Typo

OK, if that's the reference, I think I've fixed it in the latest draft. Thanks!

Unless I’m missing some context, there’s some disagreement between the BRs of troops on page 19/20 of D@W:C and page 49 - specifically the higher value units.

As a request, it’d be super handy if the tables on page 19/20 could have the same “A/B/C” type designations that their counterparts have in the Battles book for the various types of infantry/cavalry/bowmen/etc.

I’m running the ogre fight in Campaigns, just to provide a contrast when I get the battle report posted online.

Page 48, Resolving Battles, #5 - roll a number of die equal to your army’s battle rating, modified by the Attack Throw Modifiers table.

D@W:C has an entry “unit is led by a lieutenant” (page 49), but the die rolls are by BR, not unit, so it’s inapplicable?

The Free Starter doesn’t have that entry in the corresponding table in the same section.

Both tables (D@W:C and D@W:FS) prefix the table with text stating “each unit’s attack throws”.

This is probably not a typo, but I cannot find an explanation for it. The elven light infantry and bowmen units have a morale of -1, while the other units have a 0. Am I missing anything?

Looking through the whole roster, it seems that all light infantry and any ranged units that aren’t longbows or crossbows, are at -1 morale. So it’s probably normal. Why do they have -1 morale? Well, they’ve got lighter armor and cheaper weapons, so they probably feel less protected and less valued.

This may be the reason, but I am looking to implement a formula to code it in the unit generator, and I need to make sure on what is behind those numbers to make the results consistent.
Thanks.

See p.6 of D@W Campaigns: Mercenary Morale. The table shows how mercenary morale is calculated.

The intent is that you simply apply the +1 modifier to a number of d20 rolls equal to the BR of the unit.

For instance, I have a BR14 army: 4 Heavy Infantry Units (BR 2 each) and one Heavy Cavalry Unit (BR6). The Heavy Cavalry and one of the Heavy Infantry have a Lieutenant. Therefore I will hit on a 15+ with those 8 d20s, while the other 6 d20s will hit on 16+.

Thanks, I knew I had seen it somewhere! I was only looking at the battles manuscript.
This makes the morale formula a bit harder to implement for humans, but I will give it a try.

The entry for “Other melee weapons” on the table for “Mounted Formations by Weapon” on chapter 8 look a bit strange. The first 3 entries are 2/5/8; is it intended that a rider with a sword moves faster than a rider with a spear or a bow on the same mount? Every other entry for the same movement rate has the same unit movement.

This is more a question than a typo: do behemoth units have charge attacks? I could not find them on their section on conversion.

DaW Battles page 22, latest draft: “must not be adjacent to any of the enemy unit(s) which h had threatened it.”

DaWB page 29: “Irregular units may not read to attack, as they lack the discipline to wait for enemy.”

In the description of officer characteristics, “A general’s morale modifier modifies the shock rolls of every unit in his army.” Later under the rules for generals, “The general’s morale modifier modifies the morale rolls of every unit in his army.” The second version seems more likely.

Also on Page 10 of the Battles PDF under “Officers”

Most recent pdf draft, page 23, Mercenary officers: “The base level, cost, and characteristics of mercenary offers are noted on the adjoining table.”

Page 31: “Workers are cannot be formed into units on the battlefield except under exceptional circumstances or with magic.”

Also page 31: “Most creatures can carry a maximum of twice their normal load at full movement. When carrying more than their normal load, their movement rate is reduced to half.” Seems contradictory.

Mules are marked as Workers, but appear to also be usable as cavalry mounts, since the dwarven mounted crossbowmen ride them.

Do centaurs count as humanoid or non-humanoid for purposes of carrying capacity?

Earplugs equipment description, page 41 - “Commanders may issue these to troops to that will face harpies on the field of battle”

Line break issues between Prosthesis and Quintain

Page 55 - “The Exotic Creatures Roster (p. XX) has a list of weekly supply cost for other types of creatures.” Cost should probably be costs?

Page 56 - “A supply line becomes blocked if the route through passes through any hexes occupied by enemy forces” seems to have one through too many.

Page 60, inconsistency between examples - “its second division has three battalion-sized units” with “its second division has four battalion-sized goblin light infantry units”. Not critical, just momentarily jarring.

Page 62 - repeated use of “dominion morale” at top of second column. Probably meant domain morale.

Page 66 - The headings for the tables of engagement types by strategic stance combination all read Mutual Awareness.

Page 69 - “You can also check out D@W: Battles rulebook for the full details” should probably have a “the” between out and D@W

Page 70-71: Example inconsistency between “The Judge divides the wolf riders into three groups of 9 wolf riders each.” and “Rolling for the first group of 4 wolf riders,…”

Are flyer units eligible to pursue a defeated army that retained its own flyers or cavalry?

Noticed some stuff in the D@W: Campaigns layout draft. Here’s Chapter 1: Armies…

Pg. # Throughout the document, table titles are inconsistent in their capitalization. For example, some tables capitalize the prepositions, some do not.

Pg. 9 The text refers to the “Cost Per Week Per Mercenary Type” table as being below, but the formatting has pushed it above the note.

Pg. 11 The text refers to the “Mercenary GP Wage per Month” table as being below, but the formatting has pushed it to the page before the note (i.e. above).

Pg. 12 The text refers to the “Unit Loyalty” table, but doesn’t point out where it is. Admittedly, it is right below the text reference.

Pg. 12 The text refers to the “Exotic Mercenary Cost Per Time Period Multiplier” table as being adjacent, but the formatting has pushed it above the note.

Pg. 13 The example at the top of the right-hand column uses the form “Marcus’s” for the possessive; not sure if this or “Marcus’” is the currently accepted style.

Pg. 14 The text refers to the “Training and Equipment Time and Cost” table, but doesn’t point out where it is (below).

Pg. 14 Not a typo, but the first time I’ve noticed this:
“If conscripts are released from service by their leader, trained conscripts will become mercenaries or brigands…” all of them? Every time? Why do none of them return home to a life less dangerous?

Pg. 14 “In addition to conscripting peasants, the leader of a domain can
also levy a peasant militia…” is it just me, or does the wording of this sentence seems to imply that one cannot levy a peasant militia with also implementing conscription? I presume that is not the case, but I’m unsure whether this is ambiguously written, or a case of poor reading comprehension on my part.

Pg. 15 The last paragraph on the right-hand column should be referring to militia who are released from service, but instead refers to conscripts.

Pg. 16 The text refers to the “Follower Type and Equipment by Class” table, but does not point out where it is (above and below). The second portion of the table also has (cont.) after the title; is this standard style? What about (cont. from previous page) for clarity?

Pg. 17 The text refers to the Upkeep costs for slave soldiers as 3gp per month, and 16gp per month for ogres. Why don’t mounted slaves (e.g. cavalry, beast riders, etc.) cost more due to maintenance for their mounts? Slave goblin wolf riders suddenly seem very attractive…

Pg. 18 The last sentence of Example #1 is cumbersome, stating:
“…the slave soldiers can be trained as, e.g., light infantry or heavy cavalry, according to…”
How about:
“the slave soldiers can be trained (e.g. as light infantry or heavy cavalry) according to…”

Pg. 19 The text refers to the “Vassal Troops by Realm Size” table as being below, but the formatting has pushed it above the note.

Pg. 19 The text (last paragraph on the page) refers to the “Exotic Creatures Roster” as being on page “XX” instead of the actual page reference.

Pg. 20 The text uses no article for “Leadership proficiency,” but this is inconsistent in the document; in some places the definite article “the” is used for proficiencies.

Pg. 20 The Example has inconsistencies in the number of units or divisions. 4 divisions are created from 10 units; 2 units (heavy cavalry) in the 1st division, and the other three divisions have 3 units each (heavy infantry, light infantry and bowmen), totalling 11 units.

Pg. 20 Under the explanation for Leadership Ability, “e.g.” is used instead of i.e., when what is being presented (“4 plus Charisma bonus or penalty”) is the sole (alternate) meaning, not one example among many

Pg. 23 Under Creature Handler, “Some creature handlers are animal trainers themselves, while otherwise rely on Beast Friendship…” should read, “Some creature handlers are animal trainers themselves, while others rely on Beast Friendship…” instead

Pg. 24 Under Quartermaster, “A quartermaster is an experienced soldier who manages distribution of supplies and provision to the troops…” should read, “A quartermaster is an experienced soldier who manages distribution of supplies and provisions to the troops…”

Pg. 24 Under Siege Engineer there is no mention of replacing Artillerists and at what ratio (1:1?), even though their abilities would seem to allow them to do so…

Pg. 27 The Beastman Troop table’s line entry for “Goblin Troops” is improperly highlighted

Pg. 30 Under Size Category, “Gigantic creatures count as 24 men, s only 5 gigantic creatures…” should read, “Gigantic creatures count as 24 men, so only 5 gigantic creatures…”

Pg. 31 Under War Mounts the abbreviation “ML” is used for morale score, in spite of several previous uses of “morale score” and no prior explanation (e.g. “morale score (ML)”)

Pg. 31 Under Workers, “Workers are cannot be formed into units…” should read, “Workers cannot be formed into units…”

Pg. 31 Under Normal Movement, “Most creatures can carry a maximum of twice their normal load at full movement…” and, “When carrying more than their normal load, their movement rate is reduced to half…” are incompatible.

Pg. 32 Under Monthly Wage, “Owned, or enslaved sentient, creatures can sometimes…” should read, “Owned, or enslaved, sentient creatures can sometimes…”

Pg. 32 Under Supply Cost, “p.XX” should list the page number.

Pg. 32 Under Handler Cost, “p.XX” should list the page number.

Pg. 32 Under Total Cost, “Note that the creature were owned or enslaved…” should read, “Note that if the creature were owned or enslaved…” and, “…feel free to round them to ease of play!” should read, “…feel free to round them off for ease of play!”

Actually, this:
Pg. 32 Under Monthly Wage, “Owned, or enslaved sentient, creatures can sometimes…” would probably be clearer than my suggestion if you simply drop the commas all together.

I assumed that the XX page numbers were the norm at this stage, since I don’t recall seeing any page number references that weren’t of that form. Ctrl-F XX finds a bunch.

Also if we’re hitting inclarities rather than just clear errors, the reference to Legendary Leadership in the Morale section on officer abilities section kind of threw me; I assumed it was probably the 5th-level fighting-type +morale ability, but am pretty sure that it’s not called that in the Fighter description. The example tacitly clarified it, but there were a good couple seconds of confusion.

Page 75, example: “Now Marcus can assault with (24 + 15) 49 units, while Moruvai can still only defend with 24 units.” 24+15 = 39, not 49.

The circumvallation minimum in the Blockade Quick Reference on page 75 seems off; 20 units are worth 2500’ of circumvallation, not 250’.

Sabotage description on page 77 includes the note “(as skilled commanders tend to be better at guarding their supply train)”, despite being in the Blockade section where supply trains are not relevant.

Page 77, artillery ammunition - “For the defending army (which is usually out of supply), the daily cost represents consumption of artillery stored before the siege.” Should by “comsumption of artillery ammunition”.

Page 79 - How do reconnaissance rolls for detecting siege mines work? The set of relevant modifiers is likely very different from those for locating an army. Is it just unmodified?

Page 80 - “If a stronghold built on solid rock (such as a mountain-top fortress), its foundation is too hard to easily excavate, and is unlikely to readily collapse” should read “is built”.

Hugely helpful lists - thank you! Please keep posting any and everything you find.