Fear checks lowering Morale: How's it work?

[Omnirizon]

So I've witnessed (I think) that a unit with Fear will cause all units making the Fear check to lose Morale.

I've looked up Fear and Moral in the manual. While it notes that the Fear effect forces a Morale roll every turn that a unit is under its effect, and explains the numbers in the Fear and Morale rolls, it doesn't explain how Fear rolls cause units to lose Morale. Yet, it seems this is what I've witnessed, and I'm almost certain I've read around the forums that the Fear effect does indeed lower Morale; such that a unit with strong Fear need not even score a hit or even attack, and eventually all opponents will rout due to simply the Fear lowering their Morale to the point that they will fail the Fear check.

So can someone diverge the specifics on how simply making a Fear check can cause Morale to drop?

[Jazzepi]

I've used a lot of fear god. They do indeed lower morale (as verified by simply right clicking on the enemy units around my "fear" god). I'm unsure if the fear causes morale checks on its own, though.

Jazzepi

[Omnirizon]

according to the manual, any unit under the effects of Fear make a moral check every turn they are under the Fear effect (manual not handy at moment, but it is on page 80, I think, where it lists the situations in which a unit makes a moral check).

I'm just not clear on how (or even if!) simply making the Fear check lowers moral. Although this does appear to be what happens to units around an opposing unit with (at least) strong fear, even without the Fearing unit making any actual kills.

[Sombre]

We've already had this thread :]

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/thr...b=5&o=&fpart=1

[Omnirizon]

ah thanks. i looked in the strat index, and didn't bother searching otherwise. i figured such a useful thread, had it existed, would be in the index.

Valerius! please add Sombre's thread to your index!