Detached Shot: Doesn't Give Protection??

Blathergut · Post by **Blathergut** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:25 pm

If I detach shot from mixed BGs, does it not give protection to adj. horse like commanded shot?

donkiesrus2003 · Post by **donkiesrus2003** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:27 pm

Yes, I think it is to get around people detaching shot and using them as commanded shot when their armies historically did not.
One of the many issues that I had with another set of rennaisance rules that evovled from an ancient medieval set.

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 12:55 pm

Confirmed. Page 126 'when troops are designated in our companion army list books as "commanded shot" they can give to and recieve "protection" from (mounted)'. Being commanded shot costs 1 more - see P189.

This does not include detached or commanded out shot.

donkiesrus2003 · Post by **donkiesrus2003** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:30 pm

Why would you want to detach out shot as it cost 1 point extra because when you create the army it initally starts as protected and since your army is already created before terrain placement that is points lost.

Blathergut · Post by **Blathergut** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:37 pm

donkiesrus2003 wrote:Why would you want to detach out shot as it cost 1 point extra because when you create the army it initally starts as protected and since your army is already created before terrain placement that is points lost.

1. Detach 4 bases of superior shot from two BGs of superior pike/shot. Gives NMA a nice BG of shot for rough terrain.
2. The two BGs of pike/shot form up into an 8 base BG which will need 3 hits to cause cohesion testing.

timmy1 · Post by **timmy1** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 1:41 pm

Might also want to do it as a Forlorn Hope in the event that you need the extra 5 inches, as it were.

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:00 pm

Check the army list notes at the top, for the Roylalist it states that the commanded out shot is not the same as command shot in the rules. So my detached boys don't count as commanded shot for protection purposes.
Hopes that ruins your evil plans

Blathergut · Post by **Blathergut** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 7:11 pm

deadtorius wrote:Check the army list notes at the top, for the Roylalist it states that the commanded out shot is not the same as command shot in the rules. So my detached boys don't count as commanded shot for protection purposes.
Hopes that ruins your evil plans

But you can have up to 4 commanded shot bases. (Optional Troops)

deadtorius · Post by **deadtorius** » Sat Oct 02, 2010 8:18 pm

You will be seeing those 4 bases of commanded shot too, the special branch of the Royal Poodle protectors