Bataille de Bedegraine (510)

Campagne de l'Epée

Commanders King Arthur (Battle = 7) King Lot (Battle = 25)   day one Length of Battle: 5 rounds Battle Size: Huge Modifiers Arthur is aided by Merlin: +10 Arthur has the high ground: +5 Arthur has superior troops: +5 The Fight Round 1: During the First Charge, Arthur’s forc- es are superior to Lot’s: Apply a –5 modifier to the Random Battle Enemy Table. Round 2–5: Lot’s Pictish mercenaries, having no honor, freely attack the horses of Arthur’s knights. After the Battle All knights must make a roll on the “Horse’s Fate” table (Pendragon, page 109), modified by –1 per round he remained in battle. Victor: Indecisive. Plunder: None Glory: 60 per round day tWo Arthur’s horsemen took many losses from the Pict warriors. He forms units of footmen and inter- sperses them on the hill between his knights. Player characters without horses fight in one of these units. (One of them may be a unit commander.) Lot sends his infantry to the rear and orders his knights to fight. Length of Battle: 5 rounds Battle Size: Large Modifiers Arthur is aided by Merlin: +10 Arthur has the high ground: +5 Arthur has inferior troops: –5 The Fight Round 1: Normal. Remember that during the First Charge footmen get a –5 modifier to their melee skill against mounted men. Round 2–3: Normal. Round 4: A cry goes up on the flank: “Ban and Bors have come!” The Ganis battalion of fresh knights bursts from cover and attacks Lot’s army. Add a +5 modifier to the Unit Events Table roll for Arthur this round. Round 5: Add a +10 modifier to the Unit Events Table roll for Arthur this round. The enemy army falls back, abruptly but in good order. No pursuit is possible. After the Battle The Ganis and Brittany armies withdraw to the ports, and thence to home; their kings remain with Arthur for a while. The army camps and recovers. Victor: Arthur. Indecisive. Plunder: None. (Arthur gives all the battlefield plunder to Ban’s and Bors’ armies. Thus, the men of Ganis and Brittany each get three times the normal plunder; Arthur promises to give his own men a suit- able reward soon.)