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this is a rule that i thought i understood, but it was recently challenged...

the rulebook states "a unit losing 25% or more of its models in a single phase must pass a morale test at the end of that phase..."

the question is from what do you take the 25%? do you take the 25% from the number of models that the unit started the phase with OR do you take the 25% from the number of models that the unit started the game with??

thx

Its 25% of current models in that phase.

We always play it that its the number of figures at the start of the phase...
Mick

It's the start of the phase. So your ten man squad takes three casualties, and is forced to take a morale test.

The next turn, your seven man squad only has to take two casualties to force a test.

that makes sense, but just to play devils advocate, if someone pushes the point, its not really spelled out.

pfoh wrote:that makes sense, but just to play devils advocate, if someone pushes the point, its not really spelled out.

Sure it is. The rule doesn't state "from its starting size" so that factor simply isn't included in the equation.

The rule presents a time-frame: a single phase. If a unit loses 25% of its models from the start of that phase to the end of that phase then it must take a morale check.


For example, a grocery store sells thousands of pounds of fruit every year. If I say: "during a single day, if the grocery store sells 25% of its fruit then the store manager wins a prize."

What does that mean? It means if the grocery store sells 25% of its fruit that it has on that one day the manager wins a prize. How much fruit the store had at the beginning of the year makes no difference because the question posed doesn't ask for that fact.