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<blockquote data-quote="aboyd" data-source="post: 5024018" data-attributes="member: 44797">I still do morale rolls.&nbsp; They're very easy.&nbsp; I play 3.5 edition D&amp;D, which has Will saves.&nbsp; I use those.&nbsp; At the point in combat where I'm pretty sure it's gone all wrong for the bad guys, with little/no chance of turning the odds, I give the bad guys a Will save (DC = average level of PCs + conditional modifier).&nbsp; If they pass, fight to the death as is usual for 3rd &amp; 4th edition D&amp;D.&nbsp; If they fail, they flee.&nbsp; Regardless of whether they die or flee, an enemy gone = XP.(Of course, I don't imagine an NPC who passes the Will save and continues fighting is actually thinking he is willing to give up his own life -- usually it's more of a stubborn refusal to consider the possibility that he may be outclassed and lose.)Every now &amp; then I've done a Wisdom roll instead of a Will save.&nbsp; In those cases, I'm usually thinking that it's so obvious that the battle is lost that all I need to know is if they realize it.&nbsp; If they do, they take off.I've never really told my players that I do this.&nbsp; It's not a house rule published on my game forum.&nbsp; However, they've heard me mumble &quot;morale roll&quot; to myself a few times, so once in a blue moon when combat isn't going their way, someone will pipe up with a hopeful, &quot;morale?&quot;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="aboyd, post: 5024018, member: 44797"] I still do morale rolls. They're very easy. I play 3.5 edition D&D, which has Will saves. I use those. At the point in combat where I'm pretty sure it's gone all wrong for the bad guys, with little/no chance of turning the odds, I give the bad guys a Will save (DC = average level of PCs + conditional modifier). If they pass, fight to the death as is usual for 3rd & 4th edition D&D. If they fail, they flee. Regardless of whether they die or flee, an enemy gone = XP. (Of course, I don't imagine an NPC who passes the Will save and continues fighting is actually [i]thinking[/i] he is willing to give up his own life -- usually it's more of a stubborn refusal to consider the possibility that he may be outclassed and lose.) Every now & then I've done a Wisdom roll instead of a Will save. In those cases, I'm usually thinking that it's [i]so obvious[/i] that the battle is lost that all I need to know is if they realize it. If they do, they take off. I've never really told my players that I do this. It's not a house rule published on my game forum. However, they've heard me mumble "morale roll" to myself a few times, so once in a blue moon when combat [i]isn't[/i] going their way, someone will pipe up with a hopeful, "morale?" :) [/QUOTE]

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