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 provide no combat or missile fire advantages.
+==== FEN ====
+For the purposes of FANTASY WARLORD, fens are
+wet areas covered with bushes and reeds. They are
+generally found beside or near rivers. Units entering
+fens suffer a cumulative loss of movement as if they
+were entering scrub and then marsh as well. While in
+a fen, a unit receives all the combat and missile fire
+benefits usually experienced in scrub.
+Any close order unit that charges in a fen is
+automatically disordered. Pikes can only be used in
+combat in a fen if the pike unit remains stationary
+otherwise they must use their secondary weapon.
+==== SWAMP ====
+For the purposes of FANTASY WARLORD swamps are
+defined as any area that is covered with trees and
+water. Units entering swamps suffer a cumulative
+loss of movement as if they were entering a wood and
+then a marsh as well. While in a swamp, a unit
+receives all the combat and missile fire benefits
+usually experienced in woods. Swamps act just like
+woods for the purposes of concealment, firing and
+visibility.
+Any unit that charges in a swamp is automatically
+disordered. Pikes cannot be used in combat in a
+swamp and pikemen must use their secondary
+weapon.
+===== RIVERS =====
+Unless specified before a battle begins, rivers are
+considered to be impassable and may only be crossed
+at bridges, designated fords or by flight or swimming
+(Characters, some monsters and hill trolls only).
+Troops crossing a river by a bridge suffer no
+movement penalty but may have to change
+formation to negotiate the width of the bridge.
+Fords are normally the same width as the road that
+leads down to them, though any length of river can
+be declared fordable, provided it is acceptable to all
+commanders before the battle commences. Troops
+crossing rivers by fords suffer a movement modifier
+(see Ford on the Profile Sheets), but their combat
+and missile fire capabilities are unaffected.
+Troops charging, counter-charging or making an
+Uncontrolled Advance across or into a ford
+automatically become disordered.
+==== LINEAR OBSTACLES ====
+Linear obstacles include walls, hedges, and fences.
+All of these features adversely affect movement (see
+the Profile Sheets) and many provide cover from
+missile fire and some degree of protection in hand-
+to-hand combat.
+==== WALLS, HEDGES AND FENCES ====
+To receive the cover benefits of a wall, fence or
+hedge, a figure or unit must actually have its base in
+contact with the object or the object's base. Being
+close to it is not good enough. To man such a
+defensive line the unit must either advance up to its
+base in line, or start the turn within 5 cm in any
+formation and be given the order Break Formation.
+In addition to this, even if a unit is in base-to-base
+contact with a wall, hedge or fence; if its formation is
+more than two ranks deep, ranks three and over are
+not counted as being under cover. If a player spots a
+unit with more than two ranks taking cover behind a
+linear obstacle, he may elect to fire on its rear ranks
+only. To do this he must measure from the front of
+the unit firing to the first rank of the enemy unit that
+is not under cover. In such a case the unit being fired
+on can only lose figures which are not under cover,
+and should there be more casualties than figures
+available the excess casualties have no effect.
+Units fighting with a wall, hedge or fence between
+them both receive the combat modifier appropriate
+to that terrain feature (see below).
+=== WALLS ===
+Walls are considered to be any feature from waist to
+shoulder height on a man, that are made from stone
+or brick. Troops of human height or smaller receive
+the benefit of heavy cover from such features, while
+larger creatures receive medium cover.
+Troops defending walls are not obliged to leave the
+wall if they achieve a pushback on the attackers. They
+only follow up a pushback if they want to. Nor are
+they obliged to make a pursuit move if they rout the
+attacker.
+=== HEDGES ===
+Agricultural hedges are usually thick and difficult
+to penetrate. Therefore they provide medium cover
+to all creatures of human height or smaller and light
+cover to larger creatures.
+Troops defending hedges are not obliged to leave
+the hedge if they achieve a pushback on the
+attackers. They only follow up a pushback if they
+want to. Nor are they obliged to make a pursuit move
+if they rout the attacker.
+=== FENCES ===
+Fences used to delineate property or contain
+livestock provide light cover for all creatures of
+human height or smaller, and no cover to larger
+creatures.
+Troops defending a fence are subject to the normal
+rules with regard to pushbacks and pursuit moves.
+More information on palisades, stone
+fortifications, ditches, trenches, moats,
+embankments etcetera, will be provided in the
+FANTASY WARLORD supplement BESIEGED.
+==== IMPASSABLE TERRAIN ====
+This includes such things as cliffs, deep chasms or
+canals. If you wish to include such terrain on your
+battlefield it must be designated and agreed by all
+players before the battle commences. Players should
+note that canals and chasms can be crossed if a
+suitable bridge is provided.
+Some terrain is impassable for certain types of
+units and not to others. For instance, some race's
+cavalry cannot ride through woods or negotiate
+walls. For these differences, players should consult
+the Profile Sheets.
+==== ROADS ====
+Roads provide no cover but ease movement across
+difficult terrain. If a unit is in column and following a
+road, it treats all terrain as being clear, regardless of
+the nature of the terrain it is actually passing
+through. Bridges are treated exactly like roads, but
+fords do hinder troop movement (see Rivers above).
+If a road crosses usually impassable terrain, then
+units are free to use it to pass that terrain. For
+instance, a road may penetrate a cliff face.
+An additional benefit of roads is that troops formed
+in column, following the road, do not need to take an
+Order Test in phase two of the game turn (unless of
+course they want to leave the road and are
+unbrigaded, or without a character commanding
+them). This is because even the dimmest troll can
+understand an order to "Advance down the road and
+kill anything that does not have green skin."
+==== BUILDINGS ====
+In these rules buildings represent domestic
+dwellings or farm buildings. Castles, towers,
+fortified manors, hill forts and other fortifications
+will be covered in the FANTASYWARLORD supplement
+BESIEGED.
+==== TROOPS INSIDE OR BEHIND BUILDINGS ====
+Troops inside buildings are concealed from the
+enemy until they use missile fire, emerge or are
+detected by enemy troops who move up to either the
+building's entrance(s) or windows (should it have
+any).
+Units concealed behind buildings are kept off the
+table until they move out of hiding or are spotted by
+the enemy. Remember that if the enemy has a flying
+creature at Flight Height, units behind buildings
+will be automatically spotted. However, the units
+inside will only be spotted if the building has no roof;
+if it does have a roof the flying unit will need to land
+and investigate the building in the way mentioned
+above, to discover if any enemy soldiers are inside.
+Only foot soldiers of troll size or smaller can
+occupy a building. Only as many troops as fill the
+ground floor area of a building can be placed inside it.
+If you cannot physically hide your figures inside the
+building, then remove them from the table and
+record their position on a sketch map. If only a
+portion of a unit can enter a building, as long as the
+figures outside remain in base-to-base contact with
+the building, the units integrity is maintained. If
+they do not the unit automatically becomes
+disordered. If a regiment has figures both inside and
+outside a building and either part of its force routs or
+retires, then the entire unit routs or retires.
+Troops are free to enter a building via the door or
+windows shown on the model. To enter a building a
+unit must be within 5 cm of it at the start of the turn
+and have the order Break Formation. It will then
+enter the building and reform inside. Movement
+inside buildings is treated as movement across
+broken ground. A unit can leave a building in three
+ways. If it wishes to leave the building voluntarily it
+must be given the order Break Formation and it will
+then exit the building and reform outside. If it leaves
+the building as a result of a rout or evade move, it
+moves as if it were crossing broken ground and a wall
+to exit the building. If it leaves the building as a result
+of a pushback, it immediately becomes disordered.
+Units armed with pikes must stack their pikes
+outside a building before they can enter (this action
+is assumed to take place when they are breaking
+formation). If they are involved in combat while
+inside the building, they fight as if they are armed
+with their secondary weapon (should they possess
+one) or with improvised weapons. When they re-
+emerge from the building with the order Break
+Formation, they are assumed to collect their pikes. If
+they leave in any other way the pikes are deemed to be
+lost for the rest of the battle.
+Units armed with pikes cannot use that weapon to
+attack enemy troops inside a building, but must
+instead employ their secondary weapon for this
+purpose.
+Missile troops in a building only get rank bonuses
+for firing per storey of the building they are
+occupying. In addition, only those figures in base to
+base contact with the side of the building they are
+firing through, are able to fire. They can do this
+regardless of the number of doors or windows in that
+wall, as it is assumed they will poke holes through
+the walls and thatch.
+==== COVER FROM BUILDINGS ====
+Troops inside buildings receive the benefit of the
+heavy cover modifier when they are being fired on.
+Combat in buildings can only be initiated by
+attacking units moving into base-to-base contact
+with the building's windows or doors. Under such
+circumstances the occupying troops receive the
+benefit of heavy cover, while the attackers receive no
+benefits at all. Attacking troops can only enter a
+building when they achieve a pushback (see Chapter
+: Combat) or if they force the defenders to rout or
+retire. Once inside both attackers and defenders
+receive the benefit of medium cover.
+Troops defending buildings are not obliged to
+leave the building if they achieve a pushback on the
+attackers. They only follow up a pushback if they
+want to. Nor are they obliged to make a pursuit move
+if they rout the attacker.
+==== DEFENCE VALUES OF BUILDINGS ====
+Each door, wall and roof of a building has a defence
+value. This value represents the amount of damage it
+can absorb before it collapses. In most battles there is
+no point in assigning values to buildings until
+someone announces they want to start demolishing
+them—as such activity rarely takes place.
+When the defence value of a door has been reduced
+to zero it is destroyed. When the defence value of a
+wall has been reduced to zero it is assumed it has
+collapsed, or in the case of attacking creatures that a
+breach has been forced equal to their base size. When
+the defence value of a roof has been reduced to zero it
+is presumed it has collapsed or in the case of
+attacking creatures, the attackers have hacked a
+hole in it equal to their base size.
+To find the defence value of any structure roll the
+dice shown on the table below:
+^ Structure              ^ Defence Value ^
+| Dry stonewall          | 3D4           |
+| Hedge                  | 2D4           |
+| Fence                  | 1D4           |
+| Stone/Brick Building   | 3D6           |
+| Wood/Wattle Building   | 4D4           |
+| Domestic Door/Roof     | 1D4           |
+==== DAMAGE TO BUILDINGS ====
+Only double handed weapons, polearms, fire,
+magic or creatures of troll size or greater, can
+seriously damage buildings. Weapons such as rams,
+catapults and bolt-throwers will be covered in the
+FANTASY WARLORD supplement BESIEGED.
+Double handed weapons, polearms and large
+creatures damage buildings by inflicting hits in the
+same way troop casualties are normally calculated.
+Magical weapons are treated slightly differently.
+Dragon Fire and the spells Fire Ball, Lightning Bolt
+and Blast of Flame will hit a building automatically
+and if it is inflammable, set it on fire. When such
+spells hit a building they cause three points of
+damage on the first turn, four on the second, five on
+the third, etcetera until they are extinguished or
+have destroyed the target. Missiles of Fire and Blades
+of Fire, if they hit a building, will also set it on fire. In
+these cases treat the fire according to the fire damage
+rules detailed below. The spell Minor Earthquake
+will cause three D6 damage to any buildings, walls
+etc. caught in its field, while the spell Earth Tremor
+will cause one D6 damage. Tornadoes automatically
+destroy any buildings, or those parts of walls, hedges
+or fences in their path (see the spell for Tornado on
+page 127), while whirlwinds cause two D6 damage to
+the wall they hit (see the Failed Magic Table on the
+Magic Sheet).
+==== FIRE DAMAGE ====
+Fire only damages buildings which are
+constructed of inflammable material such as wattle
+or wood or buildings with thatch roofs. Fire damages
+an object at an ever increasing rate. Simply put this
+means that on the first turn it causes one point of
+damage and then in phase one of turn two, two
+points, turn three, three points, then four points
+etcetera, until the object is destroyed.
+As soon as 50% of the object has been destroyed by
+fire, any troops sheltering behind it or if it is part of a
+building inside it, must either evacuate the building
+or roll for casualties. Fire casualties are checked for
+by rolling one D100 per figure. If the score is 51% or
+over the figure is killed. If the figure is a character or
+monster, instead of being automatically killed, it is
+assumed to have received two wounds and must roll
+for these on its hit table. Casualties are rolled for in
+phase one of every turn thereafter, that the unit,
+character or monster remains in the building.
+=== EXTINGUISHING FIRES ===
+Extinguishing a fire in the middle of a battle is
+difficult but not impossible.
+The easy way is to use Arcane Magic. The spell
+Extinguish Fire will automatically put out the fire in
+any one building, while the spell Downpour will
+extinguish any fires that fall within its area.
+The hard way is to try and put out a fire by hand. To
+extinguish a fire that may affect one of your units, it
+must be given the order 'Break Formation, Fire'. In
+phase eight of the turn roll one D100 for each figure
+involved. On a roll of 50% or more one point of fire is
+extinguished. If in one turn all the fire damage for
+that turn is extinguished then the fire has been put
+out. Otherwise it will continue to burn according to
+its usual increasing rate until the building is
+destroyed.
+Units that are attempting to extinguish a fire,
+count as being disordered if they are attacked in the
+combat phase of the same turn, and their attacker
+enjoys the Combat Modifier for a Flank Attack.
+When a fire is extinguished or the fire fighters
+give up, they are automatically assumed to reform
+into their original formation, at no movement
+cost.
+----
+[[missile-fire|CHAPTER 8. MISSILE FIRE]]