Some few Questions

Thanks Natfka

it really gave us a huge insight and better understanding, much appreciated 😁

Will post my army soon and look forward to the next fight ^^

With Kind Regards

Karnil Vark Khaitan

Question #11 How long is a combat round:

Combat Round is just an activation. Each side makes its attacks and then is done and cannot be activated again.

Example: You activate a squad of Berserkers and they charge your opponents bowmen. Assuming they have not yet activated this will activate them using up 1 Command Value for both you and your opponent.

Move your Berserkers in and both sides complete their action. You can only use your action once (unless a rule from an ability says otherwise) and that is it. The combat is done for this Game Round.

If someone else charges in.... both the Berserkers and the Bowmen are now exhausted and have used their action this game round and cannot attack back and only able to take Defensive Enhancements for the Combat Situation.

Question #12 Threat range and PROVOKED ATTACKS:

Provoked attacks use your action, but grant you a bonus to your combat situation and is resolved immediately, like if someone tries to leave melee combat, or push through you to reach another squad.

So if an enemy squad is trying to get past your pikemen to reach a commander or other more squishy type of squad, and need to move through your Threat Range to do so, you may choose to activate and try and stop them. This would activate your Pikemen who would now get provoked attacks and a +2 to their Combat Situation. (it also uses up your Command Value.... which may be a trick if someone is trying to bring in some heavy cavalry or run you out of Command Value.)

Question #13 Properties: When using Advanced Upgrades on a weapon or armour does it increase the Properties on that side item.

Example:

Taking a Pike and upgrading it to be Long, so it has +3” threat range, would make it Properties 3?

yes and those are nasty things my playtesters did to each other during playtesting to counter each other in-house. Super long Pikemen made a big splash one weekend of testing in response to fast moving large raptors that were doing the killing the weekend before.

Question #14 How to get pikes for your level 1 For Human Faction:

Is it correct to buy class Trait Craftsmanship for that unit since a Pike is Properties 2?

That would do it. Take it as a Species/Faction Trait would be very beneficial.

Hit me again if you have more questions. For now calling it a night.

-Gary

Question #5 Outnumbering

Outnumber does not take into account the size of models and counts the entire squad that is active.

As long as they Pikemen, Priest, and Swordsmen are all activated by the melee combat at the same time they all count. So greatly outnumbered there in your example.

If the Pikemen come in at a later activation you would only be counting them on their own during their activation.

Question #6 Shields for dragons with claws:

There are players that will be making their Dragon Warriors more humanoid looking (Draconic Lizard Men ). You have the options to go either way.

Like these

Question #7 Annura Primitive and Common Weapons.

Annura and apparently Caudata have that trait which does nothing, as neither Devolutionary Species loses their primitive and common weapons. (In early playtesting this was a thing, and apparently those two traits carried over). So ignore them.

Question #8 Maximum Class Traits and Faction traits

Yes, only applies to Class Traits.

Question #9 flying units and ranged how to reach it:

For Ranged Combat measure to the model horizontally. No need to add additional inches, which is used for movement up and down.

Flying models for game purposes are 9" above the board. A piece of terrain that is 4" up does not change that height. This is mostly used with Giants trying to swat flying models out of the sky.

Question #10 Recon:

With Recon and Infiltration you can move outside your deployment zone. (you still deployed into your deployment zone so it does not alter your "who goes first" total.

Recon Adds to your opponents "deployment zone total". Lowest goes first.

(Continuing on the next answer)

Sorry for the delay in getting back here. Needed to some time.

Question #1 Fey Hybrid and Powers.

Answering from your example:

So Fey Hybrid 1 you selected the Pain Sphere of Influence and took a trait.

Sacred Faith 1 you selected Madness as your sphere to get powers and chose Deranged Lunatic.

You handled each ability Fey Hybrid and Sacred Faith/Priest separately on their own. So your good.

Question #2 “Species Trait Only”:

This is the same as a Faction trait meaning you can only take it as a Species/Faction trait, not as a "class trait."

Question #3 Bayonet

that will need to be brought into the errata.

But yes, it becomes a Common Melee Weapon

Question #4 Increasing Stats/ Enhancements

From your Base Domain stats you can only get Increases to a single stat equal to the maximum age bonus which is 4. These only stack from within the same Branch. Think of them as permanent characteristic for your class/faction.

Enhancements. You may get up to 4 enhancements to a characteristic. Think of these as in-game and situational bonuses that are applied on top of your characteristics. These also are limited by the maximum age bonus, but are calculated on their own.

So if your Strength is 5 for your melee class due to increases from both faction and class traits and you someone cast a power on you that enhances your strength by 4! While the power is active you have a strength of 9.

(continuing on follow up answer). So I dont loose the answers and need to start over.