O1
2O

O - Opposing character

I've read it and did a search, and seen it sort of dealt with but not explicitly. So, here it is. The path between 1 and 2 is blocked for any character that cannot ignore opposing characters for movement (e.g. flight, leap, phasing, etc.). So, even a non-flying hss character or a non-flying character who broke away occupying 1 could not cross the path.

Sound about right?

Dr. Briefcase

Nope they can move through there. nothing says that they can't.
They are not blocking terrain.

You can still move through squares occupied by friendly characters, but not opposing figures.

Unless you have Flight, L/C, Phasing, or another power/ability which expressly states otherwise, you cannot pass through a square occupied by an opposing figure, nor can you pass between the diagonal intersection of 2 squares occupied by opposing figures.

The OP is correct.

It's easy to remember that characters are never ever terrain at any point.

That said, a character and hindering terrain on a diagonal like this:

C1
2H

The LoF between 1 and 2 wouldn't be hindering.

A non-flying hypersonic character would not need to stop at the intersection of two opposing characters because he can "move through squares adjacent to opposing characters". If he were not using HSS, though, he would have to stop as he reached square 1.

Norm

What possible scenario are we talking about....did they just breakaway?

Figures O and O arent going to block movement from 1 to 2 as the figure never attempts to move into the same square as O.

Still I think a relevant example is in order as most scenarios would force you to stop when becoming adjacent to O...

and if you have broken away from starting in square 1 then...

BN Rules p. 8

Actually Maraud was correct. Characters are never terrain and you can move between the diagonal of two opposing characters.

And could then roll for a breakaway on the next turn and continue on to square 2.

Its starting to sound like there might be a bit of confusion as to what is being asked here. At least I am a bit confused now that I have read all the posts up to NBPerp's first post.

From the op, what I gathered was being asked is whether it is possible at all, regardless of how many times a figure must stop, to move between two adjacent opposing characters, without an effect that ignores opposing characters for movement. And the answer to that is obviously, yes it is possible, as long as you rememeber that you have to stop when you move into square 1, then on a following round you break away successfully.

Now, if I read incorrectly and the op was just asking if it was possible for a character, without L/C, Flight, Phasing, etc..., to move past 1 and 2 in a single action then the answer is no due to the adjacency rule regarding opposing figures.

The underlined part is what I was focusing on. A non-flying HSS character. HSS lets you move adjacent to opposing characters, so it wold be ok.

Like Maraud stated, characters are not terrain.

What I believe the OP is asking is this:

Can a non-flyer who has broken away, or a non-flyer using HSS, move through the diagonal of the opposing characters?

Yes he can, as was stated. The opposing characters are not terrain and the terrain they are standing on would be taken into conseideration, not the characters. If they were both on hindering terrain, then the figure would have to stop, but he could still cross the path.

Perp got the question right; I'm just questioning the answer because of the line that says:"...all relevant game effects, such as characters..." Yes, the squares themselves are adjacent, but the intersection would be blocked because a character could not enter either square between the intersection on account that an opposing character occupies the squares. Unless we're saying the ability move through squares adjacent to opposing characters supersedes the intersection rule which could be the case.

if you read further you will see this

such as characters and objects occupying those squares, in determining whether each square acts as clear, hindering, or blocking terrain for movement purposes.

as stated before characters are not terrain.

Agreed that that is how it works, but why include characters in the sentence since characters are not terrain? Is there a benefit to mentioning characters or does it do more harm than good?

This is the crux of the problem, but we do know that opposing characters do block movement. Also, the glossary definition of Blocking Terrain says, "Terrain that prevents movement and an attacker from drawing a clear line of fire...." which is what an opposing character would do, "prevent movement".

Dr. Briefcase

There are characters with special powers (like Tempest) or team abilities (like Hypertime) that can either generate terrain in surrounding square or otherwise limit mobility in surrounding squares.

Characters like that are what that line refers to.