Any one have any rules on mass Warfare combat??? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Any one have any rules on mass Warfare combat??? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Blueeyeswhitedragon
01-18-04, 12:13 AM In my advencure 46 orcs will be attacking a stronghold proected by 36 hummans and our PCs theres going to be walls, towers, gates, ladders, the whole nine yards.

So anyone has any idea how to do Warfare combat? i don't think doing each person one at a time would be a good idea...
Sir Neil
01-18-04, 10:39 AM Tjeck out CRY HAVOC by Malhavoc press. It's written by Skip Williams; you can buy it at montecook.com. (Yep, THAT Monte Cook.)

I've always considered third-party material to be crap, and this book is the exception that proves the rule.
Caltsar
01-18-04, 02:02 PM That's a battle!?
I just got finished DMing a 2 session battle with well over 1000 miniatures, and it worked quite well. The whole point of the battle is that the PCs won't be alone in hitting the orcs. If there's only a difference of 10 between the armies it should take about 2 attacks for the humans to wipe out the orcs in an attempt to get over the walls. This is assuming at least half of the humans are on top of the walls and protected from the orc's arrows, if they have any. I would expect maybe 2-3 human casualties at the most. Now if you were to have hundreds of orcs attacking 50 humans, that would be a little more realistic. For moving the orcs around, I would recommend splitting them up in groups and giving the group a combined HP total and, if you're using miniatures, remove a few when the HP gets low enough. If you are using miniatures, and you don't have enough gummi bears work really well for hoards of orcs.
(Imagine a hoard of 1500 gimmi bears, getting eaten by the players whenever they die... we didn't feel to good after those sessions.)
Caltsar
01-18-04, 02:06 PM I kninda went off on an unexpected tangent in that last post and forgot to add that you could maybe have the PCs help around with tasks to keep the orcs out.
For example:
-Have them shore up a splintering door.
-Have them on top of the walls picking off orcs while arrows are flying around them
-In the event that the orcs do manage to get into the fort, have the PCs fight in melee combat to keep the main building safe.

Basically that can keep a long hack 'n slash session interesting with varied combat, or roleplaying situations.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
Blueeyeswhitedragon 01-18-04, 12:13 AM	In my advencure 46 orcs will be attacking a stronghold proected by 36 hummans and our PCs theres going to be walls, towers, gates, ladders, the whole nine yards. So anyone has any idea how to do Warfare combat? i don't think doing each person one at a time would be a good idea...
Sir Neil 01-18-04, 10:39 AM	Tjeck out CRY HAVOC by Malhavoc press. It's written by Skip Williams; you can buy it at montecook.com. (Yep, THAT Monte Cook.) I've always considered third-party material to be crap, and this book is the exception that proves the rule.
Caltsar 01-18-04, 02:02 PM	That's a battle!? I just got finished DMing a 2 session battle with well over 1000 miniatures, and it worked quite well. The whole point of the battle is that the PCs won't be alone in hitting the orcs. If there's only a difference of 10 between the armies it should take about 2 attacks for the humans to wipe out the orcs in an attempt to get over the walls. This is assuming at least half of the humans are on top of the walls and protected from the orc's arrows, if they have any. I would expect maybe 2-3 human casualties at the most. Now if you were to have hundreds of orcs attacking 50 humans, that would be a little more realistic. For moving the orcs around, I would recommend splitting them up in groups and giving the group a combined HP total and, if you're using miniatures, remove a few when the HP gets low enough. If you are using miniatures, and you don't have enough gummi bears work really well for hoards of orcs. (Imagine a hoard of 1500 gimmi bears, getting eaten by the players whenever they die... we didn't feel to good after those sessions.)
Caltsar 01-18-04, 02:06 PM	I kninda went off on an unexpected tangent in that last post and forgot to add that you could maybe have the PCs help around with tasks to keep the orcs out. For example: -Have them shore up a splintering door. -Have them on top of the walls picking off orcs while arrows are flying around them -In the event that the orcs do manage to get into the fort, have the PCs fight in melee combat to keep the main building safe. Basically that can keep a long hack 'n slash session interesting with varied combat, or roleplaying situations.