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Message: <blockquote data-quote="green slime" data-source="post: 855825" data-attributes="member: 1325">I'd run it twofold:Firstly, the entire army isn't all bunched together waiting for a cloudkill type attack. An army of 12,000 covers a fairly large area. And Spread out into smaller units covers an even larger area.Secondly, the PCs can only cover a small area of the battlefield at a time. They will totally dominate that area where they are, but 11,800 of the horde don't stand still while 200 of their compatroits are getting slaughtered. Presumably the army has some way of communicating up and down the chain of command, and therefore has some method to communicate with the leader of the army. Who will respond with his heavy hitting goons once the PCs have blown there cover and revealed there whereabouts.IMO, those goons united should be more than a match for the PC's. IF the PC's foresee this and setup traps for the goons individually then all fine and well. But after the mass slaughter of several villages, while PCs attempt to trap solitaire goons may cause them to reconsider and realise that time is of the essence. Especially if politics some into play. People of all varieties like to be on the winning side. And the sniping, guerilla tactics will not be seen as "winning". Loss of land means serious loss of revenue for Nobility, and every village less is means fewer levies.</blockquote>