tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899196278404595610.post8994906088426179196..comments2023-10-21T16:49:31.885-04:00Comments on Ice and Ruin: D&DhammerMatt Stromhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18348894314974680211noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899196278404595610.post-24223781290202455442021-04-22T06:13:35.080-04:002021-04-22T06:13:35.080-04:00Yeah, the problem I usually ran into was things li...Yeah, the problem I usually ran into was things like "ok, 53 orcs attack and the characters have brought 27 riders with them, how do I make the proportions?". Also players not wanting to lose all of their mercenaries at once.Jose Kharloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543251704719049887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899196278404595610.post-52233274564673128672021-04-22T06:10:45.168-04:002021-04-22T06:10:45.168-04:00That definitely sounds more fair and accurate than...That definitely sounds more fair and accurate than saying that a band of 60 orcs is a 1 HD unit. I’m trying to reduce the level of detail to the absolute bare minimum so this is more of a fun add-on than a robust game by itself.Matt Stromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18348894314974680211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2899196278404595610.post-62393010421336537422021-04-22T01:49:12.544-04:002021-04-22T01:49:12.544-04:00I've tried different iterations of this and I&...I've tried different iterations of this and I've reached a system that I mostly like.<br />Basicly, I use units of around 10-20 HD and I track total number and HD separatedly. When they attack, they make as many attack throws as their members can (if you have a unit of 10 pumas, that would be 30 attacks).<br />Then, for the ones that hits, I have a table of what result you should need to get on a d20 for a damage roll to be higher than d8. So I reroll all the successful attack rolls, check them against that table, and the new successes are the number of HD the other unit loses.<br />Once a unit loses as many HD as one member (say if they are gnolls, everytime they lose 2HD), I reduce their numbers.<br />It's a bit more fiddly, but with small, Warhammer-sized armies and a dice rolling software it goes nicely. For bigger battles involving thousands, I would probably have to abstract it a bit more.Jose Kharloshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03543251704719049887noreply@blogger.com