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<blockquote data-quote="Unwise" data-source="post: 5828736" data-attributes="member: 98008"><p>Personally I use units as swarms. If you are looking at epic level characters, then entire towns worth of guardsman are easily just represented as one swarm. NPCs and enemies both just form into swarms and you play the combat as per normal.</p><p></p><p>A PC could single handedly hold of the 9th Royal Infantry unit, while the warlord inspires two entire units to get a free surprise charge. Meanwhile the magician is summons storms and illusions to move entire units out of position to be more easily dealt with. Clerics are getting 20 guys back into the fight with a single prayer.</p><p></p><p>This is where epic play really comes into its own. Just makes sure to describe the horrors happening on both sides. The PCs should never view their friendly swarms as expendable or replenish-able. Remember, if the enemy does 30 damage to them, it is a wound. If the enemy does 30 damage to a militia swarm, an entire family just got wiped out. By the same token, the PC warrior is carving a swath of bodies through the enemy unit, the archer is wiping out enemy leaders the second they show their heads.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Unwise, post: 5828736, member: 98008"] Personally I use units as swarms. If you are looking at epic level characters, then entire towns worth of guardsman are easily just represented as one swarm. NPCs and enemies both just form into swarms and you play the combat as per normal. A PC could single handedly hold of the 9th Royal Infantry unit, while the warlord inspires two entire units to get a free surprise charge. Meanwhile the magician is summons storms and illusions to move entire units out of position to be more easily dealt with. Clerics are getting 20 guys back into the fight with a single prayer. This is where epic play really comes into its own. Just makes sure to describe the horrors happening on both sides. The PCs should never view their friendly swarms as expendable or replenish-able. Remember, if the enemy does 30 damage to them, it is a wound. If the enemy does 30 damage to a militia swarm, an entire family just got wiped out. By the same token, the PC warrior is carving a swath of bodies through the enemy unit, the archer is wiping out enemy leaders the second they show their heads. [/QUOTE]
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