[ASLML] Similar to the J74 question but to do with SS ELR and blurry rules.

[perrycocke at comcast.net]

>in the case of "Frontal Assault", the designer has indicated to me that this >is very much intended.

I can't speak for the intent of the designer, but the intent of the publisher is that SS MMC have an ELR of 4.

Thus the "ELR: 4" in the all-SS OB.

....Perry
> On Mon, 2 Feb 2004 12:50:55 -0500, "David Reenstra"
> <vaslplayer at triad.rr.com> wrote:
> 
> >Okay, I can see your point.  I was thinking the OB given ELR could overrule
> >A1.23 (kind of like it does at Night by E1.22), but an SSR is needed for that.
> >But what still throws me is A19.13 "[EXC: A squad with an underscored Morale
> >Factor is Replaced by its two broken HS (even if its ELR has dropped below
> >5)...]"  How can the part in parenthesis ever be relevant then?
> 
> Well, firstly, an SSR can define that the ELR is < 5, but otherwise
> underlined morale still applies.
> 
> Alternatively, Battlefield Integrity can cause a drop in ELR.  Similarly, CG
> campaign rules can cause loss of ELR.
> 
> >Same would be true for a BI induced ELR drop.
> 
> No, I think you'll find that the BI ELR drop is across-the-board when it's
> in effect.  A16.2 says that the ELR drop applies to "all forces".  This is
> an example of a rule overriding A1.23.  (It's higher-numbered, if nothing
> else!)
> 

> >I'll buy that, but I doubt I could convince any opponent to let me play the
> >Germans in "Going to Church" or "Frontal Assault" with the MMCs having ELR 5.
> 
> That's your opponent's problem (not helped by Perry's public confusion on
> this point, admittedly).  Can't speak for "Going To Church", but in the case
> of "Frontal Assault", the designer has indicated to me that this is very
> much intended.
> 
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