Hi all. I would like to know how strict is the common way of handling the canceling action rules. I give you two similar examples just to try to clarify my question.
A) Suppose there are two fighters, facing each other 20 feet away and keen to attack. Suppose also they can move 50' per round, so at a running pace they can move 20' in the Snap Action phase.
Both declare 1) Snap action, move 20', 2) Normal action Full Melee Attack.
Say fighter A wins initiative and moves first closing to the foe. So when it's B turn to have his Snap action to move 20', he has not to move anymore: they are engaged now, in contact.
My question is, then: having declared a (Snap Action) move and being not able anymore to do it, has Fighter B to cancel his action and melee at -40 in the Deliberate phase?
Or, in such a case, would you allow to simply skip the Snap action phase and melee (as declared) in the Normal Action phase?
B) Suppose, now, that Fighter A is a Monk instead. While Fighter B declares as before a (Snap) move to close and a (Normal) melee attack, the Monk declares a (Snap) Leaping III spell and a (Normal) Melee attack.
Again suppose that the Monk wins initiative and he's able to leap beyond his foe, landing behind him, ready to strike in the back (maybe an Acrobatic roll is needed to properly rotate the body in the air).
In this case Fighter B starts his Snap Action Phase not only with the adversary in contact but even at his back: the Snap move cannot simply be skipped, but it should be substituted with a rotation in place, to face the foe behind.
I see here that if the substitution is not allowed, he would not even be able to melee at all (and so he would be unable to parry): having to cancel his Snap move he should not be able to make a different move (to change facing) and also a melee attack (at least to defend himself).
Denying the Snap action conversion (not allowing to skip it, in the first example; not allowing to translate it in a change of facing, in the second example), would it be the RAW way of handling it?
How would you handle these situations?
Any suggestion/opinion is really appreciated!
Ciao
Alessandro