Heavy Weapon Q

[mbsparta]

We had a BG of Thracians; Protected with Heavy Weapon. They were fighting a BG of Spanish Scutarii; Protected, Impact Foot, Sword.
Do the Thracians get a + POA for armor because the Heavy Weapon cancels the armor of the Scutarii?

Thanks
Mike B

[ravenflight]

No.

The POA would be -1 to the Thracians on impact, and evens in melee.

I.e. the 'cancelling' effect of the armour is that they don't have 'better armour', not that they don't have armour at all.

[bbotus]

As ravenflight said. If you go to page 97 and read the Heavy Weapon POA line, it says you get a + for the heavy weapon unless fighting skirmishers or ssw; and, if the enemy has a + for better armor, they lose the +. It doesn't cancel the armour, it cancels the + for 'better armor'. So a protected heavy weapon would only get a + for better armor if the enemy had no armor.