take and complete his Action before B can do anything.