LoA: Environmental Modifiers

Terrain/Environment Example Modifier Chart

Mod Type	Conditions	Effects
Night	Non-Nomai	Hit and Defence reduced by up to 5
Fortified	2+ allied units in a staging area	When defending, +1 Defence to each unit. This bonus increases by an additional 1 for each supporting character. This bonus cannot exceed 3.
Friends	Sync characters in the same staging area	Adds Synchro (Rank) to the characters as long as they remain together.
Flanking	Allied units in adjacent staging area to the target of attack	When attacking, +1 Hit & Defence for each adjacent staging area with at least 1 supporting character in it. 2 or more raises the bonus by an additional 1.
Directional Terrain Modifiers	Innate staging area ability	Applies to a single direction (N, E, S, W) of a staging area. May be a bonus or a penalty to Defence when attacked from that side. If the attacker is a flyer, the Defence bonus is reduced by 50% (penalties are increased by 50%).
Cover	Innate staging area ability	Applies to the whole staging area. May be a positive of negative value with positive implying a bonus. The following receive this value as a percent bonus/penalty to Hit: archers, magic attacks, flyers.
Border	Edge of the map	Impassable
Water, Cliffs	Innate staging area ability	Only flying units can stop here. (Note: Directional Terrain Modifiers for these locations should be very high with Cover penalties).