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Hi Guys, I hope someone can help me with these rules queries that have come up at our local club.

We are using the rules from the hobbit SBG book

Cavalry charges.

The hobbit rulebook says when a cavalry model charges a model "on foot" it gets its bonus attack dice. Does this mean models on smaller bases or any model on foot, such as a warg or troll or even a dragon?

Spear and pike support:

Can models support other models on larger bases than themselves?

Exhaustion spells.

They run out when the caster has no will left?

so a caster with 1 will point left could cast them, but then the effects automatically end,?

Thanks

1: Only guys on a smaller base, that's how I play. It makes more sense that way - a dragon would roast the cavalry model!
2: No they may not.
3: The effects end when their will = 0.

Thanks for the reply.

This came up in our local club when someones Warg was charged and he said that the cavalry charging bonus didn't apply because it was on the same sized base, then proceeded to support a troll with a goblin with a spear, saying there was nothing in the rule book that said you can't.

We checked the rulebook (the hobbit) and it doesn't say you can and it doesn't say you cant.

Would it be reasonable to say that you could do either to the same size bases or smaller?

So goblin supporting goblin = yes
goblin supporting troll = no
troll supporting troll = yes
cavalry charging goblin = yes
cavalry charging troll = yes (but it doesn't get knock to the ground form str 6)
cavalry charging dragon = no

because there is a bit in the rules that says str 6 doesn't get knocked down it reads to me that you can charge monsters like trolls

anyone's thoughts on this?

I have a feeling the hobbit rules weren't so clear . . .

In situations like this, I use my common sense. It may not be written in the rules, but is a goblin really going to be able to support a massive troll with a 1.5 metre long spear? I go with same base size or smaller.

I'm not sure about the cavalry charging the troll bit. I think it has to be a smaller base.

The rules for cavalry specify that any foot model less than strength 6 gets knocked over. The spear rules are likewise specific. If I get a chance later I'll try to find the page numbers.