It is only Non-shock medium foot whose front rank has bow, longbow, crossbow or firearm that have to test to charge. Javelin doesn't stop youdave_r wrote:Right, so what we are saying is that if i want to charge i am shock troops and if i dont i have missile troops in the front rank.
Is there a precedent with the blood and gold lads who are impact foot and javelins? I am fairly sure they have to charge.
If you mix up the front rank I supect the following happens:
First (because of the detailed turn sequence), if you want to charge, you must take a CMT "Non-shock medium foot whose front rank has bow, longbow, crossbow or firearm must pass a CMT to charge"
Then, if you've failed your CMT to charge, or don't want to charge, you need to take a CMT. "shock troops who have not declared a charge need to pass a complex move test".
So if you pass the first CMT (if you take it) or fail the second one, you'll charge. And it doesn't matter if you have PD or not.
If only I'd spotted this when we did Blood and Gold, I'd have insisted on some of these in North American lists, with a special note that they had to have a mixed front rank, to represent the "contrary societies"
