Slitherine

Can a 2nd rank that would not normally be allowed to overhead fire be allowed to count as support shooting in impact ?

There is no prohibition on overhead fire. Only one rank can shoot in a forest. There is nothing to prevent it been the second rank. So IMHO you can use the second rank shooting dice for units in a forest.

Martin

From the FAQ:

viii) SUPPORT SHOOTING AT IMPACT
Can you support shoot if you could not normally shoot from a 2nd rank due to terrain?
No. If terrain (such as Forest) stops you from using the 2nd rank in normal shooting, equally it stops you having the
benefit of these dice at impact.

What about for mixed troops, which have a second rank that fire as if it was a first rank ?
Do they fire normally at shooting phase but no support at the impact ?

The wording in Appendix 2 for the terrains in question is:

"Troops inside can only shoot in 1 rank."

This does not specify that the 1 rank, in which the shooting troops are, has to be the front rank.

However, the FAQ quoted earlier implies that it can't be a second or 3rd rank, at least in impact combat.

Change the wording in v2.0 to "Troops inside can shoot only from a front rank." if that is what is intended.

Sadly this should be an errata item not an entry in an FAQ. FAQ should be there to explain complex situations and rules not to be a source of rules themselves. The current version of the rules does not prevent what was initially proposed in this thread. The only way to clear this up is to change the rule with an errata item.

Paul.

True. I find many answers in the FAQ to contradict the actual wording of the rules. See battlewagons.