6E2 74 says "COMBINED ATTACK Using two or more powers or similar abilities (but not Combat/Martial Maneuvers or the like) once against a single target isn’t a Multiple Attack. It’s a Combined Attack, and counts as type of Strike."
(Strike is a Combat Maneuver and thefore noted not able to be used to make a Combined Attack, yet the combination of two powers/abilities counts as a type of Strike - that just seems a bit odd...)
6E2 80 says "STRIKE This is the basic attack Maneuver. It includes attacks such as punches, kicks, elbow smashes, headbutts, attacks with weapons, firing a gun or a longbow, and just about any other way a character can hit another character."
1. Just to clarify, one can't use Strength via a Strike to punch once with each hand as a Combined Attack (since that would be a Strike, thus a Combat Maneuver, and theefore can't be a Combined Attack), so could one pick up two knives (knives being Killing Attack power with no range), clubs (clubs being Hand-to-Hand Attack power), thrown rocks (Hand-to-Hand Attack power with Range), or two pistols (Ranged Killing Attack power) and make a Combined Attack, or would that be a Strike (all those are powers yet still fall into the definition of Strike)? Does it matter if Strength is involved or not? Does it matter if the power is bought as Equipment or not?
2. Are melee or ranged attacks used in a Combined Attack that are based on a power or ability somehow not Strikes? (If all attacks are Strikes (or some other Combat Maneuver), the rule about no Combat Maneuvers being usable for Combined Attacks would seem to result in Combined Attack not being possible.)
3. Or can only powers which are not Equipment be used for Combined Attack (somehow the powers' attacks not being a Strike, though they would seem to fall into "about any other way a character can hit another character")?
It seems like all attacks for damage or effect are technically Strikes (if not some other Combat Maneuver), effectively making Combined Attacks impossible if the Combat Maneuver rule applied. Any clarity on what is not a Strike or other Combat Maneuver yet is still an attack on another character with a power or ability that can be used to make a Combined Attack would be appreciated.
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Follow-up from this posted Q&A: http://www.herogames.com/forums/topic/89274-multiple-attack-combined-attack-off-hand-punch-and-autofire/
6E2 74 says "COMBINED ATTACK Using two or more powers or similar abilities (but not Combat/Martial Maneuvers or the like) once against a single target isn’t a Multiple Attack. It’s a Combined Attack, and counts as type of Strike."
(Strike is a Combat Maneuver and thefore noted not able to be used to make a Combined Attack, yet the combination of two powers/abilities counts as a type of Strike - that just seems a bit odd...)
6E2 80 says "STRIKE This is the basic attack Maneuver. It includes attacks such as punches, kicks, elbow smashes, headbutts, attacks with weapons, firing a gun or a longbow, and just about any other way a character can hit another character."
1. Just to clarify, one can't use Strength via a Strike to punch once with each hand as a Combined Attack (since that would be a Strike, thus a Combat Maneuver, and theefore can't be a Combined Attack), so could one pick up two knives (knives being Killing Attack power with no range), clubs (clubs being Hand-to-Hand Attack power), thrown rocks (Hand-to-Hand Attack power with Range), or two pistols (Ranged Killing Attack power) and make a Combined Attack, or would that be a Strike (all those are powers yet still fall into the definition of Strike)? Does it matter if Strength is involved or not? Does it matter if the power is bought as Equipment or not?
2. Are melee or ranged attacks used in a Combined Attack that are based on a power or ability somehow not Strikes? (If all attacks are Strikes (or some other Combat Maneuver), the rule about no Combat Maneuvers being usable for Combined Attacks would seem to result in Combined Attack not being possible.)
3. Or can only powers which are not Equipment be used for Combined Attack (somehow the powers' attacks not being a Strike, though they would seem to fall into "about any other way a character can hit another character")?
It seems like all attacks for damage or effect are technically Strikes (if not some other Combat Maneuver), effectively making Combined Attacks impossible if the Combat Maneuver rule applied. Any clarity on what is not a Strike or other Combat Maneuver yet is still an attack on another character with a power or ability that can be used to make a Combined Attack would be appreciated.
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