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Message: <blockquote data-quote="S'mon" data-source="post: 2270010" data-attributes="member: 463">I find the OD&D/Warhammer morale system is perfect for my needs - simple enough to be usable and the 2d6 bell curve gives reasonable results.  Taking '7' as the average for professional human regular soldiery, I make a morale check whenever something morale-shaking happens, like a platoon getting Fireballed.  1 fail means retreat/disengage, 2 fails means rout/run away.  Loss of leader might inflict a morale penalty and in itself would force a morale check on some units (eg Tigranes' army or the Philistines, or an orc horde) but not on others (a post-Marian Roman infantry unit, or a company of Dwarven axemen).Typical Morale scores on 2d63 - Appalling - mobs without leadership5 - Low - goblins with leaders, peasant levies with officers6 - Fair - green troops, most brigands7 - Average - regular human soldiery, most mercenaries8 - Good - crack units, Guards companies, veteran soldiery9 - Very Good - Elite units, Templars and similar military orders10 - Excellent - Ultra-Elite units, hand-picked Personal Guard of the Supreme Emperor12 - Never check morale.  Golems, kamikaze, berserkers while raging</blockquote>