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====== Morale ======

{{:dom6:stats:mor.png?nolink }} **Morale** is an [[unit-attributes|attribute]] of units, measuring their strength of character and their eagerness to fight. For many units, it is often not [[Hit Points]] but Morale that determines their staying power on the battlefield.

Morale prevents the [[rout]], the [[repel]], and the [[seduction|rakish seducer]].

===== The Standard Morale Roll =====

Morale functions a bit like [[Magic Resistance]], as a defensive stat in response to various situations. A typical Morale roll is set against a so-called **Fear roll** in [[DRN]]:

  * The Morale roll's base is **the average Morale of everyone in the defender's squad**, plus 5 times **the percentage of the defender's squad that's still alive** (rounded to the nearest whole number).
  * The Fear roll's base is **14**, unless specifically stated otherwise. (For example, all types of [[Seduction]] have their own bases.)

The Morale roll always wins ties. In the case of Seduction (and [[Dream Seduction]]), a tie is the safest result, in fact.

{{:misc:gui:commanderpoints.png?nolink }} Commanders are not in squads, but that meant they benefitted from a full "survivor bonus" of 5 at all times in Dominions 5. If that still applies, the manual isn't clear on the situation. Regardless, one should try to have at least a single high-Morale Commander in battle.

===== Various Morale Modifiers =====

{{:dom6:stats:ldr_200.png?nolink }} Competent [[Leadership]] is the best source of Morale. Serving under a Commander with 200 or more (three gold stars) provides +3 Morale. Serving under a Commander with 150-199 (two gold stars) provides +2. Serving under a Commander with 100-149 (one gold star) provides +1. Serving under a Commander with 50-99 (one silver star) provides nothing. Serving under a Commander with under 50 Leadership provides -1 Morale, however. These bonuses are further modified (up or down) by [[Inspirational|Inspiration Traits]].

{{:abilities:undisciplined.png?nolink }} The formation and composition of a unit's squad also impacts their Morale. Lightly packed formations, such as the "Skirmish" and the "Sparse Line", provide -1 Morale. Serving alongside an [[Undead]] being or a [[Demon]] also provides -1 Morale, if you're not one of those types of beings. Lastly, there are units known as [[Standard|Standards]] (short for "Standard-Bearers") who increase Morale for their entire squad, as long as they're not routing (or dead), though their benefits do not stack.

{{:misc:dominioncandle.png?nolink }} The unit's location has a notable effect on their Morale as well. Within their home province, they have +1 Morale, as they're fighting for a land they know and love (or at least comfortable where they are). Within their [[Pretender God|Pretender God's]] [[Dominion]], they have another +1 Morale, fighting with the security that their God (or faith) is overseeing them.

==== More-Ephemeral Modifiers ====

{{:abilities:blessed.png?nolink }} A [[Bless|Blessed]] unit has +1 Morale at the very least. There was weirdness in Dominions 5, where [[Independents]] did not benefit from Blessings in any way. Whether this signified a hollowness to their beliefs, or a cut-off from [[holy]] power, was never really explained.

New to Dominions 6, spells that only mess with Morale (other than the Blessing spells) now impact a **Morale Bonus** value. This scales from **-10** to **+1**. If the Bonus is **negative**, it randomly increases at a rate of //around// 1 point per 2 rounds, until it gets back to 0. ??Sermon of Courage?? and ??Fanaticism?? both increase the Morale Bonus by 1, while the effects that reduce the Morale Bonus can be broadly classified into two types:
   * **[[Fear]]** "Damage", formerly known as "Type I Fear" or "Major Fear", **also triggers a rout check** but doesn't really stack with itself.
   * **Frighten** "Damage", formerly known as "Type II Fear" or "Minor Fear", doesn't trigger a rout check **but stacks "up" to -5**.

To clarify, "Major Fear" can't bring your Morale Bonus below **negative X**, with "X" being the magnitude of its effect. If your Morale Bonus is already that value or lower, it doesn't decrease further, **though it will still cause a rout check**. "Minor Fear" is completely ineffective to those already at-or-beyond its cap. There are currently no clear ways to push a Morale Bonus below -5, let alone to -10.
===== Example Stats =====

These will ignore all bonuses except those granted by their specific conditions. (For example, a Sauromancer without {{path>D4}}-or-higher will have only 10 Morale!)

^  Example Monster  ^  Their MOR  ^
|  A ??Giant Rat??  |  5  |
|  A ??Slave?? of [[mictlan-ea|Mictlan]]  |  6  |
|  A ranged Helote of [[phlegra-ma|Phlegra]]  |  6  |
|  A melee Helote of [[phlegra-ma|Phlegra]]  |  7  |
|  A ??Militia??-man  |  8  |
|  A lightly-armored ??Archer??  |  8  |
|  A naked melee soldier  |  9  |
|  A ??War Elephant??  |  9  |
|  **The average human melee soldier**  |  10  |
|  A typical human ??Commander??  |  11  |
|  Typical giant troops (Size 4-6)  |  12  |
|  A typical human ??Knight??  |  13  |
|  Very-high-end human troops  |  14  |
|  Top-of-the-line human Commanders  |  16  |
|  A ??Werewolf?? on their spree  |  17  |
|  A ??Ghoul??  |  18  |
|  A {{path>D4}} ??Sauromancer?? of [[c-tis-ea|C'tis]]  |  20  |
|  [[Pretender God|Pretender Gods]]  |  30  |
|  [[Mindless]] beings  |  50  |
|  Fellas [[Berserker|gone Berserk]]  |  99  |

==== Significance of Ludicrously High Values ====

  * Fellas with 30 Morale or higher ignore Fear effects and ignore most Morale rolls outright.
  * Fellas with 50 Morale or higher only rout under specific circumstances and are more likely to just stop existing.
  * Fellas with 99 Morale will not rout until the [[twilight|very last round of battle]].
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