With the optional rule on walls, I just want to check how you handle attacking an opponent who is defending a wall as with the optional rule, a wall is a small area of rough terrain:
The defender gets +2 for cover.
Does the attacker suffer the -2 penalty for rough terrain?
I would think not, the difficulty of fighting across the wall is already included in the +2 bonus that the defender gets. The only time a unit fighting across a wall would add the -2 penalty would be if the defender were not directly against the wall and the attacker chose to charge across the wall. In this case the defender wouldn't get the +2 for cover because they wouldn't be directly adjacent to the wall, and the attacker would get a -2 for rough ground, I imagine the momentum of the charge would be somewhat lost as the men struggled over the wall.
To get a combat adjustment for cover, the unit must be "in cover" or "behind cover," as defined by the book.
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