Questions tagged [mass-combat]
For questions about combat involving large numbers of participants, frequently requiring separate combat rules to adjudicate.
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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 can I very quickly summarize a series of easy combats?
(Similar to this question, but for 5e and with slightly different requirements.)
I have a group of players who are in an area where there are two opposing factions they're planning to pit against ...
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How do I quicken / sum up larger (but not army-scale) d20/DnD3.x combat?
I'll be rather specific:
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 well do the 2017 UA Mass Combat rules work?
My players (level 12-13), through a series of... decisions, have ended up in a situation where they and perhaps a few hundred to a thousand allies will be facing off against a garrison of several ...
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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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Any software to help manage mass combat from Ultimate Campaign? [closed]
I'm new to Pathfinder (haven't event looked at RPGs since AD&D 2e) and I've been investigating the concept of mass combat for a campaign I'm thinking about creating.
I guess Ultimate Campaign ...
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What are the essential design features of a combat system that make it scalable from single combat to mass warfare?
My question stems from this post by p.marino, as it raised my curiosity. I do not wish to spend the time and money to acquire and read Silhouette Core. Furthermore, I lack the knowledge of piles of ...
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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?
Nominally, I'd like ...
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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.
For the sake of ...
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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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Roleplaying games for political intrigues, mass battles [closed]
My friends an I want to start a political campaign on Skype. Each player would play a character or faction/kingdom. They should be able do wage war and do mass battles against each other, do the ...
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How to design a combat encounter for 20 characters? [duplicate]
Over the course of the last 30 month, I GMed ongoing campaigns for three different groups. One of them had to be disbanded due to one problematic player. Another one dissolved because we couldn’t find ...
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How to describe combat between NPCs, the Dungeon World way
I am a novice Dungeon World GM. In our last session my players almost lead an orc raiding party to a small village, which was preparing for a unrelated bandit raid at the same time.
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How can I combine numbers of low CR creatures so that using them doesn't bog the combat down?
I have a whole series of encounters built around various kinds of spiders, controlled by some significant baddies in service to Lolth.
At the bottom of this arachnid hierarchy is a large number of ...
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