4th Edition Rules - comment now or forever shut yer trap!

[Brett Nicholson]

I'll go with however the rules may change in regards to hills but in my opinion, the only reason that a -1 direct fire modifier in hills at the same level may make sense is that yes, they may be at the same general altitude but far from being flat, open ground but uneven at best. I suppose that would depend on the actual geographical location of the battlefield but in the case of a lot of ridges, very craggy with lots of rocks for cover though maybe still not at a drastic elevation change. In my opinion if it is just a bare, flat, open lump of earth then it would only affect LOS and/or movement but if actual hills used for defensive advantage then they would have to be very rugged. I haven't heard much of units just rolling over hills in actual battles, that taking hills at any elevation is tedious and costly.