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<blockquote data-quote="afrorooster" data-source="post: 3409582" data-attributes="member: 24996">Hello all. I need some input in a campaign i'd like to DM (3.5 Edition). The very breif idea I had was that the player's would be part of a large army, sent off to fight in a large war. I've never personally handled any combat larger than the party vs. 10 or so monsters. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as far as rolling combat between opposing armies.I'd like to set the regular soldiers in the big armies as level 1 warriors, minus the starting feats that the players get, except for weapon masteries for level 1. I would like the characters to be able to dispatch enemies easily if it were a 1 on 1 fight, however with larger numbers is how i plan to make it challenging. My real concern is how I can roll opposing checks for entire armies as opposed to rolling a few hundred diffrent attack rolls. I'm not sure the best way to handle this, as I would like the actual size of the army to have an impact on the outcome. Say, the army the party is with is half the size of the opposing army. I would like the other army to have twice the chance of winning the battle. All your ideas are welcome!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="afrorooster, post: 3409582, member: 24996"] Hello all. I need some input in a campaign i'd like to DM (3.5 Edition). The very breif idea I had was that the player's would be part of a large army, sent off to fight in a large war. I've never personally handled any combat larger than the party vs. 10 or so monsters. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions as far as rolling combat between opposing armies. I'd like to set the regular soldiers in the big armies as level 1 warriors, minus the starting feats that the players get, except for weapon masteries for level 1. I would like the characters to be able to dispatch enemies easily if it were a 1 on 1 fight, however with larger numbers is how i plan to make it challenging. My real concern is how I can roll opposing checks for entire armies as opposed to rolling a few hundred diffrent attack rolls. I'm not sure the best way to handle this, as I would like the actual size of the army to have an impact on the outcome. Say, the army the party is with is half the size of the opposing army. I would like the other army to have twice the chance of winning the battle. All your ideas are welcome! [/QUOTE]

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