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Message: <blockquote data-quote="geewaagh" data-source="post: 6472342" data-attributes="member: 100295">[HOUSE RULE] COMBAT DRIFTWe recently did a large combat where a ship the PCs were on was boarded viking –like raiders from two long ships.  Sailors, Raiders, and Players clashing in one giant melee.  I described  the deck as chaos as the PCs came from below deck and into the fight.  One of the players said he envisioned an  Errol Flynn’ish style movie. Great!However, the combat on the map (which was very pretty, because I love photoshop!) just did not playout like the chaos you would want.  I forced round one to be a combat free “rush” round.  Raiders, Sailors, and PCs all moved into position in initiative order to “set the stage” of the initial clash of steel.  That worked well and made for a nice dispersed map that would not have happen otherwise.Then, for almost the entire battle, all figures stayed in the same square until their opponents where put down.  As I watched from turn one to turn nine, I started thinking how every miniature battle is the same way.  All the terrain and obstacles are ignored after round one.  Players and monsters move into base-to-base and there they sit until it’s over.  So, I started thinking…..What is the “combat groups” had a chance to shift or move at the end of the round.  Movie combat shifts all over the scene, why can’t we do this at the table?  COMBAT DRIFTAt the end of the round, roll for drift for each melee group (defined as all zone of control of other figs) 1-4  Groups stays where they are5-6 Groups rotate clockwise 90 degrees7 Group shifts 5ft North8 Group shifts 5ft South9 Group shifts 5ft East10 Group shifts 5ft West11-12 Actions or terrain causes the group to separate, move everyone out of zone of control, all are considered disengaged at start of round. I can see groups being pushed into each other, split by terrain, pushed to a cliff edge (test or saves to prevent going over?) etc. Comments?</blockquote>

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