Defensive Fire

[terrys]

Close range shooting by a unit other than the target of the charge hit on 5.
Question is do the normal POA's for rear or flank shooting apply here? Personally I would like to see it stay at 5's since you are shooting at a fast moving target as it flys past as it were.

I've just answered another post similar to this but refered to counter-charges against cavalry that toook hits during the charge.

Only the target of the charge can hit cavalry on a 4+ ............. All other firing at cavalry is at a 5+
The only exception to this is if the starting position of the assaulting cavalry allows a (non-target) unit to fire on its flank or rear, in which case the firers will receive a +POA.

Infantry assaults are different in that the chargers will normally be hit on a 4+ by ALL firing units unless their starting position is more than 40mm to the side of each the FIRERS (NOT just the target). A + POA wil be gained as above if their starting position give a +POA for flank or rear.

[deadtorius]

your reference to 40mm assumes a 15mm army? Or does this apply to both 15mm and 28mm (60mm wide bases) armies??

[terrys]

your reference to 40mm assumes a 15mm army? Or does this apply to both 15mm and 28mm (60mm wide bases) armies??

60mm for 25/28mm scales.
I should really have said "1 base width"

[BrettPT]

> An assaulting unit is fired at by every enemy unit (capable of firing at close range) that it passes within 2Mu of.
> All dice hit on a 5+, except that the target themselves hit on a 4+ if the cavalry start at least partially to their front.
> Intercepting units cannot be fired at in the assault phase.
> The target cannot fire at the chargers IF they were successfully intercepted, but could fire at other units.
> Units that were not the target of the charge may still fire at chargers who are intercepted, (assume they move to the point of interception), and if these alone halt the charge, the intercept is also cancelled. (since they would not now be contacted by the assaulting unit).

My suggestion is this goes into an FAQ

Bumping this to the top