Solaris
2010-02-16, 02:24 AM
One thing that's been bugging a lot of guys in my group for a while now is the fact that archers in Warhammer Fantasy seem to be direct-fire, line-of-sight combatants. I whipped up the following option, and would like opinions on it:
By taking a -1 penalty to the BS check in addition to any other modifiers they might have, a unit/character armed with a bow may choose to ignore intervening units and terrain (though forests, mountains, and other such large terrain will still block, discuss with your buddies beforehand) in the same way as a stone-thrower. The player must guess the range, within the range of the bows, and he places a template at the point of impact. The small template is used for 1-5 attacks, while the large template is used for 6 or more attacks. Shooting attacks are resolved normally against units within the template (if one or more units are within the template, divide the attacks up proportionate to their respective sizes).
By taking a -1 penalty to the BS check in addition to any other modifiers they might have, a unit/character armed with a bow may choose to ignore intervening units and terrain (though forests, mountains, and other such large terrain will still block, discuss with your buddies beforehand) in the same way as a stone-thrower. The player must guess the range, within the range of the bows, and he places a template at the point of impact. The small template is used for 1-5 attacks, while the large template is used for 6 or more attacks. Shooting attacks are resolved normally against units within the template (if one or more units are within the template, divide the attacks up proportionate to their respective sizes).