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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Yair" data-source="post: 2313933" data-attributes="member: 10913">The level composition of the army is a matter for the DM to decide. I embrace the "lots of 1st level warriors" model, and that's what the MM does too. Go to Goblin, you've got a 1st level warrior statted. Go to organization, and you've got a "10-24 with worg mounts" warband. The same goes for any similar monster - from kobolds to drow. The common grunts the PCs encounter at low levels are (IMC) those war1 guys. So, what, they only get to meet the academy rejects?I find it simpler to work from the MM structures and go from there. This gives me lots of low-level grunts, a few mid-level or lower commanders, and no high-level characters. I then sprinkle unique monsters and NPCs to taste, and serve warm. You get a managable army, with few unique critters to keep detailed stock of and lots of bulk that can be treated relatively easily by considering its CR/EL and composition (avoiding the need to count each goblin's arrows, potions, hp, etc.).I've long since stopped trying to make XP make sense. It just doesn't. I accept that, and move on to build the armies and demographics I want to, rather than build complex models and painstakingly tailor them to reach a similar result.I agree that with the higher levels you espouse dreadnoughts will be much harder to come by, and may not be a useful concept. Against low level opponents even relatively expensive dreadnoughts are useful as they can kill a lot of bulk if used properly, more than what it costs to equip & train that bulk.Yes, smart tactics can negate certain dreadnoughts, effectively turning them to bulk. That's half the fun - getting your PCs to think up such tactics. I don't want a war situation where the tricks are tried and true, I want to allow the PCs to show creativity. I can always come up with new dreadnoughts and enemy tactics myself. That's the other half of the fun.</blockquote>

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