Art De La Guerre

[Laurence]

Page 17 - illustration - 2nd example - A1 and B1 are in corner contact with an El - "A1 and B1 fight with no penalty [..]" ?

This is contrary to the rule text, above the illustration, where it clearly says "[..] in contact even only by a corner with a unit of El suffer a -1 penalty in melee"

Imo, A1 and B1 must fight each with a -1 penalty, correct ?

This would be more significant in case of a quality difference, for example if unit A1 is ELITE, B1 not, A1 could take advantage from the Quality modifier and win the fight!

[fdunadan]

As they both suffer from panic, they both have -1 in melee, so they fight at egality.
If the panic affect only one of the fighters ( B3 for example), it will be counted.
The Elite or Mediocre affect only the dice roll, so counting both -1 or both 0 doesn't modify the result.
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[Laurence]

thanks, agree
the Quality modifier is applied before all melee factors modifiers