Art De La Guerre

Black Prince · Signifer Inscrit le: 17 Oct 2016 Messages: 301

I umpired my groups first ADLG game last night, I have to say all the conditional modifiers for melee did my head in. I realise after a few games it becomes clearer but starting out it was tough. I have a couple of questions.

1. Can heavy artillery be deployed in a field? Is it disordered?

2. Armour, If the knight with heavy armour looses the die roll it adds in armour if it is fighting medium swordsmen with no armour does it add +2 to the die roll even if the result would end up higher than the swordsman's die roll?

3. Impact cav versus heavy spearmen how does the impact factors work?

Is there a flow chart that explains when all the conditional factor get added in.

Commodore · Post� le: Sam Nov 19, 2016 7:33 am Sujet du message:

Hi
answers :
1/ I think no forbidden terrain for heavy artillery but i have to investigate
2/ it is it is only a +1 if the knight score less than its opponent as it has an heavier armor. It is different on shooting were protectin is added to the target die roll
3/ the heavy spearmen cancel CAV impact impact capacity and has impact against charging mounted troops (except elephant). Heavy spearmen +1 , + 1 for the impact against mounted sot +2. For the cav it is 0 (againts HI front) + 0 (no impact) total 0. So a +2/0 but the cav keep the furious charge capacity.
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Ramses II · Post� le: Sam Nov 19, 2016 12:21 pm Sujet du message:

On the artillery, the rule is that you may not deploy in terrain that the unit cannot enter. So artillery may deploy in Rough (fields in this case), but not in Difficult terrain.

Also, terrain does not cause disorder by itself, though it may disadvantage a unit that is fighting in it.

Finally there is no flow chart for the process.
In my experience it is best to do the following:-

Determine the factors of each unit in a given combat.
Resolve those as a single number giving advantage to one or other side, and throw the dice relative to that number.
Determine which unit has won / lost or drawn
Consider post combat modifiers that may apply to draws or the losing unit

Hazelbark · Magister Militum Inscrit le: 12 Nov 2014 Messages: 1671

You may want to look at the FAQ that you can download as a pdf.

there are some points clarified there.

Black Prince · Signifer Inscrit le: 17 Oct 2016 Messages: 301

Why in the FAQ example of Medium Spearmen fighting impact cav does it shows.
the spearmen with no impact and the cavalry with the impact cancelled by the spearmen. The factors should be inf +2 and cav +1?

Commodore · Post� le: Dim Nov 20, 2016 8:28 am Sujet du message:

Black Prince · Signifer Inscrit le: 17 Oct 2016 Messages: 301

So on the quick reference sheet where it says Medium Spearmen impact against mounted except Elephants is wrong?

JohnTheBoring · Post� le: Dim Nov 20, 2016 1:20 pm Sujet du message:

Black Prince · Signifer Inscrit le: 17 Oct 2016 Messages: 301

Thanks I have got it now.

plefebvre · Magister Militum Inscrit le: 30 D�c 2009 Messages: 1183

Regarding the question about artillery :

"No unit can be deployed in a terrain in which it cannot move, unless it is on a road "(page 72)

Consequently :
-you can deploy heavy or mobile artillery in difficult terrain only if it is on a road.
-you can deploy mobile artillery in rough terrain, even out of a road.
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