I always overlook those threads...

[tennyson]

...and now it turns out I need them.

I know it's been asked and talked about ad nauseum, but can someone point me in the direction of a good mass combat system for the FR campaign I'm running? Thanks in advance!

 

[Darkness]

Moved to Gd.

 

[Piratecat]

I really like the mass combat system presented in the back of the new Grim Tales book Slavelords of Cydonia (by BadAxe Games.) There's a thread about the product in the d20 forum right now, and I think it talks about the mass combat system.

 

[GlassJaw]

I really like the mass combat system presented in the back of the new Grim Tales book Slavelords of Cydonia (by BadAxe Games.) There's a thread about the product in the d20 forum right now, and I think it talks about the mass combat system.

Blast! Piratecat beat me to it!!

I love the mass combat rules in SoC. Check out my review for some details on the system.

 

[JoeGKushner]

How many troops, how detailed do you want it, and how much magic is going to be in play?

The Black Company has some mini-systems for quick play.

Cry Havoc handles unit combat fairly well. By Malhavoc Press.

Fields of Blood handles larger units and lots of magical options well by Eden Press. Already had a second printing too.

Mongoose has a book that covers it but to be honest, I've never used it.

 

[Arnwyn]

My favorite is Eden's Fields of Blood.

 

[diaglo]

Chainmail by Gygax & Perren

 

[JoeGKushner]

Chainmail by Gygax & Perren

How well would you say that handles sorcerers, warlocks and battle mages? How about the tarasque? I ask because I don't remember Chainmail and I don't know if you're joking or if it has an engine that can run mass combat and adapt to current D&D standards.

 

[diaglo]

How well would you say that handles sorcerers, warlocks and battle mages? How about the tarasque? I ask because I don't remember Chainmail and I don't know if you're joking or if it has an engine that can run mass combat and adapt to current D&D standards.

magic. yes it can handle magic.

monsters. yes it can handle monsters.

one hit = one kill for the majority of combatants.

you can even roleplay the individual units as characters if you scale it back. but you need to purchase rules for that. i suggest the boxed set with 3 booklets.

 

[JoeGKushner]

magic. yes it can handle magic.

monsters. yes it can handle monsters.

one hit = one kill for the majority of combatants.

you can even roleplay the individual units as characters if you scale it back. but you need to purchase rules for that. i suggest the boxed set with 3 booklets.

So how would it handle this.

15th level character (10 levels fighter/5 levels living engine or other army killer from Eden's book)

100 1st level commoners.

I playtested this and it was pretty close but the 15th level character won.

How many dice would you need? Are you talking skrimish level stuff or are you talking units? i.e. 10 orcs equal 1 unit or armies like Eden where 100 orcs equal 1 army.

How well does it scale?

How about terrain?