More newbie questions....

[HJ]

Hi all.
For some reason, I only found out about Dom I a week ago, and I'm still trying to figure out some basics. I have two sets of questions (for now ), if you don't mind:

1) If some unit has more than one weapon, e.g. a lance, a mace and a hoof, does it use all of them in the same turn, that is, attacks three times? And if so, is it the same thing as multiple attacks with the same weapon, that being - all of them are targeted at the same unit, and that unit gets a -1 def with each subsequent attack? Or does the thing with -1 def only apply to attacks for various units, not multiple attacks from the same one? And which weapon's length is taken into account for checking whether it can repell an attacker, only the longest one, or can it repell multiple times?

2) What does the fear/awe morale check mean exactly? If a unit causes -4 fear, does that mean that the attacker makes a morale check with +4 bonus? Why does the scale start with -4 anyway, instead of 0? Do those failed morale checks just count as failed morale checks for the squad level, or can units that get frightened rout individually? And how is morale check done in the first place (something with the dice, I assume, but the manual doesn't explain how)? Is there a direct effect of fatigue on morale? And, if I'm not mistaken, morale is not dynamically updated for each unit during the battle, since it only matters for the morale checks, while the actual morale that causes rout is dependent on the number of units, not their respective morale, right?

I guess I am slightly obsessed with numbers in games. Hopefully, the Dom 2 manual will provide more of those for people like me.

And it's such a shame I found this game only recently. I could have been playing it for years now...

Thanks for the replies.