Here is Kilowogs special power

Speed - Tough Drill Instructor: Other friendly characters that share a keyword with Kilowog and are within 4 squares modify their attack values by +1.

When is a friendly figure 4 spaces away when using Charge, HSS, RS, or transporter attack???

My best guess would be that before they begin their movement they must be 4 squares away to get the +1 modifier to attack.

I was hoping that if Kilowog was in close combat with an opponents figure that a friendly figure could use RS to get within 4 squares of Kilowog and boost their attack by +1 to attack that same character from range.

The text you have here would work no differently from a similarly worded minion power.

You check these things when they are used. In this case, you check when the attack is made. If you are not within 4 at that time, you would get no bonus.

Your best guess is correct.

I would say that you have to be in 4 squares of Kilowog when you make the attack. So you could be in close combat, breakaway to Running Shot, and get the +1 if you were in four squares of Kilowog, even if you weren't at the beginning of your action.

I figured it works like perplex. You can perplex a friendly figures values before they begin their charge or RS attack.

You can't perplex up your figures attack WHILE they are performing RS.

This special power is just worded to be "within 4 squares" and the timing of that might be different that normal perplex.

As you can see, there are two deputies with different answers here.

I'll move it to the cave.

Aaaand I got it all backwards. Go with what Harpua said, not this sleepdeprived maniac...

Been there, done that.

i believe its "all friendly charicters".....

i think if you want the +1, you need to end/make the attack within 4 squares.
(which need i mind you should not be hard since hes a close combat peiece.)
hss and charge should have no problem getting the +1, but if thats the only reason your playing him, you need to stick your head in a dumpster, beacuse hes a main attacker in my oppinion...

on another note, i am very happy they finaly re-made kilowog, i've been waiting to get my hands on one for quite a while, and here he is

so, Thank You NECA for the kilowog!

You know what I don't like about people being Grammar and spelling police? When someone will call someone else out, but not bother to fix their own post of a slew of spelling errors and such..

Again keep in mind that not everyone is a world class speller, nor are they all English speakers.. So there's no real reason for calling out mistakes.

Fixed it for you.

I'm still a little fuzzy on the SP of Kilowog.

The "within 4 range" is when the attack is being made NOT when the friendly character begins his movement for the attack.


Scenerio:

Kilowog is 2 squares away from Hal Jordan. Hal Jordan wants to perform a RS against an opposing character. He begins his movement 2 squares from Kilowog but when he uses RS he is eventually 6 squares away from him when he makes his attack. (Let's say he moved 4 squares for RS) Does he get the bonus????

I guess Minion powers are similar but the truth is I don't know how it works with them either.

Since neither Kilowog's SP or (most) minion powers are dependent on the character being given a specific action, the modifier is simply checked whenever an attack is made.

If the friendly character is not within 4 square of Kilowog when it makes an attack, it does not get a bonus to its attack value.

Kilowog has a classic if/then modifier

Perplex is a continuous modifier until its time runs out or there is a click of the dial on the perplexed character. A modifier that says until the end of the turn is continuous.

If thens are only checked when they are needed and are only applied if the criteria is met at that moment

So, you RS and shoot. Check to see if you are within 4. If then, add +1 to attack
You charge and punch. Check to see if you are within 4. If then, add +1 to attack

Any other circumstance, no +1

Hal would not get the bonus in this scenario. He is not within four squares when he is making the attack.

If he began his running shot six squares away from Kilowog and moved within four squares before making the attack using RS, then he would get the bonus.