hi all
as the title says: how do you work out a bow limit?
i know its a very dumb question but I've lost my rulebook and even so im not sure how the new 'rounding down' thing works
a simple word equitation would be nice

thanks

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Each faction in your army has to adhere to its own bow limit.
Count the number of warriors (non-heroes). 1/3rd of these can be bows, rounded up.

So if you have 12 warriors, 4 can be bows. If you have 20 warriors, 20/3 = 6.67 = 7 bows.

aha

thanks for the speedy reply mate.

i suck at maths

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'Though my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior'
-John Newton

Its easier to count the entire models in your army list and divide by 3. Round it up the the nearest number.

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You would of had me crawling on all fours like a BEAST!

that method might end up innaccurate though becuse the bow limit is restricted to each faction as whafrog said in his post.

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'Though my memory's fading, I remember two things very clearly: I am a great sinner and Christ is a great Savior'
-John Newton

Also, it counts the heroes, which aren't part of the bow limit calculation.

Oh yeah sorry forgot and just read over it agian. Have to adjust my lists now. Stupid boy! Thanks

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You would of had me crawling on all fours like a BEAST!

For each non-hero in a faction with a bow, you must have at least two non-heroes without bows. That's the easiest, roughest and most commonly applicable guide.

But it's not always correct due to the new round-up rules. A list with 17 models may have 6 bows. (not included heroes).

Hence me saying roughest You start off with my method to get used to it, then you can start saying "except the last batch can have just 1 bowman and 0, 1 or 2 non-bowmen"

Under the new system each Warband needs to stick to it's own 33% limit, right (max 4 with bow, 8 without per warband)?

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And this is easier than elementary school math...??

No, each faction, just like LoME.

Cool...thanks. I thought I saw it was per Warband on another thread but maybe that was in reference to ally warbands from different factions. I imagine deployment to support volley fire would be very tricky if this was per warband.

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Yes indeed, there are pros and cons to putting all your bows in one warband. Heroes can use Might to alter deployment results, which can be important...like in the game where I rolled a 1 for Faramir's band three turns in a row...I shoulda spent some Might earlier...!

Ah, sorry, I didn't see overlooked that part of your comment.