Break tests

[billS]

2 units in line of battle with each other lose a combat by 8.

As they are in line of battle, this is modified to 4 and both have to take a break test. They subtract the difference in scores from their cohesion value. Do they subtract 4 or 8?

If they answer is 8 then that means that any unit in a line of battle which has to take a break test will nearly automatically fail it (as they have to have lost the combat by at least 7)

[Mikeharding]

Hi Bill,

Martin will correct me if I am wrong, but you use the modified result as the deduction, so in your example above both units test against their cohesion less 4.

Mike

[Wayne Richards]

It's the difference between the winner's and loser's combat score

[billS]

You can get a really weird result here. If both units in the battle line are fighting individual combats against obliging opponents who have lined up exactly and both lose by 4, then the result is just a push back and discouraged tokens. However, if there is overlap and thus single combat, and they throw exactly the same dice and lose by a combined total of 8, then its effectively autobreak time for both units.

That's a hell of a price to pay for an inch of deviation (so to speak).

[MartinG]

Mike you are almost right, but you would of course test against your cohesion, adding 4 to the dice roll. This is important when using commanders to modify cohesion.

[lero]

I thought to be in line of battle it was enough to be at 1 in the flank of a supported unit, but as I read it an engaged unit can't count for a line of battle (case of 8 COH test above) ?

[MartinG]

Yes an engaged unit counts in line of battle