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The other day we had an interesting assault happen.

Situation:

My harlies with eldrad and shadowseer are interlocked with my opponents Archon and incubi. A round goes by and we are still in combat. My turn comes around and My Avatar is tasting blood after bringing down his Nightwing (all luck) and joins the harly/incubi fight. My Avatar calls out a challenge and the Archon accepts, fighting happens and his 2++ save is the only thing saving his ass. The Harly/Eldrad squad then proceeds to wipe out the incubi from existence and the Archon passes his leadership and stay in the challenge.

Now for the question:

Would the Harly/Eldrad group consolidate after wiping out the incubi or are they still in combat? We ruled it as since the Avatar is separate from the harlies and the incubi are gone, the Archon is now on his own and the harly squad consolidated. Was this done properly?

They are still in combat, as it is a multiple combat.

They must attempt to pile in to the Archon; iff they cannot make base would you conslildate as you are no longer in combat

nosferatu1001 wrote:
They are still in combat, as it is a multiple combat.

They must attempt to pile in to the Archon; iff they cannot make base would you conslildate as you are no longer in combat

the archon is in a challenge though. That's what is tripping us up.

Irrelevant. You are still in a multiple combat.

They would provide moral support, if there are enough of them alive for that combat.

kk I guess we did that wrong then. Thanks.

That's true, they'd cheer the Avatar on, he's still technically in the same squad, act as if it were just him you were in combat with, because technically you're in multiple combat with ICs within the squad

The Avatar is not an IC in the squad. He's a Monstrous Creature.

 Mannahnin wrote:
The Avatar is not an IC in the squad. He's a Monstrous Creature.

so is nosferatu right when he said I would have to pile in?

Yes you would pile in, as they were involved in the combat.

Relevant FAQ entry:

Q: Two of my units are involved in a multiple combat against an
enemy unit that has been reduced to a single character. If that
character is currently fighting in a challenge with a character from
one of my two units, is it possible for my unengaged unit to
consolidate and leave the combat? (p27)
A: No, though they do count for Moral Support re-rolls.

kk thank you.