drkjedi35 wrote:
darthmaim wrote:
Can someone please explain why Flurry only allows the the extra attack as a melee attack? Thanks in advance 
Remember that Luke Skywalker, First of the New Order is a Melee figure. He has Twin Blaster 20 that replaces his normal attacks and allows him to make two non-melee attacks. It is not a SA that can be increased by any other SA. For this reason, additional attacks from Flurry Attack, Extra Attack, or any other SA or CE that affect Luke and grant more attacks must be Melee attacks.
However, if you are adjacent to Czulkang Lah you can use Twin Blaster 20 to avoid the Counterattack since they are not melee attacks. But any flurries will still be subject to Counterattack.
The bold part is wrong. Twin Blaster just cannot be used with Twin Attack. It replaces the printed stats, which can then be further modified (see Grievious's Blaster and Jedi Hunter), which is much different than the "one attack at +4 Atk" kind of stuff. Extra Attack cannot be used because Twin Blaster replaces attacks, which includes Extra. I'm assuming you are also using the printed stats, not the Twin Blaster stats on the Flurries. That is wrong, since Twin Blaster replaces the stats for the duration of the attacks, which Flurry takes place before it fully resolves (see resolving effects), so the stats are still replaced. And by that logic, the ability to make non-Melee attacks is still in effect. The timing of it makes sense to me, since this isn't just a bonus like Leia or Padme to 1 attack. Otherwise, Yoda couldn't use Ataru Style Mastery granted Twin with his Lightsaber Throw 3. It is something to think about for Flurry and Throw in the future, though.
If something has been ruled against intent, you may want to take the same rout Rob did: talk to someone about errata.
Scott, the proposal that never went anywhere was to have the definition of Flurry Attack modified to state: Whenever this character scores a critical hit, it may make 1 additional attack of the same type.
