Wraith Crown and routing

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Originally Posted by DonCorazon

A couple of times, I have witnessed a thug or a commander with 2-3 hydras route immediately, before any damage was inflicted. I seemed to remember something from the rulebook, and on p.3 when talking about changes from Dom 2, it mentions a change in which "everyone is subject to a special morale check that takes place for squads with 4 or fewer members. This includes pretenders fighting on their own."

When I looked at what causes a Morale check on p.80 I didn't see anything about a Morale check being triggered by 4 or fewer units, though there is a so-called "survivor" bonus that you would miss out on mentioned on the bottom of the page (so maybe that is what the comment on p.3 referred to).

Anyway, I never figured it out, and maybe I am missing something, but I always wondered if a solo unit was forced to make a morale check each turn.

Correct. I do not remember the thread, but I do remember that the developers made a comment (perhaps in the release notes) to the effect that any unit of less than four was subject to melee checks, and that this was specifically caused to balance SC's somewhat.