Armies and Battles

Long-distance Movement

The movement rates of an army follow standard modifiers for terrain difficulty. Armies are required to rest for three days out of every seven to re-supply, care for troops and equipment. When an army is within 4 hexes of an opposing force, the action shifts to daily instead of weekly movement on the table. A leader will submit once per week their movements for their armies and maps will be updated.

Supplies

If you are within a road or waterway, and there is an unbroken link from your stronghold to your army, then your army is supplied at normal rate, but it must be to the shortest route to your stronghold. If however your line is blocked, the line of supply is cut off/out of supply. Armies with this status lose 1 HP per day and suffer -1 to attack and damage. They also do not have the ability to heal through normal means but may heal via magic. Every seven days of being cut off/out of supply creates a situation where the army leader must roll on the Loyalty Table.

Combat

If an army enters the same hex as another army, it will automatically engage in battle.

1. Each leader selects one or more units to participate in the battle. Those not selected are in reserve.
2. Each leader calculates their army battle rating, which is equal to the sum of the battle rating of all participating units. See Battle Rating table.
3. Heroic PC’s may have the option to make heroic forays to influence the battle rating in favor of one army or another. All heroic forays are revealed and resolved simultaneously.
4. Each leader rolls a number of attack throws equal to their army’s battle rating. The target value for attack is 16+, modified by the attack throw modifiers. For every successful attack, one hit is scored.
5. Each leader tallies the hits scored against their army. Each leader removes units from their active army with a combined battle rating equal to or greater than the total hits scored against their army. These units are defeated. Hits scored in excess of the amount required to defeat all opposing army units are ignored.
6. DM reviews to see if either army reached a break point and resolve morale rolls. If one army has all units routed or destroyed, the battle is over.
7. Either army may now voluntarily withdraw. If either army voluntarily withdraws, the battle ends. If neither withdraws, the battle turn repeats at 1.
8. When the battle ends, the losing army must retreat. The winning army may pursue a defeated army.