This is what we have FAQed:
Q: How do I place a Cauldron of Blood or Bloodwrack Shrine in units when footprints collide, i.e. with cavalry or a Bloodwrack Medusa? (RB p.98)
A: The Cauldron or Shrine is placed in the middle of the unit and the unit is formed around it. The third rank and on will be a little lopsided, but it's fine. A Medusa joined by a Shrine/COB must be side by side in the front rank. All rules for colliding footprints RB p.98 still apply.
First of all, I'd like to recall why we ruled out that Will of Gods should allow a chariot to join cavalry. In short:
- "Will of Gods" does not restrict to infantry.
- There is no difficulty at all for a chariot to join a single medusa, or a single cavalry model. It follows 100% of all written rules, including "When footprint collide" p.98.
- When there is more than one cavalry model, the rule "Will of Gods" requires to place the chariot in the middle, when the rule "When Footprint Collide" requires it on the side; our understanding (and the FAQ) is that these conflicting requirements are solved by AB>BRB, as p.6 prescribes.
The issue is how to place the cavalry models in the 3rd rank?
As long as there are only 1 or 2 ranks of cavalry models, there is no issue, since the chariot base (100 mm) is exactly 2 length of cavalry bases (50 mm).
The problem starts with the third rank, as cavalry models are 25mm wide and the chariot is 60 mm, i.e. 10 mm more than 2 cavalry models.
Note that "When Footprint Collide" precludes anyway the chariot to be counted in the full ranks.
Note also that BRB p.5 states that the last rank may have less models than previous ranks, it may never have more ranks.
That leaves out two possibilities:
- to keep the last rank in two blocks, on each sides of the chariot, which has no model behind.
- to keep the last rank in a single block, with a maximum of models that cannot exceed the first rank (chariot excluded), some models may be set up behind the chariot.
See examples made for a unit with 16 models, 5 wide i.e. 5+5+5+1
These two possibilities diverge slightly from the prescription p.5:
- the red one introduces a hole, instead of keeping models "edge to edge"
- the blue one introduces an irregularity, and is no longer made of mathematical columns to speak of.
Note that either possibility is perfectly playable, even in case the unit is charged on the rear or on either side, thanks to the ruling p.49.
Question:
Should we amend the FAQ about "Will of Gods?:
Version A.
Q: How do I place a Cauldron of Blood or Bloodwrack Shrine in units when footprints collide, i.e. with cavalry or a Bloodwrack Medusa? (RB p.98)
A: The Cauldron or Shrine is placed in the middle of the unit and the unit is formed right and left around it. The third rank and on will be in two blocks, but it's fine. A Medusa joined by a Shrine/COB must be side by side in the front rank. All rules for colliding footprints RB p.98 still apply.
Version B.
Q: How do I place a Cauldron of Blood or Bloodwrack Shrine in units when footprints collide, i.e. with cavalry or a Bloodwrack Medusa? (RB p.98)
A: The Cauldron or Shrine is placed in the middle of the unit and the unit is formed around it. The third rank and on will be set in a single block a little lopsided, but it's fine; they may not count more models than the first rank, excluding the chariot. A Medusa joined by a Shrine/COB must be side by side in the front rank. All rules for colliding footprints RB p.98 still apply.
Version C.
No change. Let the player chose, anyway either version is as playable.
