"Tactica II Elephant Depth Bonus?" Topic
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| Lucius | 07 Nov 2019 9:34 p.m. PST |
Had 2 great games today, but a question came up about elephants. 10.7.3 says that elephants can be in more than 1 complete rank if desired. It never says what the depth bonus would be – 1, 2, or 3 dice, per rank? This would happen if a 2-rank elephant hit a 1-rank hastati, for example. |
| Lucius | 07 Nov 2019 9:34 p.m. PST |
Had 2 great games today, but a question came up about elephants. 10.7.3 says that elephants can be in more than 1 complete rank if desired. It never says what the depth bonus would be – 1, 2, or 3 dice, per rank? This would happen if a 2-rank elephant hit a 1-rank hastati, for example. |
DFLange  | 07 Nov 2019 11:06 p.m. PST |
Hi Lucius, Glad you had a couple of good games. Depth bonus is only available for heavy infantry when fighting massed infantry. See 7.11 in the rules for a full explanation. |
| Davidjames | 08 Nov 2019 7:24 a.m. PST |
It should surely be common sense that elephants would not have a bonus for depth! |
| DFLange | 08 Nov 2019 12:39 p.m. PST |
For a player who is perhaps new to Ancients it may not be common sense, so it is a fair question. Lucius, there is a group that discusses Tactica that you may want to join. The group address is below:
groups.io/g/Tactica |
| Lucius | 09 Nov 2019 8:42 a.m. PST |
Thanks. I was trying to figure out why you would ever deploy elephants in 2 ranks(the rules mention that it is possible to deploy a second rank of elephants). We didn't ever try it because losing that many impetus dice didn't make sense. |
| bandrsntch | 13 Nov 2019 4:42 p.m. PST |
Putting elephants into two ranks is really a question of how you intend to deploy them. Since they only wheel two inches, using two ranks would make them more maneuverable. Taking African Elephants as an example, they count as 4 figures per model so would normally only roll eight dice if in two ranks for a four model unit. In one rank you can only have three models wide so a three model unit would roll 12 dice, but would be somewhat less maneuverable. So if you have a four model unit, they would have to be in two ranks which is important to know when choosing whether you want to deploy a three figure or a four figure unit. The other option is Elephant Screens which allow you to deploy more than three models but they only fight with three dice per model. In all cases,if the Elephant happens to get "Impetus" it would double the amount of dice it gets. |
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