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Two Situations, Asking for verification that I am correct.. {BA kinda specific}

One:
A unit that is tank shocked, and fails Ld will fall back 2d6.
If Tank shocked again, they will automatically fail ld check as they are falling back, and thus fall back again.

So if My Tank has an enemy unit 2" directly in front of it, and I declare 18" Ahead, and the enemy fails a Tank shock, falls back2d6 and gets hit again, they fall back again.

Two:
A unit is hit by Fear of Darkness, fails Ld, and falls back 2d6.
Another Librarian Casts Fear of Darkness on same unit, since they are already falling back, they fail and fall back again.

I am pretty sure I am reading these right.

Was at a tournament, and someone claimed that a unit can only fall back one time in a phase, but could not find anything to back up his claim.

Now that is a tricky one...

Sounds right because units fall back immediately upon failing a morale check, and units that are already falling back automatically fail morale tests.
They can attempt to regroup if they are being assaulted, but neither of the situations you describe would be an assault.

There is no such rule, essentially. Most times you fall back from shooting casualties, or from assault, and that only occurs once per phase. Repeated tank shocking, or being tank shocked and being reduced by 25% through shooting, etc, can all cause multiple fall back moves.

So the answer is: as many times as necessary? Just making sure I understand.

Cool I could not find anything to prove me wrong, but more eyes is always a better thing. You tend to read what you want to read at times...

Jimsolo wrote:So the answer is: as many times as necessary? Just making sure I understand.

Exactly. There is no limit. You Fall Back every time the rules call for you to Fall Back.

"As you will have already gathered, particular events will require that your troops take a Morale check, and a unit in particularly dire straits may be forced to take several Morale checks in a single turn." -under Moral.

I have been using this with sucess with my BA army with a normal libby and a dread libby. Multiple castings of Fear of the Darkness, tank shocking, and keeping units within 6" so a regroup is not possible.

Ill usually pound a unit to make sure that a moral check will be required at the end of the shooting phase (25%) and then cast my FOD. If they fail that they have to fall back and then fall back again at the end of shooting, which is usually far enough to take them off the board.

Warhammer Fantasy has a rule where if youve already passed a Panic (moral) test you are good for the rest of that phase.

Hmmm...
I had not realized that combo. Do 25% Casualties, then Cast FOD, if they break, they will always break at least twice... This also will allow possible multiple FOD cast before end of Shooting phase, as they would be in range easier..

I like it