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<blockquote data-quote="Wulf Ratbane" data-source="post: 2260837" data-attributes="member: 94">A combination of:(a) what's the smallest unit involvedand (b) what looks good.Also remember, there's no reason that you can't form detachments or join up in the middle of the battle. If you need another counter to maneuver out or something, make a Command check and split the unit.I think you'll find that the rules support the advantageous concept of chain of command.Whether or not that makes sense is entirely subject to the map scale. It would be unusual in the extreme for a unit of 100 men to ALL have the advantage of higher ground against the 100 men they are fighting. The swirl of combat and the scale of the map make a universal advantage like that unlikely.Might make sense for ranged attacks, though, or as a bonus in melee against a unit defending the high ground against a unit making an attack (or, especially, a charge) onto high ground, for the first round only.And of course, I'm attracted to anything that makes the battle more tactically interesting.No, it's not stupid; in fact it stumped me for a second.A cavalry unit of 20 would be 20 riders and 20 mounts; the unit size is 20, but for purposes of the BR you want to add the CR of all 20 riders and all 20 mounts. (The rider and his mount move, act, give and receive Command checks and morale as a single unit; hence the unit size is 20, not 40.)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Wulf Ratbane, post: 2260837, member: 94"] A combination of: (a) what's the smallest unit involved and (b) what looks good. Also remember, there's no reason that you can't form detachments or join up in the middle of the battle. If you need another counter to maneuver out or something, make a Command check and split the unit. I think you'll find that the rules support the advantageous concept of chain of command. Whether or not that makes sense is entirely subject to the map scale. It would be unusual in the extreme for a unit of 100 men to ALL have the advantage of higher ground against the 100 men they are fighting. The swirl of combat and the scale of the map make a universal advantage like that unlikely. Might make sense for ranged attacks, though, or as a bonus in melee against a unit defending the high ground against a unit making an attack (or, especially, a charge) onto high ground, [i]for the first round only[/i]. And of course, I'm attracted to anything that makes the battle more tactically interesting. No, it's not stupid; in fact it stumped me for a second. A cavalry unit of 20 would be 20 riders and 20 mounts; the unit size is 20, but for purposes of the BR you want to add the CR of all 20 riders and all 20 mounts. (The rider and his mount move, act, give and receive Command checks and morale as a single unit; hence the unit size is 20, not 40.) [/QUOTE]

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