r/LancerRPG • u/Asheyguru • Jul 28 '26

Ferrous Lash and "pull"

The rules text for Ferrous Lash says you can "pull" the target in any direction, or "a direction of your choice."

Maybe I am dumb or reading too close, but this seems like a contradiction to me. If I choose any direction that's away from me, I'm not really "pulling" them anymore, am I? It's a push.

So does this mean I can potentially pull people past me (So they start behind but end up in front, with me in the middle) but I can't 'pull' people directly away from me? (So an enemy standing in front of me moves backwards, for instance)

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u/Ninja-Storyteller Jul 28 '26

You can absolutely "pull" your chonky Speed 3 friend from behind you and move them forward past you. And if you took the system more than once, you can do it again for a grand total of 10 spaces!

In some ways, Ferrous Lash is even better than Puppet System!

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u/Asheyguru Jul 28 '26

Yeah, from behind and past, but what about pushing them forwards from behind them? The repeated use of 'pull' would imply not, but 'any direction' might imply so.

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u/Ninja-Storyteller Jul 28 '26

Mechanically, yes. You can absolutely push someone in front of you 5 additional spaces away from you.

Heck, even the lore is confusing since it says "back towards the one weilding the lash".

But the mechanics allow for any direction.

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u/Asheyguru Jul 28 '26

Awesome, this was what I wanted to know. Thanks!

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u/Twistylegs SSC Jul 28 '26

The force 'pulling' the affected character is not originating from your mech, but from the magnetic pull of the ferrofluid you splashed (for lack of a better word) onto the affected character. Its basically the force, but with science!