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--- morale [2025/09/19 14:10] – [HOW TO TAKE A MORALE TEST] fantasyadmin
+++ morale [2025/09/21 18:10] (current) – [EXEMPTIONS FROM THE NEED TO TAKE MORALE TESTS] fantasyadmin
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 Self-explanatory.
-EACH FREE VISIBLE ENEMY MONSTER OR UNIT
+==== EACH FREE VISIBLE ENEMY MONSTER OR UNIT WITHIN 20 CMS ====
-WITHIN 20 CMS
 To cause this adverse modifier the enemy monster
 or unit must be out of combat and must not be
 routing or retiring.
-HATED FOE WITHIN 20 CMS
+==== HATED FOE WITHIN 20 CMS ====
 When you really hate someone it gets the
 adrenalin going.
-UNIT IS BEING ATTACKED IN FLANK
+==== UNIT IS BEING ATTACKED IN FLANK ====
 Self-explanatory and includes attacks by
 overlapping units.
-UNIT IS BEING ATTACKED IN REAR
+==== UNIT IS BEING ATTACKED IN REAR ====
 This morale modifier allows for the fear and
 confusion caused by a rear attack. It includes attacks
 by overlapping units who get behind another unit
-UNIT IS ENGAGED WITH ENEMY TWICE ITS NUMBER
+==== UNIT IS ENGAGED WITH ENEMY TWICE ITS NUMBER ====
 Attacking a numerically superior foe can cause the
 morale of your troops to waver.
-UNIT IS ENGAGED WITH ENEMY HALF ITS NUMBER
+==== UNIT IS ENGAGED WITH ENEMY HALF ITS NUMBER ====
 Attacking a numerically inferior foe can bolster
 your troops morale. Players should note, this
 modifier never affects monsters.
-UNIT LOST LAST ROUND OF COMBAT
+==== UNIT LOST LAST ROUND OF COMBAT ====
 A history of defeat will always undermine a unit's
 morale.
-UNIT IS IN HEAVY COVER
+==== UNIT IS IN HEAVY COVER ====
 The safety cover offers will often boost morale.
-UNIT ATTACKED BY
+==== UNIT ATTACKED BY MAGIC/MONSTER/UNDEAD THIS TURN ====
-MAGIC/MONSTER/UNDEAD THIS TURN
 Self-explanatory — the magic attack may have
 been at any point in the turn prior to when the
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 missile attacks by undead will not.
+===== MORALE RESULTS =====
+==== 1. ROUT ====
+A unit that suffers the result Rout, turns its back on
+the enemy and moves at Rout Speed directly away
+from the cause of its panic. The soldiers move in the
+safest possible direction, which usually means
+running towards the table edge they entered by.
+Routing units lose formation so they can pass
+easily through any gap 3 cms wide or more, or flow
+round any obstacle. If an obstacle cannot be
+circumnavigated, then the routing unit must move
+either to the right or left, in an attempt to get round
+it. In such a case, to decide in which direction they
+move roll one D6. On a 1-3 they go right and on a 4-6
+they go left.
+A unit which is charged or pursued while routing
+has no right of reply in combat. Instead the routing
+commander must remove one figure from his unit
+for every figure the attacker successfully gets into
+base-to-base contact with the routing unit. This may
+seem harsh, but it should be remembered that in real
+battles most of the casualties inflicted on the
+defeated side, occurred when its troops were trying
+to escape from the battlefield.
+Units that rout in any phase of the turn, apart from
+phase eleven, can attempt to rally in the first half of
+phase eleven. But units that rout in the second half of
+phase eleven as a result of combat, can not try to rally
+until phase eleven of the following turn.
+For a routing unit to rally it must pass a Morale Test
+in phase eleven of the game turn. If it fails the test it
+will continue its rout and make another rout move in
+phase one of the following turn. It will continue this
+process until it succeeds in rallying, or routs off the
+table and is lost for the rest of the game.
+If a routing unit rallies, it is immediately marked
+with a disordered counter and must receive the
+order to Reform before it can follow any other orders
+(See Disordered Units on Page 60).
+If a character is with a unit when it routs he also
+routs for one turn (sometimes survival is the better
+part of valour). But at the end of phase one i n the next
+turn he immediately rallies himself.
+==== 2. RET ====
+A unit that suffers the result Retire, moves
+immediately at retire speed away from the enemy for
+one move only and ends its move facing its foe.
+Retiring units move directly away from the cause of
+their fear and where ever possible back track along
+the route they used to advance on the enemy. Any
+character with the unit will also retire.
+If this morale result is obtained in phase eleven of a
+game turn, the affected unit retires in phase one of
+the next game turn. Otherwise units that obtain this
+result retire immediately and can conduct no
+further orders that turn which involve either
+movement or firing.
+==== 3. CO ====
+A unit that achieves the result Carry On continues
+to follow its existing orders, whatever they may be. A
+routing unit that achieves this result rallies.
+==== 4. UA (UNCONTROLLED ADVANCE) ====
+A routing unit that achieves the result
+Uncontrolled Advance rallies. Any other unit that
+achieves this result, immediately charges toward
+the enemy that caused its Morale Test or the nearest
+enemy unit in front of them.
+Units that get this result in a Morale Test can not be
+given any orders until they have made their charge
+move, and if they already have orders, immediately
+discard them.
+If the unit has not yet moved in the current game
+turn, it will commence its charge in either phase
+four or six — depending on which comes first after
+the Morale Result. The charge will be completed in
+phase nine as normal.
+If the unit has already moved in the current game
+turn, then it conducts its charge in phase one of the
+next turn in the following way. First its target takes a
+Morale Test. If it fails it conducts its Rout or Retire
+immediately. Then the unit in UA moves the first half
+of its charge move. If it contacts the enemy, combat
+occurs and must be resolved in phase ten. If it fails to
+contact the target, the target may then take a
+Reaction Test to see if it can react to this unexpected
+danger. If it can and wishes to do so, it does so
+immediately but at the cost of forfeiting all other
+movement and firing for the rest of that turn. The
+unit in Uncontrolled Advance then makes the final
+half of its charge move. If it contacts its target,
+combat will occur in phase ten of the turn.
+===== EXEMPTIONS FROM THE NEED TO TAKE MORALE TESTS =====
+Characters never have to take Morale Tests. Which
+is one of the reasons why they are such renowned
+heroes, infamous thieves, inspiring priests, dread
+wizards, or feared Discipline Masters.
+Skeletons never take Morale Tests because they
+have no minds of their own to exercise, instead they
+are completely controlled by another being.
+However, if their controller is wounded or killed,
+then the skeletons will immediately disappear back
+to the shadowlands from whence they came and are
+removed from play.
+Some magic spells, miracles, curses or wonders,
+may temporarily exempt a unit or monster from
+taking Morale Tests.
+----
+[[magic|CHAPTER 11. MAGIC]]