Question about Standard ability...

[Jarkko]

Originally Posted by thejeff

Correct. The rating is the number of squares. The bonus goes up one for every 10 points.

But, according to the manual, "Morale boosted by standards ... can never exceed +5."

I can verify that, it is true. Still, +5 morale is pretty awesome One can cast a sermon of courage on top of that, if still feeling shaky

Originally Posted by Nauquan

I read that the rating of morale effect of standards (and the hero ability valor, and other items) refers to the number of squares that are affected, not the radius of effect. So a rating of 80 would cover about a 9x9 area.

True. However, the 80 squares, as far as I know, are not evenly spread to a 9x9 grid, but I have used to think of the area as SQRT(X), where X is the standard ability, to figure out how far the standard affects; it is not the correct formula (dunno what the correct formula is), but I believe it is in the correct ballpark

So if you place somebody with lets say a standard effect of 50 behind two blocks of 20 infantry standing next to each other and behind them 40 various archers and slingers, you *should* be fairly sure that each get the +5 morale effect (as the squares furthest away from the standard will be 5 squares away, and you should be free to assume the effect takes place 7 squares from the standard).