Question from tonight's game.

[mdomino]

Watching the Strange Old Man being played. The character rushes in to attack in melee. They are locked in melee for several rounds with no effect. Turn goes to the lurker. Can he activate and cast a spell while in base to base? Or, if he activates his two options are only to fight or run? We ruled he couldn't cast. He would need to run from melee, suffering the free wound and then cast his spell on the second action. Of note, we have played aprox 30 games in this current campaign- about 5 threshold teams- and noone has won a quest scenario yet. Is that bad luck or kind of how things work out? Thanks.
Mike D

[D@rth J@ymZ]

Can he activate and cast a spell while in base to base? Or, if he activates his two options are only to fight or run?

A model locked in close combat cannot nominate others, although he can be nominated

if he activates his two options are only to fight or run? We ruled he couldn't cast. He would need to run from melee, suffering the free wound and then cast his spell on the second action.

Correct.  Fight or Flight are your only 2 options.  Running away would allow you to cast in the second action (if he survives backing out of combat)

we have played aprox 30 games in this current campaign- about 5 threshold teams- and noone has won a quest scenario yet. Is that bad luck or kind of how things work out?

Bad luck by the sounds of it.  How many points on average are the Threshold teams?