Core rule · Rules Tome 2.0.8 § 401
Formation and ranks
Characters occupy ordered ranks, with rank 1 closest to opposing formations.
How it works
Full rule
Forward means toward the front rank and backward means away from it. Characters next to each other in one rank are adjacent. Your front rank and each opposing front rank are adjacent, and “within” a number of ranks includes the source rank plus ranks in both directions.
At the table
Example
Within two ranks of a character in your front rank includes your ranks 1–3 and opposing ranks 1–2.
Watch for this
Common mistake
Two characters in adjacent ranks are not necessarily adjacent characters; character adjacency means side by side in the same rank.