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 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]]