shooting at artillery from buildings

[viperofmilan]

Stop this tendency before you ruin the whole thing.

I'll second that.

[bahdahbum]

This makes NO sense at all. Who is shooting at what? The only way for this to be happening is that skirmisher a from the reformed building occupiers have advanced up to the unreformed attackers.

Hy Adonald,

The answer is in fact pretty simple :

If unreformed infantry with no SK attachment moves within 2 MU of the BUA, it is in firing range . If it is outside 2 MU it cannot shoot at the BUA and the BUA garrison cannot shoot back as there are no firers . The idea is that the guys in the BUA stay in the BUA and have a 2 MU shooting range . The guys outside, if reformed or with SK attachment have a 6 MU range because their SK advance in range of the BUA ( 2 MU ) and engage in joyous firing . It's the assaulting guy who approach, not the "defender"

Does this help

[adonald]

Sorry, don't have the rules with me.

Can cavalry, being the only target, get shot at by troops occupying a BUA at greater than 2MU?

Alastair

[deadtorius]

At present yes if there is no other target they have to fire at. I believe the usual dice reductions will occur.

[BrettPT]

Almost. According to the Building FAQ, unreformed Line infantry without an artillery attachment cannot shoot a town at medium range.
However the defenders, assuming they are reformed or have a gun, can shoot at a single unreformed target at medium range. So the picture of a combat between attacking skirmishers and defenders on the walls doesn't really fit all circumstances.

And yes, defenders get dice reduction for enemy cavalry if there is no-one firing back.

My view is that the rules as currently written can't really be explained based on what is taking place, they're simply 'the rules'.

[bahdahbum]

The defender may shoot BACK at any unit firing at them if within 6 MU and not artillery !

So unreformed inf at 6 MU outside a building cannot be shot at .

[BrettPT]

Check page 3 of Building FAQ "if no enemy infantry is capable of firing at the building, 4 dice at the nearest single enemy unit of any type within the firers' normal range"

[bahdahbum]

We will need Terry's statement here !

[deadtorius]

As has been stated this one needs a review for V2.