Art De La Guerre

[Andy Fyfe]

Hi Guys,

An elephant has destroyed a unit in its melee turn.

There is terrain which would penalise the elephant in combat about half an UD in front of it.

Does the elephant:

1. Stay in place and not pursue
2. Pursue as far as the penalising terrain

p69 pursuit:

Elephants and Impetuous units that do pursue must move directly forward one complete UD.

Pursuit is mandatory for elephants and Impetuous units except in the following cases:
Pursuit would result in the unit exiting the table or entering terrain that would penalise it in combat

I think the elephant stays in place and does not pursue as it cannot comply with both of the above requirements.

Andy

[Hazelbark]

Without extensive study, my gut says the Elephant pursues until it hits the edge of the terrain then halts. That is based on how the conforming rules work, but i don't believe we have anything specific so rulings may vary.

[Mark G Fry]

[Hazelbark]

[Mark G Fry]

[KevinD]

The literal wording says the pursuit is no longer mandatory, not that it must pursue some other distance. However, if it should then choose to make a non-mandatory pursuit it must go the full UD.

“Elephants and Impetuous units that do pursue must move directly forward one complete UD.

Pursuit is mandatory for elephants and Impetuous units except in the following cases:
1….
2. Pursuit would result in the unit citing the table or entering terrain that would penalize it in combat,
3….
4….
5….”

Note that there are four other conditions under which pursuit is not mandatory and none of these imply pursuing less than an UD.

[Mike Bennett]

[Mark G Fry]

[quote="Mike Bennett"]

[Mike Bennett]

I thought it was in a clarification or errata, but I cannot find it at the moment. Maybe I am imagining it, old age, or rugby bangs to the head, are a terrible thing for the mind

[Hazelbark]

[KevinD]

Dan, does “attacking unit” here mean the unit that moved into contact?

So if my HI is outside the village but right at the edge and an enemy LI moves up to contact it (while remaining entirely in the village) the LI routes (or is prevented from moving there) because it is entering the open terrain outsides the village?


Start:

LI
Village edge
HI


to:

LIVillageEdge
HI

[Mark G Fry]

[Mike Bennett]

[Hazelbark]

[Neep]

I would assume the attacking unit is the active unit.