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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 5303645" data-attributes="member: 92305">No, it is a one man vs. one man fight.  It was just, after I figured a way to quickly dice it, I looked at the system I cooked up and realized that it was flexible and can be used any time NPCs are fighting without direct PC involvement. With the NPC honor fight I mention in the OP, it is a one-on-one fight.  So, I'll use the war check like this: d20 + rank + Stat mod + situational modifier Where: rank = the character's level Stat mod = character's STR mod situational modifier = a GM determined modifier based on armor, weapons, Feats, and special abilities The difference in this Opposed check will indicate the number of hit points lost by the loser of the check.   I realized that I could scale the check for just about any situation.  If I wanted a fight between two clans, the check would be: d20 + rank + Stat modifier + situational modifier Where: rank = average level of a "unit" Stat modifier = using the number of warriors in the "unit" as a stat, then taking the modifier from that (i.e. 20 warriors would mean a +5 modifier just like a STR 20). situational modifier = GM determined modifier based on weapons, armor, Feats, and special abilities. The difference in this Opposed check is divided by 3, with the result indicating the number of warriors downed by the losing unit.  A number of warriors from the winning check will be downed as well, equal to one third of that the enemy lost.    If I wanted to run a war between two armies, each with over 10,000 men, I would use the same system, slightly modified: d20 + rank + Stat mod + situational mod Where: rank = average level of men in the army Stat mod = modifier derived from number of men / 1000, so that 10,000 men = 10, with modifier of +0. situational mod = determined by GM based on army's equipment, gear, siege engines, average armor and weapons, special abilties (like magic), etc. The difference in the Opposed checks represents the loser losing the result x 100 where the winning side loses half that amount.   My point is, the system is pretty flexible to handle whatever I need it to, from a one-on-one encounter to a large, Helm's Deep kind of encounter--all focused on the PCs.</blockquote>

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