We had the following situation in a game last night and weren't sure of how to resolve it.
Unit A charged unit B.
Unit B successfully skirmished out of range of A
Unit C was in the original charge path of A and within range of the charge. (Unit B was originally ahead of C)
Can unit B also now skirmish back to avoid the charge of A even though it was not the original target of the charge?
(Both B and C are bow armed cavalry)
Covered in the clarries:
• UGs WHICH BECOME THE TARGET OF A CHARGE, BUT WEREN'T WHEN THE CHARGE WAS DECLARED CAN RUN AWAY OR SKIRMISH BUT CANNOT SHOOT AT THE CHARGERS After an "evader" is moved in 2.5 if the charger would contact another enemy UG (taking into account any charge direction towards a target that moved), this UG is allowed to respond to the charge in the same way as in 2.5 with a skirmish or run away response if allowed to do so, and has to if a SuG charged in the open by a TuG. Shooting at chargers only happens in 2.5 before anything has been moved so they cannot shoot at the chargers. They are in effect taken by surprise and do not have time to shoot. This is the same as the situation covered on Page 84 6.3.
Thanks Nik - that clears it up.