====== Leadership ======

Leadership is a property of [[commander]]s that allows them to lead units and gives those units a [[morale]] modifier.

The leadership value of a commander is the number of troops they can lead. Commanders with high base leadership (80 or above) grant their troops a morale bonus and allow those troops to use line [[formation]]s.

Beyond the base value, other properties like [[experience]], paths in [[fire]] magic, and [[magic item]]s can enhance a commander's leadership. These enhancements do not provide a morale bonus or allow for line formations.

Commanders can have two special sorts of leadership: [[undead]]/[[demon]] and [[magic being]]. Typically only mages have these. Each point in [[Death]] grants +40 undead/demon leadership and each point in [[Blood]] grants +5 undead/demon leadership. Each point in [[Astral]] grants +10 magic-being leadership while each point in a path other than [[Death]] grants +5.

These limits are separate for each type, so a commander with 120 ordinary leadership and 40 undead leadership can lead 120 living troops and 40 undead ones.

If troops are on the battlefield without any [[morale|unrouted]] leader of the appropriate type, they will rout (if they have a mind) or dissolve (if they don't). This makes sniping leaders a viable way to get rid of enemy armies.