Game rules - DDM Guild

Living Construct (Has only Immune Level Drain, Paralysis, Poison, Sleep) This creature is a
sort of Construct but has only limited immunities. It does not have Fearless. Living Constructs
can be healed, and Confusion, critical hits, Dominate, flanking, Incite, Sneak Attack, and Stun
affect them normally.
magic: (Keyword) Magic damage is not reduced by DR.
Magical Beast: A type of creature.
Medium: A Medium creature occupies 1 square.
Melee Attack: (Creature Statistic) A creature’s ability to hit with an attack in melee.
See Statistics on page 5.
melee attack: An attempt to damage an enemy in melee. See Melee Attacks on page 10.
Melee Reach [#]: This creature can make melee attacks against enemies that are up to the
listed number of squares away. Use the ranged attack rules (see page 15) to determine
whether the attacker has line of sight to the target and whether the target has cover. This
creature can also cast a touch-range spell on a creature up to the listed number of
squares away.
When determining whether this creature can make a melee attack or use a touch spell, count
diagonals in the normal way. (A creature with Melee Reach 2 can’t attack an enemy in a
square 2 diagonals away.)
This ability does not allow a creature to threaten squares that are not adjacent or make
attacks of opportunity against enemies that are not adjacent. Nor does it allow a charging
creature to stop before it is adjacent to the enemy it is charging. A creature using Melee
Reach to attack at a distance does not create a flanking situation.
Melee Sneak Attack +[#]: This creature gains the listed bonus on melee damage if it is flanking
the defender, or if the defender is stunned, helpless, or unable to see the attacking creature.
Minions: ([#] CREATUREs [with total cost [#] ]) If you add this creature to your warband, you
also get the listed creatures. These creatures do not add to your warband’s cost, but they do
score victory points for the opponent who eliminates them. Minions do not count against the
eight-creature limit for your warband.
Mobility (+4 AC against attacks of opportunity)
Monstrous Humanoid: A type of creature. It does not count as a Humanoid, a separate type.
morale save: A special save made to avoid routing. All morale saves have a DC of 20. See
Morale starting on page 21.
Mounted Melee Attack (This creature can move at double speed and make a single melee
attack at any point during its move) This ability has no effect when this creature charges.
move: During its turn, a creature can attack and move up to its Speed, or move up to twice its
Speed. See movement on page 10.
Natural Soul (Melee attack +2 and melee damage +5 when under command by a commander
with Beastmaster) Abilities that refer to Beastmaster (such as Slaadmaster) do not affect
creatures with Natural Soul.
nearest ally: Pick a creature’s nearest ally using the rules for deciding the nearest enemy (see
below).
nearest enemy: The nearest enemy to the acting creature is the nearest enemy that it can see.
Another enemy that is closer, but out of line of sight, does not qualify as the nearest. If two or
more enemies are equally near, the acting creature can choose any of them as the nearest.
For charging, count the distance to enemies as if the acting creature were taking the shortest
path to the nearest space adjacent to that enemy. Take into account other creatures, terrain,
and any special movement modes, such as Flight or Burrow.
For ranged attacks and effects, and for Commander Effects, count the distance regardless
of creatures, movement modes, and terrain (as long as the attacker has line of sight to the
enemy). It’s possible for one enemy to count as the nearest for ranged attacks and another
for charging.
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