Combat will fuction as follows.  Instead of a grid, there will be front rows, and back rows.  This will mean, that charactors in the front row can not attack charactors in the back row if a front row exists, or unless they have ranged weapons.<br/><br/>Here's an example of how it might look.<br/><br/>M   1<br/>C.F.1.2<br/>T.F.1.2<br/><br/>now, here is the legend<br/><br/>F=Fighter<br/>M=Mage<br/>C=Cleric<br/>T=Thief<br/><br/>1=Orc fighter<br/>2=Orc mage<br/><br/>now, as the fighters and Orc fighters only have melee weapons, ie, swords and ax's, they can only strike other charactors in the front row.  However, the back charactors, ie the cleric, mage and orc mages, can cast spells giving them a ranged attack.  Also, the thief has a crosbow, meaning they also can make a ranged attack.<br/><br/>So, The orc mages, mage, cleric, and thief can attack anybody on the board, while mellee charactors can only attack the person in front of them.<br/><br/>Now, if the two Orc fighters die though, everything thing is moved up.<br/><br/><br/>M<br/>C.F.2<br/>T.F.2<br/><br/>So, now the orc mages are in the front row, and can be attacked by mellee attacks by the fighters.<br/><br/><br/><br/>