Generals and CMTs

[Petefloro]

sorry if this question has been asked before - couldn't find anything similar on the forum.
Can a general be used twice in a phase to influence a CMT? For example,an IC is with a BG and wants to do a complex move - so there's a +3 on the dice roll. Another BG is within his range and also wants to do a complex move -can the same IC influence that CMT as well giving a +2 on the dice roll?

[Robert241167]

Hi there

Yes the IC can add +2 to any BG within his range.

This would not happen if you had committed him to combat though.

Rob

[Petefloro]

Thanks Rob
I've always played it that way but I couldn't see it in the rules when some one asked the other day. The rules (V2) mention only one general can influence a CMT or CT.
But I suppose they don't say a general can't be used more than once to test different BGs.Well,as far as I know any way
cheers
Pete

[ravenflight]

Thanks Rob
I've always played it that way but I couldn't see it in the rules when some one asked the other day. The rules (V2) mention only one general can influence a CMT or CT.
But I suppose they don't say a general can't be used more than once to test different BGs.Well,as far as I know any way
cheers
Pete

Yeah, the one general bit is that you can't count a TC WITH a BG and an IC in range of a BG. You either take the TC with bonus OR the IC within range bonus. You can't use both generals. That doesn't preclude using the IC 5 times (so long as the 5 BG's are within range AND the IC isn't in the front rank during combat.

[grahambriggs]

Yes they definitely can. Each and every BG can try a CMT, and the commander just needs to be in range. A couple of interesting bits that are sometimes missed:

- the wording is such that the commander must be in range or with the BG when the movement phase starts to get the +
- a Battle Line can take CMTs too but it turns out that this is only really relevant if it has troops in that need a CMT to move at all.