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<blockquote data-quote="cimbrog" data-source="post: 1410546" data-attributes="member: 1303">I've had a lot of mass combat in my campaigns over the years.&nbsp; Before, we used the War Machine from the Companion boxed set coupled with Battlesystem for smaller fights.&nbsp; It was detailed wargaming and that was what we were looking for.&nbsp; If that's what you're looking for, others on this thread will serve you better.However, my players for d20 don't like wargaming.&nbsp; In order to keep the players involved in the action while making the battle little more than a narrative device, I completely winged it.&nbsp; Unless there are notable units to keep track of (like an airship battle), don't count how many are dead or who is doing what damage.&nbsp; Focus on a series of fast moving simple rolls for the players that stresses the feel of what's happening (a Ride check for a cavalry charge, an attack roll for general melee, a Strength check for crashing shield walls).&nbsp; If they're in the thick of it, have random attacks made on them, also.&nbsp; Describe the tide of battle turning in tune with the player's successes and failures - for example, if the players pull off an awesome Ride check in a charge, the enemy like breaks.&nbsp; When things seem to go far enough in one way or the other, a rout occurs and the victors take the field.The best thing to do when trying to be cinimatic over tactical is to keep it moving fast, much faster than the normal d20 combat system would normally allow.&nbsp; Just my $0.02 in favor of anarchy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cimbrog, post: 1410546, member: 1303"] I've had a lot of mass combat in my campaigns over the years. Before, we used the War Machine from the Companion boxed set coupled with Battlesystem for smaller fights. It was detailed wargaming and that was what we were looking for. If that's what you're looking for, others on this thread will serve you better. However, my players for d20 don't like wargaming. In order to keep the players involved in the action while making the battle little more than a narrative device, I completely winged it. Unless there are notable units to keep track of (like an airship battle), don't count how many are dead or who is doing what damage. Focus on a series of fast moving simple rolls for the players that stresses the feel of what's happening (a Ride check for a cavalry charge, an attack roll for general melee, a Strength check for crashing shield walls). If they're in the thick of it, have random attacks made on them, also. Describe the tide of battle turning in tune with the player's successes and failures - for example, if the players pull off an awesome Ride check in a charge, the enemy like breaks. When things seem to go far enough in one way or the other, a rout occurs and the victors take the field. The best thing to do when trying to be cinimatic over tactical is to keep it moving fast, much faster than the normal d20 combat system would normally allow. Just my $0.02 in favor of anarchy. [/QUOTE]

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