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Message: <blockquote data-quote="hawkeyefan" data-source="post: 7555870" data-attributes="member: 6785785">I think that there are systems out there that are more narrative and therefore can deliver a more cinematic approach to combat, including one versus many scenarios.But if your goal is to emulate a cinematic approach while maintaining standard combat mechanics, then I think there are steps you can take to try and give such fights that feel. Perhaps an “Engaged” designation? Any PC can only be Engaged by a maximum number of foes. Each foe Engaged wiyh the PC may reault in a bonus of some sort to its fellows, but this puts a cap on the advantage of numbers. So maybe you say that any PC cna be Engaged by up to 3 opponents, and each opponent after the first grants all Engaged attackers a +2 to attack rolls. So two Engaged attackers would attack at +2, and three Engaged attackers would attack at +4. Something like that. This would allow PCs the ability to take on larger mobs of bad guys, while still maintaining some level of mechanical simulation of the risk involved.Of course, you’d have to tailor this idea to the specific rules system in place; for example, 5E D&D shies away from situational modifiers in favor of the Advantage/Disadvantage mechanic. So with a binary designation like that, you can’t tier the effect for two, three, or more attackers as I did above. Unless you were okay with ratcheting such modifiers onto the 5E system. Or perhaps you go another route, much like 4E did, where you put a certain designation onto the opponent, such as “Minion”. These foes are dispatched with one hit. This was an attempt to emulate a hero’s ability to take on swarms of enemies such as they do in film and literature. The Minions essentially had stats that were level appropriate, so they were capable of actually doing some harm to the PC, but they functionally had 1 HP, so they went down upon any successful attack. This wojld be another way to get what you wanted.Just a couple of ideas off the top of my head. You could certainly steer a game like D&D more toward a cinimatic approach by using such methods.</blockquote>

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