Editing Adeptus Titanicus/Tactics (section)

==Knight Lances==

With the release of the Doom of Molech book, Knights now have their own version of a maniple and plenty of rules to go with it!

===Forming a Lance=== 
**A lance '''must''' have three banners of Knights, two of which must be the same type. (<s>It says nothing about having more banners in a lance however, probable FAQ territory?</s> The book is pretty clear, three exactly.)
**No Freeblade banners may be included in a Lance
**Each individual banner must equipped in the same manner i.e. one banner consisting solely of Paladins, another solely of Errants and the third solely of Lancers
**One banner must be the High Scion's banner
***Multiple Lances may be used, if so, one banner in either Lance must be the Knight Seneschal. This will replace the High Scion in one lance. E.g. you have three Lances, on lance will have a Knight Seneschal, the other two will have a High Scion each.
*'''Freeblades'''
**These are banners of knights which are separate to a lance, but, they can mix and match weapons across the knights as you see fit, i.e. you can have a Warden, Errant and Paladin in the same banner. It does mean they cannot make coordinated strikes however.

===Activating a Lance===

*Knight Lances are effectively one big knight unit, and is reflected in their activation and coherency.
*A Lance is activated at the same time. Each banner will be activated in turn, in whatever order the controlling may may choose, and will continue until all banners have been activated.
**So, you may have a lot of banners, but you don't have a lot of activations. This can screw you if your opponent simply has Titans, as a larger banner can be as much as some maniples. Be wary.
*They must maintain a 3" coherency within banners and a 6" coherency within the Lance. If a banner is not in coherency, it is shaken. If a banner is not in Lance coherency, that individual banner is shaken. Once coherency is restored, they are not shaken. This, equally, can screw you. Hope your opponent has not brought quake cannons...

===Lances and the Strategy Phase===
*Lances may be issued orders to each individual banner, or be issued a '''Lance Order'''. If choosing the latter, the highest command roll within the lance is used and between one and all of the banners in a lance my be issued the same order.
*New orders available include:
**'''Charge:''' Yes, this isn't a new order however the FAQ has made some changes; gone are the days of charging in bendy lines. Knights must now take the shortest distance when charging a target, and while their front arc is 360, a turn is defined as making a 45 degree pivot of the base '''irrespective of arc'''. So Knights may not make any turns after beginning their charge. They can turn before it, but not after.
***Knights may now make smash attacks against units which are of the same scale or smaller than themselves now as well!
**'''Coordinated Strike:'''Used when making shooting attacks only - This can make avenger gatling cannons somewhat more useful. When making a coordinated strike, nominate one knight to make the attack and then add one to the strength of the weapon for each knight which is in range and has LoS to the intended target. E.g. A unit of 4 Knight Errants makes a coordinated strike, one thermal cannon is fired, but its strength is increased to '''S12''', S8 + 4 knights in range and LoS.
***This could be useful on the Avenger Gatling cannon more than anything, but it does mean you are losing out on all your other knights making ranged attacks to increase the strength of one weapon. Very situational.
***<s>Literally a free +1S if the banner only have a single Knight left, and Acastus only need 1 knight to form a banner.</s> Nope, FAQ'ed, Acastus knights can no longer be in a lance.
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