Re: [WABlist] Some rules questions

Thanks Jeff. This was the understanding that I had from the 1.5 rules, but
I thought that something might have changed. It appears, then, that my
Danes did *not* actually beat any Anglo-Saxons, and so *I guess *I should
return that Danegeld...

On Wed, Mar 9, 2011 at 1:00 PM, Jonas, Jeff <jjonas@soe.sony.com> wrote:

>
>
>
> A general is leading a Thegn/Ceorl unit from Shieldwall, and they lose,
> break, flee and are not caught.
>
> Question:
>
> 1) How should we handle rallying?
>
> ------> If the unit has the character in it, it uses the character's
> leadership to rally- since the character is attached when the unit fled.
> Formed units may rally on the General's leadership within 12". Units
> that have rank bonuses that add to leadership may not use them while
> fleeing.
> So a typical warband with a Warlord with leadership 7 has to roll a 7 to
> rally, this applies even if the warlord is 12' away, and even if the
> warlord is ranked up in another unit--- the ranks of the unit he is in
> do not count for the fleeing unit.
>
>
> At a recent tournament a referee read the
> flight rules as if the fleeing unit essentially becomes skirmishers
>
> -----> The above is incorrect, only skirmishers fleeing are treated as
> skirmishers.
>
>
> 2) As a related question, the general above ended up fleeing the table
> (because the player, to his credit, was very gracious about accepting
> the
> most damaging reading of the rules). I see int he panic section that
> tests
> are taken when a general dies, but this is not the case when a general
> decides that its quittin' time?
>
> ------> Loss of the general is absorbed in the post battle points tally.
> Sadly fleeing does not trigger a general loss test for almost all the
> WAB armies, except for the Persians in AtG. One would think thegns would
> be susceptible to this, but indeed they are elite as marching bands when
> compared to levies...
> JJ
>
>

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