Battles

Olympia: The Age of Gods PBEM (Oct 4 2000)

# Chapter 5: Battles

Combat in Olympia occurs when one stack attacks another stack.

      20: Jean Malreaux I [j9n], Imperial Empire, with two workers, one riding
      20: horse, arrived from the south.
      20: Stack of gorgon [fp0c] attacks Jean Malreaux I [j9n]!
      20:
      20:    Stack of gorgon [fp0c], gorgons, number: 7
      20:
      20:    Jean Malreaux I [j9n], Imperial Empire, with two workers, one riding
      20:    horse
      20:
      20: Combat round: one
      20:   Melee phase:
      20:     Stack of gorgon's forces hit seven times.
      20:     Jean Malreaux I's forces hit one time.
      20:       Stack of gorgon [fp0c] loses one gorgon [288].
      20:       Jean Malreaux I [j9n] loses two workers [11].
      20: Combat round: two
      20:   Melee phase:
      20:     Stack of gorgon's forces miss!
      20:     Jean Malreaux I's forces hit one time.
      20:       Stack of gorgon [fp0c] loses one gorgon [288].
      20: Combat round: three
      20:   Melee phase:
      20:     Stack of gorgon's forces miss!
      20:     Jean Malreaux I's forces hit one time.
      20:       Stack of gorgon [fp0c] loses one gorgon [288].
      20: Combat round: four
      20:   Melee phase:
      20:     Stack of gorgon's forces miss!
      20:     Jean Malreaux I's forces hit one time.
      20:       Stack of gorgon [fp0c] loses one gorgon [288].
      20: Combat round: five
      20:   Melee phase:
      20:     Stack of gorgon's forces miss!
      20:     Jean Malreaux I's forces hit one time.
      20:       Stack of gorgon [fp0c] loses one gorgon [288].
      20: Combat round: six
      20:   Melee phase:
      20:     Stack of gorgon's forces miss!
      20:     Jean Malreaux I's forces hit one time.
      20:       Stack of gorgon [fp0c] loses one gorgon [288].
      20: Combat round: seven
      20:   Melee phase:
      20:     Stack of gorgon's forces miss!
      20:     Jean Malreaux I's forces miss!
      20: Combat round: eight
      20:   Melee phase:
      20:     Stack of gorgon's forces miss!
      20:     Jean Malreaux I's forces hit one time.
      20:       Stack of gorgon [fp0c] was hit for one health point.
      20:
      20: Jean Malreaux I [j9n] is victorious!
      20:
      20:    Jean Malreaux I lost two workers.
      20:
      20:    Stack of gorgon lost six gorgons.
      20:    Stack of gorgon [fp0c] was killed.
      20:

A unit will be defended by any other nobles it is stacked with. Thus, a unit which is part of a stack cannot be attacked alone. No matter which unit is specified in the `attack` order, the entire stack containing the unit will respond.

Only the leader of a stack may initiate combat. If another unit in a stack wants to issue `attack`, it must first drop out of the stack.

Combat involves nobles, who possess strong heroic fighting abilities, and fighters who may accompany them. Fighters include soldiers, pikemen, lt. foot, knights, paladins, crossbowmen, archers, etc.

- Resolution of battle
- Front and rear
- Limits to Missile Troops
- Limits to Melee Troops
- Allies
- Combat Participants
- Declared attitudes
- Combat Bonuses
- Combat Spells
- Panic
- Prisoners
- Prisoner escapes
- Combat and Movement
- Combat Examples