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by barr7430 » Thu Dec 20, 2018 2:13 pm
Sorry to be a bit late to this Gentlemen, the joys of a mobile career.
The interpretations offered by Joe and Adam are good for me although I may add some perspective for consideration -
Horse in retreat are not cohesive and pretty much trying to get away from whatever upset them as quickly as possible but in a together sort of fashion. If they continue to retreat after the morale check they may well escape - probably a good result IF at some moment in the offing, they have the strength, proximate officers and the opportunity to attempt to rally.
If they are caught in the rear it is down to the dice but as a minimum they will take one casualty for attrition as will the attackers regardless of the number of hits. This will, together with the fact that they are in retreat and disordered already (and may have sustained losses), make a rally difficult if not impossible.
If they PASS the check and there is time to turn to face (as Joe says - half of the total charge move of their attackers), I would let them fight disordered and at the halt. Heck, they've done well enough to turn around and try and protect themselves so as a sportsman, I think this is fitting. Again, it depends on their strength at that point, troop quality, the type, number and quality of their opponents whether they prevail but the odds are agin them.
Hope this helps.
B
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