Slitherine

A question was raised this evening.

If elephants can only be controlled by generals on elephants can other troops be controlled or influenced by generals on elephants?

Can a general on an elephant be used to add a 1 to the morale to a medium foot unit?


Thanks

Hi hoodlum

I think the only time you have to worry about elephant or noe-elephant generals is when you are deciding on whether they are able to join the battle group in close combat.

Aside from that I belive the generals are just the same in moving troops around, CMT's, CT's, etc.

Rob

The elephant general restriction is only on joining a battle group to fight in the front rank to affect the combat die re-rolls. For all other purposes, elephant and non-elephant generals are equivalent. Either may join any friendly BG in combat to assist in Cohesion Tests and CMTs.

Chris

Lastly Elephant generals may NOT join Cavalry for the combat re-roll. They may join any other BG however.

Robert241167 wrote:Hi hoodlum

I think the only time you have to worry about elephant or noe-elephant generals is when you are deciding on whether they are able to join the battle group in close combat.

Aside from that I belive the generals are just the same in moving troops around, CMT's, CT's, etc.

Rob

Totally agree with you Rob.
Andy

hoodlum wrote:A question was raised this evening.

If elephants can only be controlled by generals on elephants can other troops be controlled or influenced by generals on elephants?

Can a general on an elephant be used to add a 1 to the morale to a medium foot unit?


Thanks

It is only re-rolls that are affected by whether the general is on an elephant or not. And generals only affect re-rolls when in close combat (page 24). So for everything else, including morale, it doesn't matter how the general is depicted.

Elephant generals can't affect the re-rolls of other mounted troops. So the elephant general could affect the morale of the MF and help their re-rolls oif he goes into close combat with them.

hazelbark wrote:Lastly Elephant generals may NOT join Cavalry for the combat re-roll. They may join any other BG however.

More than just cavalry; artillery (no general can) and any mounted troop type that is not elephants,.

I think technically, looking at the wording, the general could join the close combat, e.g an elephant general with cavalry, it's just that he doesn't affect the re-rolls so there's risk without benefit. I did have this is one game where an opponent sent an ally general in to fight with a unit of the main army. since he was a nice chap i let him take that back