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<blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 2268055" data-attributes="member: 463">There are no morale rules requiring Will saves in the absence of magical fear.&nbsp; Your Will save bonus does _not_ represent bravery - Wizards &amp; Aristocrats are _not_ braver than Fighters and Barbarians!&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f621.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":mad:" title="Mad&nbsp; &nbsp; :mad:"&nbsp; data-smilie="4"data-shortname=":mad:" /> You misunderstand me, anyway.&nbsp; That Roman infantry cohort may well break and run when Herakles the Epic Hero kills fifty of them in five combat rounds, but they're not going to break and run just because they see Herakles kill Tribune Gnaeus.&nbsp; Whereas if Herakles is fighting the Philistines and kills their champion Goliath in single combat, the rest of the Philistines may need no persuading not to stick around.&nbsp; If you don't believe me, read some of John Keegan's books on military psychology.&nbsp;&nbsp; There's a huge difference between the champion-based warfare of the Bible &amp; Iliad and the professional &quot;close with and kill the enemy&quot; approach that first emerged in Europe, and helped give European armies global dominance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="S'mon, post: 2268055, member: 463"] There are no morale rules requiring Will saves in the absence of magical fear. Your Will save bonus does _not_ represent bravery - Wizards & Aristocrats are _not_ braver than Fighters and Barbarians! :mad: You misunderstand me, anyway. That Roman infantry cohort may well break and run when Herakles the Epic Hero kills fifty of them in five combat rounds, but they're not going to break and run just because they see Herakles kill Tribune Gnaeus. Whereas if Herakles is fighting the Philistines and kills their champion Goliath in single combat, the rest of the Philistines may need no persuading not to stick around. If you don't believe me, read some of John Keegan's books on military psychology. There's a huge difference between the champion-based warfare of the Bible & Iliad and the professional "close with and kill the enemy" approach that first emerged in Europe, and helped give European armies global dominance. [/QUOTE]

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