Morale

Morale Checks
Every non-player character involved in combat has morale, which is understood as his or her own willingness to continue fighting. Both followers and opponents have morale. A Morale Check is a d20 roll checked against a character's Base Morale, Will Save Bonus, and Situational Modifiers. A character makes a morale check under three conditions when the character:


 * is bloodied for the first time


 * becomes outnumbered

If the Morale Check is passed, then there is no effect.
 * has the party leader removed from combat

If the Morale Check fails, then the character immediately tries to do one of the following:


 * flee the battlefield by whatever route seems appropriate


 * surrender


 * relinquish the players' objective.

A character without morale cannot recover it until his or her circumstances dramatically change such as receiving reinforcements or being spared to fight another day.