tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435656792946778359.post8343297109480726220..comments2023-08-27T02:18:00.073-07:00Comments on The Warlock's Home Brew: Mass Combat Part 1bliss_infintehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12433733609487959653noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435656792946778359.post-17809725493724680102011-10-18T11:54:52.641-07:002011-10-18T11:54:52.641-07:00I highly recommend checking out Kings of War by Ma...I highly recommend checking out Kings of War by Mantic Games (free miniatures rules). They are very simple rules, so they are good for a noob like me. They cover pretty much all the basic fantasy types, and certain units have some pretty neat but simple powers.<br /><br />I plan to just find suitable hero types in the army lists for the PCs to use, and adjust them as necessary.<br /><br />I needed a rules set to resolve the situation when the party "completed" Death Frost Doom, and I found this to fit the bill. We haven't played it out yet, but I am very much looking forward to it.<br /><br />http://www.manticgames.com/Fantasy/Kings-of-War.htmlJeremy Deramhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13166744272459044563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435656792946778359.post-81062685735754930532011-10-18T08:32:04.102-07:002011-10-18T08:32:04.102-07:00Thanks for all your suggestions, I'm looking i...Thanks for all your suggestions, I'm looking into all those options.bliss_infintehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12433733609487959653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435656792946778359.post-40859621447589726892011-10-18T06:41:23.148-07:002011-10-18T06:41:23.148-07:00I tried your situation (30 soldier vs 40 ghoul) in...I tried your situation (30 soldier vs 40 ghoul) in the hungarian D20 retroclone: Sord and Magic and the result was similar.<br />Ghouls could paralize all of soldiers, but before the soldiers killed 20 (2 units) ghouls. So half of the monsters were slayed.<br /><br />Each unit involved 10 soldiers/ghouls. In this system the HP is added in a unit pool. The ghoul units had 80(10*2D8) hp the soldiers(as lvl2 warrior) had 140(10*2D8+2). Tha damage must be multiplied with the number of the members of the unit. So the ghouls had 10*D3+paralize (Medium12 Difficulty against d20+1; +1 came from the bonus of the soldiers and the duration of the paralize is 2D6 round). The damage of the soldiers was 10*d8+3. So they had a chance to slay an entire ghoul unit. In the first round the quickiest Solder unit did it, so with the first attack they equalized the number of the opponents. But it wasn't eough, because paralizing won the combat and soldiers were killed. <br />In the combat against the paralized unit the attack was automaticly succesful, but it would be better automaticly critical.Grungihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11851272520932333391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435656792946778359.post-4303557282458065222011-10-17T23:33:55.497-07:002011-10-17T23:33:55.497-07:00I posted my Easy Button version of mass combat her...I posted my Easy Button version of mass combat here: http://oldschoolpsionics.blogspot.com/search/label/Mass%20CombatJustinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01023125641719686613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6435656792946778359.post-60213576813322051512011-10-17T14:35:49.533-07:002011-10-17T14:35:49.533-07:00There are some simple rules in the Kingmaker Ap fr...There are some simple rules in the Kingmaker Ap from Paizo. I know thats not old school, but its very simplified and gives units basic Challenge Ratings, you compare the two numbers and roll a d20, thats it, pretty simple. Theres an 'expanded' version of rules: Book of the River Nations: Mass Combat (PFRPG) PDF, with sample armies and all that. Still the same basic idea though. I also have a Warpath which is for Pathfinder Mass Combat. it shows how to build out a unit and find its strength, average damage, special attacks/defenses, HP, etc. , the basics are pretty simple and unit combat runs a lot like regular combat, more or less. Its actually pretty good. I'll let you borrow it sometime!Clay Lewishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09134248735710181329noreply@blogger.com