Cavalry question

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**Spellbound**

If you don't kill a small-based model that you hit with an impact attack, do you stop, or move over them just like a trample that misses or doesn't kill its target?

**malfred**

From the MK2 PDF:

If a charging cavalry model contacts another model during
its movement and has moved at least 3 ˝, it stops and makes
impact attacks with its Mount (see “Mount,” previous)
against all models in the Mount’s melee range. The model
makes these attacks even if it is out of formation. Impact
attacks are simultaneous. After resolving the impact
attacks, the charging model resumes its charge movement.
It cannot make further impact attacks during this charge. If
the charging cavalry model did not move at least 3 ˝ before
contacting the other model, it does not make any impact
attacks and must stop its movement at that point. If the
cavalry model’s target is not in melee at the end of the
charge movement, the charge fails. If the charge target is
the first model contacted by the charging cavalry model, the
charging model can still make an impact attack against it.
A cavalry model gains +2 to charge attack rolls. Impact
attacks do not receive this bonus.

You stop if their base is in the way.

**Spellbound**

It doesn't seem to say that. It says you make an attack, then continue your movement. Then it says if you don't end up with the charge target in melee range, the charge ends.

**malfred**

There's an example in the pdf that would clarify. Note that the pdf has no pictures, but
you can pretty much tell what's going on:

The Storm L ance declares a charge targeting E xemplar A.
The Storm L ance then moves in a straight line toward his
target. After moving 4˝, he stops short when he moves
into base-to-base contact with E xemplar B. H e then makes
impact attacks targeting E xemplars B and C since both
models are in his Mount’s melee range.

After hitting and destroying E xemplars B and C, the Storm
Lance continues his charge movement to E xemplar A.
If E xemplar C had not been destroyed, the Storm L ance
could have continued the charge anyway, although he
would have suffered a free strike. If Exemplar B had not
been destroyed, the Storm L ance’s charge would have been
unable to continue, and the charge would have failed.

Note that if you could move through the model, it would say so (like trample).

Instead, you are still constrained by regular rules unless the rules give you an exception.

Compare the Impact attack wording with the following wording on trample attacks:

[The trampling warjack] moves through
any small-based model in its path, but there must be room
for the trampling model’s base at the end of the movement