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| battlefield-terrain [2025/09/28 00:31] – [TERRAIN EFFECTS ON MOVEMENT] fantasyadmin | battlefield-terrain [2025/10/02 20:32] (current) – [WALLS, HEDGES AND FENCES] fantasyadmin | ||
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| -18 cm = 1 cm). | -18 cm = 1 cm). | ||
| - | __Example__: | + | > __Example__: |
| - | Elves, in close order and formed in a line one rank | + | |
| - | deep, begin phase six 3 cm from a ford. There | + | |
| - | normal move is 24 cm and the ford will cost them | + | |
| - | 1/4 more to traverse than clear terrain. They | + | |
| - | advance to the ford using 3 cm of their move and | + | |
| - | leaving 21 cm still to go. The ford is 8 cm wide and | + | |
| - | the depth of the elf unit is 2 cm, which equals a | + | |
| - | total of 10 cm to clear the obstacle. A 1/4 of 10 is | + | |
| - | 2.5 which means it actually costs the elves 12.5 cm | + | |
| - | of their allowance to clear the ford, even though | + | |
| - | they only move forward 10 cm. 12.5 cm + 3 cm | + | |
| - | = 15.5 cm of their allowance and leaves them with a | + | |
| - | further 8.5 cm to move over the clear terrain | + | |
| - | beyond the ford. | + | |
| Players should note that movement modifiers are | Players should note that movement modifiers are | ||
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| weapon. | weapon. | ||
| - | ===== RIVERS | + | ==== RIVERS ==== |
| Unless specified before a battle begins, rivers are | Unless specified before a battle begins, rivers are | ||
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| automatically become disordered. | automatically become disordered. | ||
| - | ==== LINEAR OBSTACLES ==== | + | ===== LINEAR OBSTACLES |
| Linear obstacles include walls, hedges, and fences. | Linear obstacles include walls, hedges, and fences. | ||
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| Troops defending a fence are subject to the normal | Troops defending a fence are subject to the normal | ||
| rules with regard to pushbacks and pursuit moves. | rules with regard to pushbacks and pursuit moves. | ||
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| - | More information on palisades, stone | ||
| - | fortifications, | ||
| - | embankments etcetera, will be provided in the | ||
| - | FANTASY WARLORD supplement BESIEGED. | ||
| ==== IMPASSABLE TERRAIN ==== | ==== IMPASSABLE TERRAIN ==== | ||
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| benefit of heavy cover, while the attackers receive no | benefit of heavy cover, while the attackers receive no | ||
| benefits at all. Attacking troops can only enter a | benefits at all. Attacking troops can only enter a | ||
| - | building when they achieve a pushback (see Chapter | + | building when they achieve a pushback ([[combat|see Chapter |
| - | 9: Combat) or if they force the defenders to rout or | + | 9: Combat]]) or if they force the defenders to rout or |
| retire. Once inside both attackers and defenders | retire. Once inside both attackers and defenders | ||
| receive the benefit of medium cover. | receive the benefit of medium cover. | ||
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