Field Works (Redoubts)

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Movement A unit or leader that moves across a hex side with Field Works must stop and may move no further on that turn. An infantry unit may not form a square on a Field Works hex.
Battle

A Field Works provides protection along the forward facing hex sides.

When targeting an enemy unit or leader on a Field Works hex:
• An infantry unit reduces the number of battle dice rolled by 1. An infantry unit on a Field Works hex may ignore one flag.
• A cavalry unit reduces the number of battle dice rolled by 2. A cavalry unit on a Field Works hex may not ignore one flag.
• An artillery unit’s battle dice are not reduced. An artillery unit when on a Field Works hex may ignore one flag.
• Field Works on hill: When attacking through a Field Works hexside disregard Hill terrain battle dice reductions and use only the Field Works battle dice reductions above.
• A defending unit will not receive Field Works protection and may not ignore a flag when the enemy unit is not attacking across a hex side with the Field Works (normally this is from a hex directly to the side or behind the Field Works hex sides).

When battling out of a Field Works hex:
• Infantry and artillery suffer no battle dice reductions.
• A cavalry unit on a Field Works hex battling out across a hex side with a Field Works will reduce the number of battle dice it will roll by 2.
Line of Sight Free

Note: An infantry unit, on a field works hex, may not form square when attacked by cavalry through a hex side with field works. However, an infantry unit, on a field works hex, may form square when attacked by cavalry through a hex side that does not have field works.
The battle dice terrain reductions (fieldworks on another terrain) are not cumulative!

"A Field Works provides protection along the forward facing hex sides." How does this exact work?

It works exact as the "fences" rules in Battlecry, see charts below.
(Richard Borg: 2015 - July- 30)

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Fencer replied the topic:
#7540
2 years 6 months ago
The wording raises a question. Which of the interpretations is correct?
1. Infantry, when cavalry attacks it through fortifications, can stand in a square, but in this case does not receive advantages from the square.
2. Infantry can stand in a square only when cavalry attacks it, NOT through a fortification.
In the formulation No. 2, it is necessary to understand whether the infantry who got up (after the attack NOT through the fortification) in the square gets the features of the square for subsequent attacks THROUGH the fortification?
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