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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Azure Trance" data-source="post: 106299" data-attributes="member: 372">Whenever the discussion of fantasy wars come up, it's normally suggested that the PCs fight in a covert ops fashion instead of out on the battlefield for a variety of reasons. Insufficent amount of rules to wage mass combat, or that as the PCs are of higher level then NPCs they would best serve as a strike force to disrupt enemy lines.I always feel uncomfortable when the PCs are spoken about in that way though. Strike Force (which I believe is the term the DMG uses) sounds a little too modern for me, as is the idea in general. It occured to me that I couldn't think of a historical medieval precedent for 'strike forces' so I couldn't use any real-world examples to look up for myself. During war I can't help to imagine anything but simple armies clashing a la Braveheart until one side surrendered.Were there any real life medieval 'commando teams' running behind enemy lines during the various wars of that time period? If so, under what circumstances? I can imagine spies conducting acts of edpionage, which I'm sure had happened back then in the courts but a 'MI6,' 'Delta Force,' or 'Green Beret' equivalent seems like a stretch. The closest thing my mind can equate it to are elite military units, say, like knights or reknowned archers/infantry, but nothing of a behind the enemy lines type.</blockquote>