Jeff
2nd February 2008, 11:35 AM
Greetings:
UCA is good ONLY for switching artifacts.
Lets say you are holding the Sword of the Great Wazoo (Identified as your
active weapon by the Checkmark next to it) and you wish instead to use the
Spear of Great Impalement as your active item. You need to use UCA to do so.
This is VERY relevant to some characters (like agents and nazgul) who
accumulate or own entire armories. UCA has no other purpose.
Now, to your next question. If you are in the hex, but not in an army, you
will have no impact on the army combat. If you have a magic item AND are in
the army, you will affect the combat. Spells do the same thing, with a few
possible exceptions. I cannot recall the wording on Summon Storms and and
the other adverse morale spell. Those MIGHT be castable outside of an army,
but I won't guarantee it.
Now there are very good reasons to be in a hex with magic items and NOT be
in the army. Guys in armies die if the army looses. Not all the time.
Sometimes they get captured. Sometimes they just shrug their shoulders and
go home. Characters in hexes can Weakness or Sickness enemies to death, or
do assassination, guard, steal, double, etc. orders.
Hope it helps,
Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broncyl2000@... [mailto:broncyl2000@...]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 12:25 PM
> To: mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
> Subject: [mepbmlist] Combat Artifacts
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> Greetings All,
> I was reading the 205 Use Combat Artifact order when I
> realized that, as worded, a character does not have to be with an
> army to use the artifact to aid in a fight. The order covers spells
> for it specifically says that "in order for combat spell to affect
> combat the spell caster must be with the army involved in the
> combat". So am I to understand that if I have a couple of characters
> lurking about in the same hex as an army that is about to do battle I
> can have these characters use their artifacts to influence the
> combat?
> Assuming that a character not with an army can use the
> artifact is the character factored in for damage purposes (almost
> certain death)?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help,
> John C.
>
>
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UCA is good ONLY for switching artifacts.
Lets say you are holding the Sword of the Great Wazoo (Identified as your
active weapon by the Checkmark next to it) and you wish instead to use the
Spear of Great Impalement as your active item. You need to use UCA to do so.
This is VERY relevant to some characters (like agents and nazgul) who
accumulate or own entire armories. UCA has no other purpose.
Now, to your next question. If you are in the hex, but not in an army, you
will have no impact on the army combat. If you have a magic item AND are in
the army, you will affect the combat. Spells do the same thing, with a few
possible exceptions. I cannot recall the wording on Summon Storms and and
the other adverse morale spell. Those MIGHT be castable outside of an army,
but I won't guarantee it.
Now there are very good reasons to be in a hex with magic items and NOT be
in the army. Guys in armies die if the army looses. Not all the time.
Sometimes they get captured. Sometimes they just shrug their shoulders and
go home. Characters in hexes can Weakness or Sickness enemies to death, or
do assassination, guard, steal, double, etc. orders.
Hope it helps,
Jeff
> -----Original Message-----
> From: broncyl2000@... [mailto:broncyl2000@...]
> Sent: Friday, February 23, 2001 12:25 PM
> To: mepbmlist (AT) yahoogroups (DOT) com
> Subject: [mepbmlist] Combat Artifacts
>
>
> Greetings All,
> I was reading the 205 Use Combat Artifact order when I
> realized that, as worded, a character does not have to be with an
> army to use the artifact to aid in a fight. The order covers spells
> for it specifically says that "in order for combat spell to affect
> combat the spell caster must be with the army involved in the
> combat". So am I to understand that if I have a couple of characters
> lurking about in the same hex as an army that is about to do battle I
> can have these characters use their artifacts to influence the
> combat?
> Assuming that a character not with an army can use the
> artifact is the character factored in for damage purposes (almost
> certain death)?
>
> Thanks in advance for the help,
> John C.
>
>
>
>
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