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<blockquote data-quote="Lanefan" data-source="post: 9777258" data-attributes="member: 29398">It can be made to work if NPC combatants are batched a little. Say there's a group of five pirates fighting seven defenders on the foredeck while the PCs storm the helm.&nbsp; For that foredeck combat, at the end of each round I'd probably just do one d20 for the pirates as a group, and another for the defenders, to see how things are going in general in that part of the battle.For bigger battles where each side has dozens of combatants or more, it might be time to break out the Battlesystem rules or something similar.I hesitantly disagree here.&nbsp; I think ship-v-ship combat can work, but it takes some kitbashing (or, in my case, designing a whole new subsystem just for this).&nbsp; I say &quot;I think&quot; because..........this is my situation as well.&nbsp; I've had those ship-v-ship rules in place for over 30 years now and have busted them out exactly once, just last winter, and that only because the PCs had captured a shore battery and were firing on ships in the harbour.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Lanefan, post: 9777258, member: 29398"] It can be made to work if NPC combatants are batched a little. Say there's a group of five pirates fighting seven defenders on the foredeck while the PCs storm the helm. For that foredeck combat, at the end of each round I'd probably just do one d20 for the pirates as a group, and another for the defenders, to see how things are going in general in that part of the battle. For bigger battles where each side has dozens of combatants or more, it might be time to break out the Battlesystem rules or something similar. I hesitantly disagree here. I think ship-v-ship combat can work, but it takes some kitbashing (or, in my case, designing a whole new subsystem just for this). I say "I think" because..... .....this is my situation as well. I've had those ship-v-ship rules in place for over 30 years now and have busted them out exactly once, just last winter, and that only because the PCs had captured a shore battery and were firing on ships in the harbour. [/QUOTE]

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