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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Istbor" data-source="post: 7709427" data-attributes="member: 6801670">The more I read the UA as presented and this thread, the more I am convinced that we are only seeing part of the picture. It has been pointed out that BR contesting BR is wonky, and that anyone should be able to see that.  My guess would be they already know this, and that discussion and other points of the rules presented are what they are after. For instance, I think a unit of 400 creatures is too large to be the base.  That is the size of whole garrisons and mercenary companies.  They surely won't all be the same unit type, but a mix of ranged, caster, and infantry, not to mention cavalry and special cases. Should there be a way to scale up or down unit sizes for different scopes of conflict? Certainly. I still very much enjoy the idea of 'zooming' in once the Player characters get engaged in combat.  Then, once the 'minute' passes, they get to resume seeing how the rest of the battle is playing out. From what is presented, I think the simple draw win/lose is too static. As typical D&D combats go, a lot can happen in a 'minute' so I would like to see attrition being dealt to both the winning and losing unit. To me at least, it only makes sense.  It would obviously be more severe for the losing side than the unit that won the toss. I like the idea of the BR table and conversion it makes it simple, but there has to be more to it.  I don't think they are hoping to test the math on us.  It is too out of whack for 5e in the current state.  I am thinking they just want us to think about the conversion and the table itself. Does it feel right? Is it simple and intuitive? There is a lot more I see from this, but I will spare you all the text.All in all, I like this.  I like what potential is there, and I love that they are still thinking about mass combat rules.  It has me excited that support for this aspect of the game is potentially coming down the pipe.</blockquote>

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