Question on multi-leader routing

[sansanjuan]

Wasn’t sure of all the nuances of leaderless routing after reading the manual. I understand a battle with single leader who is killed will cause all his/her troops to rout.

Case 1: What if an “empty” commander is also included? Will the dead commander’s troops seamlessly attach to the new commander?

Case 2: If commander “A” is killed and has a mix of 20x undead, 20x magic and 20x regular troops but the secondary commander can only handle 10x magic how would the troops reattach?

If these have been answered please point me to the thread as my search has been fruitless..

-SSJ

[thejeff]

As near as I can tell, routing does not depend at all on the particular commander the squad was initially assigned to.

As long as there is a commander on the field with the appropriate type of leadership (regular/undead/magic) those units will not autorout.

You'll have to reorganize after battle if you lose commanders, but that's to be expected.

[TwoBits]

You can get a merc commander killed, yet still employ his/her troops in the same battle, too (they're gone afterwards though) - that's a good way to try to bogart any magic items they might have, if they've come to outlive their usefulness...

[sansanjuan]

Thanks for the replies.

"Bogart" ... that phrase made me smile. I've heard it before but wonder on the origin. Was Humphrey known for "Bogarting"?

-SSJ

[Saulot]

Yes, it refers to him keeping a cigarette in his mouth without actually smoking it. (So more of keeping something to yourself / Not sharing, as opposed to actually stealing something)

[TwoBits]

I believe I first heard that term used on an episode of Beavis and Butthead (where I acquired most of my vocabulary http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif).

Dang, that really dates me, doesn't it?

According to Saulot's definition, it also seems I may have used it inappropriately...