Grant Whitley  - Feb 13, 2006 8:45 pm (#774 Total: 782)  
Greenville,NC 	
 
Latest Tercios Q&A

Why do sleeve units receive such strong defensive modifiers against
cavalry? All types of sleeve units receive a 2D in Push of Pike against
any type of cavalry unit, and also, the sleeves receive offensive
modifiers against cavalry as well. 

You're right, the attacker and defender are inverted on the combat
table. The correct modifier is 2D if sleeves attack cavalry; the
defender gets the bonus. If cavalry attack sleeves, 2A. Looking at the
table you can see that batteries do not make attacks and N.P. is written
all the way across. 

I'm a little confused by how shock combat with an artillery unit works.
None of the artillery units have a printed strength factor. If the unit
has a morale of R or P, you can just roll the same number of dice as the
attacker, but what about the C morale French battery(FU) in San Quintín?
How would shock combat work if it involves an artillery unit which must
use its own SF? 

Re: batteries: They are all considered to be size 1. 

Also, the Imperial battery NÑ appears to have an attack modifier. Since
artillery units cannot attack in shock combat, is this a modifier to hit
when conducting ranged fire? 

The battery which you're referring to has an additional modifier on defense.