Another stupid question from a newbie

[Pritchard]

please-dont make fun of me, i've lost pages from my LRB i downloaded and am unable to redownload for some stupid reason-
Question: If a player picks up the ball from the field, is that his action or can he then move and/or pass it.
thanks for the quick help, guys
Pritchard

[sean newboy]

Picking up is a free action, he can still pass. Basically u just cant blitz and pass in the same action.

[franck_le_grand]

Remember that handoff is also an action, so you can't combine:
hand off, pass, blitz, block.

[McSnaga]

or foul

[Milo]

Also, remember that you must declare what action you intend to use before you begin moving the player. But that said, picking up the ball does NOT end your action. It is a reaction to you entering the square containing the ball, not an action in and of itself. That means that you can pick up the ball during any type of action EXCEPT a block.

Milo

[Mojoshenpo]

.... That means that you can pick up the ball during any type of action EXCEPT a block.

Milo

Including a foul?! Hmmm, what happens to the ball if you get ejected?

(come to think of it, what happens to a ball carrier that's stupid enough to foul someone and gets ejected?!!)



War is the Way of Man....
Before the Way of Man,
Was the Way of Nature;
And, before that, The Void.
And The Void was... Peace....

[Milo]

If you get ejected while carrying the ball, it scatters one square and you suffer a turnover (naturally, you'd also be suffering one due to the ejection.)