general's hitpoints

**lgoodin101** · December 18, 2012, 01:01 AM

I just have a couple of questions regarding generals hitpopints
1) Do they regenerate?? like if you dis-engage a unit will they "come back"
2) Any specific things you can do to get more HP??
3) How do you know when he's losing HP

I think thats about it

**Galain_Ironhide** · December 18, 2012, 01:23 AM

1. no. Only between battles - not during battles.

2. by earning / gaining extra traits & ancilliaries - such as Fierce in Battle etc.

3. In vanilla M2TW doesn't the character change to a blood red color? It is at that point they have lost a hit point or 2. With some of the blood mods out there the General will get "bloodier" each time they lose a hit point. until they die.

**PapaRosario** · December 18, 2012, 01:24 AM

1. As far as I know, you cannot regenerate HP during a battle.
2. If you have at least 5 command, simply garrisoning him for a few turns in a settlement with an Armourer will give him a nice HP boost. If the general has less than 5 command, he will need to be around the settlement when the Armourer is finished constructing in order to get the HP boost. Also, keeping your general in the fighting during a battle can give him the Battle Scarred trait, which can give up to 8 HP and 2 Authority.
3. When he's bloody, you absolutely want to get him away from fighting. That means he's very close to dying.

**lgoodin101** · December 18, 2012, 01:26 AM

ok thanks it makes sense

**Aeratus** · December 18, 2012, 09:51 AM

How much HP left does bloody actually indicate? It seems that for war elephants, bloody only indicates about a 25% HP loss, so after bloody, the elephant still has a long way to go before going down.

**Silverheart** · December 20, 2012, 09:23 AM

@Aeratus
With a general, it´s generally preferable to take the safe route, and not needlessly risk him when he´s bloody.
It´s true that being bloody does only indicate something akin to 25-50% loss of his hitpoints (not sure which), but it definitely means that his end is closing in and that it might be best to get him out of battle - once he gets bloody, any fighting situation after that is pushing his luck.

**Yayattasa** · December 20, 2012, 02:57 PM

What's the maximun HP points a general can attain?

**PapaRosario** · December 20, 2012, 03:04 PM

Well, the maximum hardcoded HP is 15. Not sure whether or not that applies to special units like captains, officers, and generals.

**Aymer de Valence** · December 20, 2012, 05:58 PM

Not sure whether or not that applies to special units like captains, officers,

I doubt it about these two; captains seem to have the strength of a regular unit but with a fancy suit of armour on. Could be wrong though, but they never perform brilliantly in battle.