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The Pilot’s Book · Battle

Morale, luck and the twenty rounds

Battle

Good morale may give a stack another turn, bad morale may freeze it; luck doubles a blow. After round 20 the side with more of its strength left wins.

  1. The queue on top runs round after round. There are at most 20 rounds: then the deck goes to the side with the larger share of its starting strength left (in a siege, to the defenders).
    1The queue on top runs round after round. There are at most 20 rounds: then the deck goes to the side with the larger share of its starting strength left (in a siege, to the defenders).
  2. Morale and luck come from your crew's morale and your captain. Each point is a 4 % chance: good morale — an extra turn, bad — the stack freezes; luck — a double blow. Attack over Defence adds 5 % a point (up to +100 %), the other way takes 2.5 % (down to −50 %).
    2Morale and luck come from your crew's morale and your captain. Each point is a 4 % chance: good morale — an extra turn, bad — the stack freezes; luck — a double blow. Attack over Defence adds 5 % a point (up to +100 %), the other way takes 2.5 % (down to −50 %).
  3. Long-press a stack (right click on a desk) for its card: men, Attack, Defence, damage, health, speed, initiative, shots and whether it strikes back, plus its special abilities and how far it threatens.
    3Long-press a stack (right click on a desk) for its card: men, Attack, Defence, damage, health, speed, initiative, shots and whether it strikes back, plus its special abilities and how far it threatens.

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See also

The boarding battle: the basicsA turn-based fight on an 11×9 field, as in Heroes. Initiative sets the order; shots at up to 6 hexes do full damage; flank +15 %, rear +30 %; cover −25 %.4 stepsAuto-battle and the order book«Auto» lets the crew fight for you (one auto-battle scroll a battle); «Quick combat» is free against a clearly weaker ship. The book holds your orders.3 stepsThe crew and moraleMorale tends to 70. Hunger, curses and black storms lower it, rum raises it. High spirits load faster and board harder; low ones slow everything.3 steps