Edwin99

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Morale

1. Better trained units should have higher morale than lesser trained units.

Example: Untrained - Morale 20, Experienced - Morale 50. Veteran - Morale 80, Elite - Morale 100
Perhaps, units morale rating should increase after every battle
Example: Peasant Unit starts with a morale rating of 20, after 10 battles their morale rating is 40. (increasing by 2 after each battle).

2. Morale checks should be triggered by rear attacks

R=Rear, F=Flank, <=Front

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3. Morale checks on all friendly units should trigger if a Sovereign or Hero flees the battle field.

4. Heros should be able to use an action to rally broken units.

Perhaps, allow only Sovereign and warrior, adventurer hero units to rally troops (i.e. merchant heros and sages cannot rally troops).
Perhaps, Charisma rating affects chance to rally troops with broken morale

[Update 02]Each point of Charisma provides a 5% to rally shaken or broken units. A Hero with 15 charisma has a 75% to rally a unit. A Hero with 20 charisma has a 100% to rally a unit. Attempting to Rally a unit costs the hero (or Sovereign) 1 movement point.

5. Would like to see a fear spell that can trigger a morale check.

6. Would like to see a creature or two that radiate fear.

An untrained peasant attacking such a creature is likely to fail their morale check, while a veteran soldier has a higher chance of making its morale check and attacking the creature.

7. Two stages of broken morale

If a unit fails its morale check it becomes shaken and does not move, suffering penalties to attack and defense until rallied.

[Update 01 (Lord Xia): Shaken units cannot attack, nor move. They defend normally]

If a shaken unit fails its morale check it becomes broken and moves to flee the battlefield unless rallied, suffering greater penalties to attack and defense

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Tim4fun

Hmmm...hmmm...there use to be fear spells in the game, and at one time, heroes could have a trait that inspired fear. But, it was poorly implemented and removed. Lol, that sentence has probably been said 100 timed about features in this game. I hope when it's introduced, it's not so easily manipulated as it was before.

As for the shaken state. I would change it so they can't attack at all, but have no penalty to defend. Maybe even go into a defense stance and be unusable until they are rallied with a defence bonus. Otherwise, it seems that shaken is actually worse than broken. I would rather them run away than stand and get hit with a def penalty. I do like that idea.

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I think your ideas are AWESOME! +1 !

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Having a fear spell trigger a morale check should reduce the chance of it being easily manipulated.

Why?

1. Though it will likely work on a peasant unit (with low morale), it has a much reduced chance of working on trained units with a higher morale rating. This increases the importance of fielding trained units that are less likely to be affected by fear.

2. I would think that fear spells would not work on summoned creatures. You could give summoned (or undead) creatures a morale of 100 to make them immune to fear.

Lord Xia, I agree with your suggestion that shaken units should not be able to attack at all and that they should be unusuable until rallied.

Question - Should a hero's chance to rally a unit be based on Charisma? (5% per charisma point)

A 15 charisma would give a hero a 75% to rally a unit. I like this relationship as it 1) differentiates the heros with 2) a mechanic that is easy to calculate and 3) has relevance to the real world - i.e. a captain of high charisma is more likely to successfully rally troops than a captain of low charisma.

Question - Should each rally attempt cost the hero 1 movement point?

A hero with 3 movement points can 1) move 3 tiles, 2) move 2 tiles and attempt to rally 1 unit, 3) move 1 tile and attempt to rally 2 units or 4) attempt to rally 3 units if it does not move.

Question - Should a hero's chance to rally a unit be reduced based on its distance from the shaken/broken unit? (-5% per tile over 1)

A hero with 15 charisma attempts to rally a unit 1 tile away - 75% success
A hero with 15 charisma attempts to rally a unit 8 tiles away - 40% success (75% less ((8-1)x5%))
A hero with 20 charisma attempts to rally a unit 1 tile away - 100% success
A hero with 20 charisma attempts to rally a unit 8 tiles away - 65% success
A hero with 25 charisma attempts to rally a unit 8 tiles away - 90% success

Question - Should a unit make a morale check if it loses 50% of its component units?

Example: A squad of 4 peasants loses 2 units. It must make a morale check.

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