Harliquinn wrote:
I then have to ask, if I'm a ranged fighter going against a target that I'm reasonably going to shoot with my bow, do I also provide Tactical Edge and enjoy it as well? What if I'm a caster getting ready to cast a spell on you if you divert your attention from me? Do I provide Tactical Edge and enjoy it? I see no difference between the pikeman who can attack anyone within his 20' and a bow fighter able to shoot anyone within the same 20' or so.
The difference, here, is that when an archer is 20' away from me, there's no big pointy arrowhead bobbing and jabbing inches from my vital parts. In theory, the business end of the pike is in my face, causing me to be distracted and worried about how I can keep it out of my spleen. You just don't get that with an arrow that's 20' away from you and could end up anywhere.
(Don't get me wrong, if I knew there was someone 20' away from me wanting to shoot me with an arrow, I'd be worried. But I'm not my character. And given all the other places that the archer might decide to stick his arrow, the guy next to me with a massive hammer swinging at my head would take sufficiently higher priority.)
Scott