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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old One" data-source="post: 1351260" data-attributes="member: 83">It depends...Darklone,I typically don't roll everything out for "off-scene" combats.  I have a "quick and dirty" mass combat system that is essentially a ratio and modifier thingee with opposed rolls.  For large battles, I will roll 3 or 4 rounds of combat, with the winner of each round getting a circumstance bonus on the opposed roll for the next round (to simulate momentum shifts).  It is possible for a small force to do quite well, but they may eventually lose the battle due to attrition.I also use "intervention points" when the PCs are directly involved in the combat.  An intervention point comes between mass combat rounds and allows the PCs to do something heroic (like the flank attack in the last update).  This is rolled out normally, and if the PCs are successful, then it gives their allies a circumstance bonus on the next mass combat round.  Intervention point examples would be things like attacking an enemy command group, a flank or rear attack, holding a critical point in the line, destroying an enemy siege engine or artillery piece...things like that.~ Old One</blockquote>