D&D 5E How Much For A Battle Droid erm Construct?

[Zardnaar]

I have a player who wants to go forth and conquer Nithia (Egypt). He is a LG Paladin of Apollo and my game has secret societies, lost tech etc including basically warforged/gearforged.

Anyway I have been watching The Star Wars Clone Wars cartoon and I have been thinking about a B1 Battle Construct in 5E. In the Star Wars Saga Edition they are basically fodder. I am thinking of something similar to a bandit in terms of stats. I have some oold rules ofr mass combat from the Rules Cyclopedia I can use. Assuming these PoS can be mass produced what do you think a fair price is?

"B1 Battledroid" Construct
CR 1/8 Medium
AC 9
HD 1d8Hp 6 (hp 6)
Attack +3
Damage 1d6+1 (spear)
Str 13, Dex 9, Con 10, IN 9, Wis 9, Cha 10
Cost??????

The intention is they are cheap and he can buy them in bulk perhaps a legion of them (420-5000 of them) Might add a special drawback such as double casualties in mass combat. Assume a hidden faction has Ebberon levels of tech.

The idea is cheap and disposable, and they can put him on a hook and have him plunder tombs in order to get enough coin to pay for these things.

Roger roger.

 

[MarkB]

Take a look at the prices for mounts in the PHB, and pick one that seems roughly equivalent in quality to this construct. A donkey costs 8gp, but isn't combat-trained and can't march indefinitely without food, water or rest. Maybe triple that for a mechanical soldier, minus a small discount for a bulk order.

 

[Zardnaar]

Take a look at the prices for mounts in the PHB, and pick one that seems roughly equivalent in quality to this construct. A donkey costs 8gp, but isn't combat-trained and can't march indefinitely without food, water or rest. Maybe triple that for a mechanical soldier, minus a small discount for a bulk order.

Not a bad idea I was thinking 50gp but you think 25?

 

[MarkB]

Anywhere in that ballpark would probably be okay. Just bear in mind, though, that in sheer logistical terms one guy isn't going to be able to command a legion of a few thousand troops effectively on a battlefield - they'll have trouble hearing him, and he'll have trouble directing them meaningfully all at once. So he'll need a chain of command that's made up of something more reliable than tin soldiers - probably at least one person per 50 troops to command them effectively, more if he wants to compensate for lucky shots or opponents deliberately targeting officers, and preferably all trained soldiers with command experience.

 

[Cap'n Kobold]

IIRC Warforged would sell for 500-1000gp.

 

[Satyrn]

Anywhere in that ballpark would probably be okay. Just bear in mind, though, that in sheer logistical terms one guy isn't going to be able to command a legion of a few thousand troops effectively on a battlefield - they'll have trouble hearing him, and he'll have trouble directing them meaningfully all at once. So he'll need a chain of command that's made up of something more reliable than tin soldiers - probably at least one person per 50 troops to command them effectively, more if he wants to compensate for lucky shots or opponents deliberately targeting officers, and preferably all trained soldiers with command experience.

Aye, chaos will reign when any of those apes buys it and can't be replaced with a battlefield promotion.

 

[Zardnaar]

Anywhere in that ballpark would probably be okay. Just bear in mind, though, that in sheer logistical terms one guy isn't going to be able to command a legion of a few thousand troops effectively on a battlefield - they'll have trouble hearing him, and he'll have trouble directing them meaningfully all at once. So he'll need a chain of command that's made up of something more reliable than tin soldiers - probably at least one person per 50 troops to command them effectively, more if he wants to compensate for lucky shots or opponents deliberately targeting officers, and preferably all trained soldiers with command experience.

Already thought of that. The mass combat rules you need an officer for every 40 "men" . They might be organic or have construct officers as well.

 

[MarkB]

Already thought of that. The mass combat rules you need an officer for every 40 "men" . They might be organic or have construct officers as well.

That sounds fine, as long as the officer robots are more sophisticated and expensive. You might be looking at the full-on 500-1000gp warforged cost for them.

 

[Zardnaar]

That sounds fine, as long as the officer robots are more sophisticated and expensive. You might be looking at the full-on 500-1000gp warforged cost for them.

I know they won't be tactical geniuses and he will be able to recruit real people as well, he might just have to go old school there with henchmen and hirelings.

 

[Azzy]

How much for a Battle Droid?

Waaaay too much—you'd end up getting sued by George Lucas. Better to rename it Battle Tech instead (but you'll still end up getting sued by Harmony Gold for IP you legitimately licensed). I might suggest saying away from the entire thing, or just declare it Unseen.