Protected foot

Scrumpy · Post by **Scrumpy** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 7:02 pm

From a game I had monday....

My unit of archers were in an enclosed field when they were charged by some Polish knights/crossbowmen. During melee we worked out that the Poles were on 2 poa for having better armour & swords. Should my archers have counted as protected foot as they were in the enclosed field, or does that still just apply to shot ?

cheers

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Wed Feb 23, 2011 11:37 pm

The rules on protection seem to imply that it would also apply to melee, so I guess your archers could have been hiding amongst the walls etc and should have counted as protected in their after all.
Page 126 end of the protection section states: "In addition, foot bases entirely in enclosed fields or a village also count as "protected".

Looks like you might have missed the all important life saving POA there

Scrumpy · Post by **Scrumpy** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 1:18 am

They didn't need them, they valiantly rolled 5s to frag the Poles. Luckily for me the great tactic of letting your opponents dice kick his ass worked for me !

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:31 pm

I have been in your opponents shoes before.... much to the snickering of Blathergut over the lack of poodle luck

Blathergut · Post by **Blathergut** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:41 pm

**snickersnicker**

marshalney2000 · Post by **marshalney2000** » Thu Feb 24, 2011 10:52 pm

Sorry I am being a bit slow at this time of night. Agree the archers would be protected but where does it say they get a poa as the impact tables only refer to protected shot as far as I can see.
John

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Fri Feb 25, 2011 8:33 pm

John

You sure it is down to the time of night...? :)

Agree with your reading of the impact PoAs.

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Sat Feb 26, 2011 11:54 pm

you mean he didnt use black powder bows??? thought he was using the special Davinci supplement army list....