[Chris Byler]

Originally posted by Daynarr:

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Originally posted by Chris Byler:
everything that ignores defense also ignores awe, *and* several more things ignore or are only slightly affected by awe.

Not exactly true. Awe is countered by morale, while defense is countered by attack value. Not every high attack unit has high morale and not every high morale unit has high attack.

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High attack doesn't ignore defense - it just makes you more likely to overcome it.

The things that *ignore* defense - you don't have to roll against it at all - are missiles, damaging auras, some attack spells (e.g. Fireball), and possibly area-effect melee attacks (Harvest Blade, Abysian Salamander).

All those things also ignore awe (except possibly the Harvest Blade/Salamander type of attacks, I'm not sure how those work because they're so rare; I didn't think of them when I made the first post but they may be one case where awe is better than high defense). In addition, mindless attackers ignore awe and I believe trampling also ignores awe (but the targets do get to roll defense).

It's true that high morale units are likely to overcome awe - in addition to its other weaknesses - but the things I listed above don't even have to roll for awe.