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<blockquote data-quote="NewJeffCT" data-source="post: 4117459" data-attributes="member: 10784"><p>Just wondering how big a battle people have run? We used to run gigantic battles back in 2E days (60+ lizardmen, plus their clerics/shaman, plus several swampy-type allies (crocs, giant dragonflies, giant snakes, a summoned water elemental etc) vs 10 PCs and 20 caravan guards, so a total of 80-90 bad guys vs 30 or so good guys). </p><p></p><p>but 3E doesn't seem as friendly to massive encounters like that </p><p></p><p>However, I've got a big one coming up this Friday night. it will be in a clearing in a forest.</p><p></p><p>I think I may have bitten off a lot for my early campaign climax in terms of encounter size - hopefully it won't be more than I can chew:</p><p></p><p>the bad guys:</p><p>one evil cleric, Level 7</p><p>two low level cleric minions</p><p>1 hill giant</p><p>15 human soldiers, under the cleric's command</p><p>about 20 orc mercenaries, including 3 orc barbarians (two at level 1, one at level 3)</p><p>a few goblin warg-riders</p><p>and, oh yes, a drow elf duskblade and two low level drow fighters</p><p></p><p>The good guys:</p><p>6 PCs, all 4th level... the ranger has a wolf companion</p><p>1 unicorn, 1 giant owl</p><p>4 NPCs, all 3rd level.</p><p>1 dryad that is also a cleric.</p><p></p><p>so, 45 or so bad guys, versus 13 good guys.</p><p></p><p>I was also planning on having some low level good guys in the mix as well - some human warriors, and maybe a cleric, to help offset the orcs & human soldiers on the other side, but I have not decided on their mix yet. At least one PC may be mounted, and the dryad may be mounted on the unicorn. Maybe it will end up being 20-25 good guys.</p><p></p><p>Yes, the battle will take several hours in game, and will also have several moments for role-playing as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="NewJeffCT, post: 4117459, member: 10784"] Just wondering how big a battle people have run? We used to run gigantic battles back in 2E days (60+ lizardmen, plus their clerics/shaman, plus several swampy-type allies (crocs, giant dragonflies, giant snakes, a summoned water elemental etc) vs 10 PCs and 20 caravan guards, so a total of 80-90 bad guys vs 30 or so good guys). but 3E doesn't seem as friendly to massive encounters like that However, I've got a big one coming up this Friday night. it will be in a clearing in a forest. I think I may have bitten off a lot for my early campaign climax in terms of encounter size - hopefully it won't be more than I can chew: the bad guys: one evil cleric, Level 7 two low level cleric minions 1 hill giant 15 human soldiers, under the cleric's command about 20 orc mercenaries, including 3 orc barbarians (two at level 1, one at level 3) a few goblin warg-riders and, oh yes, a drow elf duskblade and two low level drow fighters The good guys: 6 PCs, all 4th level... the ranger has a wolf companion 1 unicorn, 1 giant owl 4 NPCs, all 3rd level. 1 dryad that is also a cleric. so, 45 or so bad guys, versus 13 good guys. I was also planning on having some low level good guys in the mix as well - some human warriors, and maybe a cleric, to help offset the orcs & human soldiers on the other side, but I have not decided on their mix yet. At least one PC may be mounted, and the dryad may be mounted on the unicorn. Maybe it will end up being 20-25 good guys. Yes, the battle will take several hours in game, and will also have several moments for role-playing as well. [/QUOTE]
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