Slitherine

When a general helps an elite unit in closecombat the mechanism states that these groups get to re-roll threes (presumably this is optional - i.e. if you hit on three's you don't want to re-roll then?), however it then goes on to state that re-rolled three's cannot go below three.

Does this mean:

a) You keep on re-rolling until you get a three or higher

b) You count as having rolled a three if you throw a one or two?

It certainly used to say somewhere that a rerolled dice could not be any lower than the first roll so a roll of 3 rerolled to a 1 would count as 3. I also think that rerolls are optional but would need to check the wording in the rules.

hammy wrote:It certainly used to say somewhere that a rerolled dice could not be any lower than the first roll so a roll of 3 rerolled to a 1 would count as 3. I also think that rerolls are optional but would need to check the wording in the rules.

They don't need to be optional if they cannot go lower.

dave_r wrote:b) You count as having rolled a three if you throw a one or two?

is correct

See Glossary of Basic Mechanisms.

Re-Rolls "Apply to complex move tests, variable move rolls, combat dice and cohesion tests. Dice are only ever re-rolled once (i.e. they cannot be re-rolled again if they score the re-rollable score again.)"

So if Elites need 3+ to hit in either combat or shooting, they cannot miss?

markm wrote:So if Elites need 3+ to hit in either combat or shooting, they cannot miss?

Not quite.

The question was if you roll a 3 and reroll a 1 or 2 does it still count as a 3. So Elites with a general and a ++ can still miss but they need to roll 1 or 2 then another 1 or 2.