Questions tagged [mass-combat]
For questions about combat involving large numbers of participants, frequently requiring separate combat rules to adjudicate.
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Is there a proper way to handle large combat engagements with party members involved?
For instance, a party of four player characters raise a force of 30 militia men to go take a bandit camp. When they get there the bandit camp has 40 men, and none of them notable.
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Combat rules for large battles
In the later chapters of a future campaign I'm thinking of having a section where the players take charge of parts of an army and fight a larger battle. I don't want to hand-wave the strategy, I want ...
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Keeping Mass Battles interesting for players
It happens on rare occasion that the characters I GM for end up in some bigger battle. Often this follows lots of preparation and planning of strategies and tactics. Sometimes it just happens that the ...
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How do I quicken / sum up larger (but not army-scale) d20/DnD3.x combat?
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Imagine you have five lv7 characters (in DnD3.5), a bunch of their followers (skeletons raised by their priestess and whatnot), and they're facing about the same number of ...
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How can I model the mechanics of an army battlefield scene?
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I want to model a strategic battlefield fight for my players to command and participate. I'm seeking advice on how to model it mechanically so that it is exciting for the players.
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Is there a way to simulate mass battles using the DnD engine?
In a nutshell, I'm debating starting up a campaign that would use the Hundred Years' War as a backdrop, and as such, would have many battles that would have hundreds or thousands of combatants. Is ...
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Are there any published rules for dealing with mass combat in D&D 4e?
I'm looking for reference material for running large scale/war/mass combat simulations in D&D 4e. By mass combat I'm speaking of unit numbers in the 100's or 1000's, on two or more sides of the ...
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How can I model an army squadron to assist the players through the use of player-controlled minions?
In the chat playtest my players have decided that they are members of an army squadron. What is the best way to present the feel of working in a squad alongside other soldiers?
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Is there a mass combat system for 4E D&D which has the following features?
Related question that doesn't answer mine because I have slightly different requirements
I am interested in a mass combat system for 4E, but before I just roll my own, I want to know if there is a ...
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Odds of Tzeentch's Curse in Mass Battles port
Mass Battles is often casually considered an easy mechanic of Savage Worlds to port to other systems. I'm finding it easily so, save some edge cases.
I like the idea in Mass Battles of heroes running ...
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How do I account for palisades and other similar defenses in an invasion?
I am running Princes of the Apocalypse for my group and have determined that the next session will be
My question is this: although there are a few suggested ways of dealing with such large numbers ...
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