Art De La Guerre

[Dgp1957]

Hi folks, just a quick question regarding crossbows.
In the rulebook all target troop types have a protection of 1.
Does that apply to troops who have a protection of 0, increasing their protection from 0 to 1.
Or does it mean that all target troops can only have a maximum protection of 1?

[Three]

It's both, except elephants and war wagons.

Crossbows (or firearms) shooting at bowmen or medium cavalry or medium camels who normally have a protection factor of 0 count a protection factor of 1.
Cataphracts or heavy knights or armoured foot etc who would normally have a protection factor of 2 have it reduced to a factor of 1.

Elephants or war wagons retain their normal protection factors.

[Mark G Fry]

[KevinD]

I agree with Three and Mark above.

The tricky one is Armored Elephants. Are they a net 0 or 1? Their base is clearly a 0, but do they count armor? I think not as p 56 says Armor and Heavy Armor bonuses do not apply vs crossbows and firearms.

[Mark G Fry]

[Neep]

Note that the effect of pavises, cover, or fortification is not cumulative. Any one gives a -1, but two or three still only gives a -1.
They also get a +1 against mounted, unless LI. (Thus heavy troop xbow is essentially +1 against El, armored or not.)
The notes are for crossbows and firearms. Incendiaries, longbows, artillery, bows, and javelins/slings/atlatl have their own quirks, as do LI using them.

[Dgp1957]

Thanks folks.