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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JimAde" data-source="post: 1580361" data-attributes="member: 16739">Summary of Agimimnon's ideasHere's a quick summary of Agimimnon's ideas: Each unit is all the same type and has HP, AC and Attack Bonus of the individuals, plus a a leadership value (calculated as in the Leadership feat), average damage done and the number of individuals in the unit. So, for example, a unit of 20 Orc Warriors (out of the PHB) would look like this (my guess on the unit leadership modifier): Unit Name: Orc infantryQty: 20Attack Bonus: +4 Average Damage: 9AC: 13HP: 5Init: 0Leadership: 8 (10 base, -2 unit discipline) When a unit attacks, roll:1d20 + attack bonus + leadership - defender's AC This gets you a percentage called Attack Efficiency (AE) to use in the next step. For example, if the orcs above are attacking a unit with AC 15 and roll a 10, they get an attack efficiency of  10 + 4 + 8 - 15 = 7% I assume if your AE is 0 or less the attack has no effect. You then use the AE to calculate the defender's casualties: Defender Casualties = (AE * average damage * unit size) / Defenders HP So to continue the example, if the defending unit has 10 HP, their casualties would be: (0.07 * 9 * 20) / 10 = 12.6 / 10 = 1.26 Which rounds to one defender taken out of the fight. Whether that defender is killed, injured or captured is not mentioned. Obviously there is a LOT to do, but I think this is a really good core mechanic. SO: Opinions? Good basis? Not worth bothering with given the systems that are already out there?</blockquote>

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