Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haffrung Helleyes" data-source="post: 5128844" data-attributes="member: 1068">Mass Combat  - SPOILERSSPOILERS for the Savage Tide Adventure Path:...............I devised and ran with a mass combat when I ran the pirate invasion of a certain  colony in the Savage Tide Adventure Path.I'll repost what I came up with below, since I have it saved in a text file:The notable NPCs in Farshore are:Lavinia Vanderboren ar2/swa6Lord Manthalay Merevanchi ar3/ftr5Professor Hevrik Aldwattle wiz5/exp2, craft wandvesserin catherly, clr6Herbalist Telda Syren, exp4Militia Captain Ulvar Kabbanja ftr44 clr1 acolytesJeran Emerikad wiz2/rog1 (farshore scribe/recordkeeper)Urol Furol exp3/druid3Avner Meravanchi ar5/ftr1Amella Venkalie rog5/ftr1Redfoot Fiddlebitter, halfling exp3 (potter)Dranys Sellis, dwarf exp2 (carpenter)Tehrik Arrelion, Rgr3 (leatherworker/furrier)Malfus Fairwind, bard3 (tavern owner)Tavey rog1Jade Ravens:Tolin Kientai  ranger3/ftr4Zan Oldavin  rog7Kaskus Kiel  druid7, giant crocodile companionLiamae Sor4/favored soul 3The adults and older children of Farshore who are not notable NPCs areeither war1's or com1's.Militia:31 war1 militiamen132 com1 commoners (including women and adolescent kids)Noncombatants:60 small childrenAid from the Olman villages:54 Olman war1 warriors4  Olman war2 seasoned warriors1 Olman clr 3 w/lizardman zombie1 Olman war4 war leaderNPCs generally fight in squads of 10:Organized as follows:1) PC group2) Vesserin ,  his acolytes, and Telda (in reserve healing thewounded)3) Lavinia and 9 war1 (+14) ( mw shortspears), 4) Lord Manthalay and 9 war1 (+14) (mw longspears)5) Militia Captain Ulvar and 9 war1 (+6)6) Professor Aldwattle, Jeran, and 8 com1 (+10) (spellcasterx2)7) Urol and 9 com1 (+5) (+6 ranged, MW javelins) (spellcaster)8) Avner and his drinking buddies (9 com1) (+6)9) Amella, Tavey, and 8 com1 (+7) (+8 ranged, MW javelins)10) Redfoot, Dranys, and 8 com1 (+4) (+5 ranged, MW longbows)11) Tehrik and 9 com1 (+4) (+5 ranged, MW longbows)12) Malfus and 9 com1 (+6) (due to inspire courage/insp. boost)13) Tolin Kientai and 9 com1 (+9)14) Zan Oldavin and 9 com1 (+7)15  Kaskus Kiel+crocodile and 9 com1 (+14) (gets +7 even if kaskus casts spells) (spellcaster)16  Liamae and 9 com1 (+7, squad AC is two higher than normal, Liamae is also a healer) (spellcaster)17  1 war1 and 9 com1 (+1)18  1 war1 and 9 com1 (+1)19  1 war1 and 9 com1 (+1)20  1 war1 and 9 com1 (+1)21  1 Olman war2 and 9 Olman war1 (+4)22  1 Olman war2 and 9 Olman war1 (+4)23  1 Olman war2 and 9 Olman war1 (+4)24  1 Olman war2 and 9 Olman war1 (+4)25  1 Olman clr3 and 9 Olman war1 (+4) (spellcaster)26  1 Olman war4 and 9 Olman war1 (+4)Farshore commoner squads are AC12 (leather armor).  Militia squads are AC 14 (studded leather, shield)Liamae's commoner squad is AC14 (she casts Mage Armor on all of them from her wand)Rules:Each squad takes 10 'hits'.  Each hit kills/incapacitates a commoner.A squad that takes 5 or more hits has to make a morale check ordisperseFor a Morale check need a 10 on a d10, +1 per additional kill, -1 perlvl of leaderIn mass combat, a squad rolls 1d20 plus its Atk bonus and tries to hitthe AC of the opposing squadIf it succeeds, 1 kill in opposing squad, +1 kill for each 5 points bywhich it exceeds the ACA squads attack bonus is +0, +1 per level of the leader, +1 if themembers have MW weapons, +2 if the squadmembers are war1's instead of com1's, +1-2 if the leader has anespecially deadly weapon, +2 if the leader has a BAB of 6 or higherA squad with a spellcasting leader can also use a spell in a round inaddition to fighting, but loses the leaders atk bonus that roundExample:Lavinia's Squad has an attack bonus of +14, assuming her warriors getsome of the MW weapons       +8 for lavinia's level       +2 for being war1's       +1 for having mw weapons (mw shortspears recovered at the couatltemple)       +1 for lavinia having a moderately deadly weapon (+1 keen rapier)       +2 for lavinia having a +7 BABLet's say they are fighting a squad of pirates, which have AC 14:One round they attack and roll a 13, +14 = 27, which is 13 over theother squads AC, inflicting 3 killsIn squad combat, leaders never take damage until their squad flees oris killed, unless particularly targetted by a spellA cleric can restore a hit to a squad by casting a CLW or greater spell.I have the pirates somewhere else.  There were a lot of them, about 600 I think.  It took 2 8hrs sessions to play out the fight...the pirate ships didn't even make landfall until the beginning of the 2nd session, because my PCs flew out to engage them.KEn</blockquote>

Verification