Re: mechanics of surprise

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          "DougL" <lampert.doug@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Mar 7, 1:35 pm, mkkuh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Mary K. Kuhner)
> wrote:
> > In article <1173294637.709965.235...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > DougL <lampert.d...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > >Isn't flying a move equivelent action? I think she has to land to get
> > >a full attack (but since she also has Greater Tele****t at will she
can
> > >ALWAYS keep the range open unless the PCs can close in one round).
> >
> > If you don't move, and have Good flying so that you can hover, is it
> > still a move equivalent action to hover?  It's not a move action for
> > a walking character to stand in place, after all.  But maybe this
> > would be a good rules correction, reducing the usefulness of flight.
> 
> I think it is still a move equivelent, but I can't find the reference
> right now. I certainly always played Erinyes that way, it isn't
> crippling given the Greater Tele****t at will, but it does slow them
> down some.

Given how hard it is to hover for real flying creatures/machines,
especially
for anything larger than a skylark, it seems like making hovering a move
would be a
fair and sensible thing to do.

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