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Public Notices / Re: The Webberman Horde: Rules, current status and all things needed to run a war

« on: November 23, 2021, 05:28:13 pm »

Strategies:

This system is not just troops and spells, but strategies and using planning of how to use what you got to best effect. In this course Strategies are how we do that.

Consider this the deck building portion. Each strategy is its own card and can be played once per battle. Some strategies can be played outside of combat and both types are to be rp’d as an army devoting significant resources, time and men/women to a desired goal.

The first are the basics, all commanders regardless of class get these:

Redeploy: Allows one unit block, elite, the commander or officer to move from one front to the one next to it(so from center to right or left. Left to center or right to center), back to the war camp or into the throng of battle. A useful ability to be used after the first rounds of combats on the front and you feel you need to reinforce one front over another.

Hold in Reserve: a unit block can be held in reserve at full field strength and morale and can be sent in at any point in battle to any front.

Patrols: Patrols requires an army to “leave behind” forces to patrol an area of designation. The main body can still March and the patrols will be considered part of that army but those patrolling troops will not be selectable in battle. To use patrol at least 2 tier 1s or 1 tier2 troop block must be assigned.

Why would you do this? Some factions will want you to patrol in exchange for coin, resources or favors maybe even troops free of charge. It’s a bartering strategy, and making nice with factions who have agendas can be beneficial to the armies and their targets of defense.

Example: The West Netheril trading company had trading posts that they would no doubt like defenses from raids and war bands. A few patrols would keep the trade flowing and the coin coming. And in thanks they might offer help in some goals for the army like providing weapons or resources. (New tiers to recruit for free without having to wait for the replenishment time to go down or help in rp tasks that will arrive as the war rages on. More on this later)

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Public Notices / Re: The Webberman Horde: Rules, current status and all things needed to run a war

« on: November 22, 2021, 09:59:20 pm »

Magic:

Magic plays a big part in Netheril, with might Archmages wielding the power of gods. It’s only natural that magic would play a larger role beyond blasting things with fire balls.

Spell foci thus will play parts in an armies abilities, allowing various benefits.

In order to use spell foci as a bonus Tom your army, you must have the feat and be sufficient lvl.

Abjuration: spell focus: allows the army to apply stoneskin to all soldiers on one front. Great focus increase this to two fronts. Epic increases it to all three.

Conjuration: spell focus: allows an allied lesser planar being to fight on your side on one front as a free extra soldier based on alignment. Greater allows a stronger planar ally on one front. Epic allows a high lvl planar ally. Again all based on alignment and only to one front.

Divination: Spell focus allows an army to get an idea of how strong an enemy army is and one type of soldier it has. Greater allows a diviner to get an idea of where the army is going and two types of soldiers it has. Epic reveals what the army will do during the battle; aka you will know the troop placement ahead of time before finalizing your own troop deployment

Evocation: Better Arcane Barrage strategies

Enchantment: Cast greater heroism to the troops on one front. Great focus: cast greater heroism on two fronts. Epic: cast on all 3 fronts

Illusion: spell focus, disguise a troop for spies and divination as something else. Greater, disguise 2 units. Epic, counters epic divination ability.

Necromancy: see Necromancy

Transmutation: spell focus can allow bull strength, cats grace or endurance cast on all troops in one front. Greater 2 fronts and epic all 3 fronts.

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Public Notices / Re: The Webberman Horde: Rules, current status and all things needed to run a war

« on: November 22, 2021, 06:11:24 pm »

Necromancy:

The art of raising the dead is a mixed bag in times of war. Does the cost of victory outweigh the moral sides of using the dearly departed as arrow fodder? Does the ability to raise massive blocks of forces in a short time worth the risk of the allied necromancer deciding to go rogue with an army at their back?

Only the generals of war can decide this one can suppose. But the art of necromancy is a powerful magic none the less.

To raise undead forces for an army a mage must gave spell focus in necromancy and be at least lvl 8 or be able to cast Animate Dead naturally.

Spell focus: Necromancy allows the mage to summon 2 tier 1 blocks of zombies per week.

Great spell focus: allows three tier 1 blocks and one tier 2 block of undead

Epic focus allows 4 tier 1 blocks, 2 tier 3 and one elite or tier 3 block (the necromancer decides)

Necromancy can build an army fast, but the initial troops are weak. But as the necromancer gains power, they can raise more and more undead (Still working on these rules)

Addendum: Pale Master increases these abilities by one for tier 1 and two and allows the special dracolich unit

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Public Notices / Re: Rumours, Gossip and Whispers.. ((DM Posts Only))

« on: November 22, 2021, 05:48:39 pm »

In the days since the strange rats, the vast sums of halfling disappearances and the shadow they formed over Hilltop. It seems the region is still not rid of its perils. In recent days, outside villages and hamlets, merchants along the trade roads and even river ships have spied masses of bands of armored warriors.

The bands always number no more then thirty, and consist of strange half-breeds. Orcs with long arms and hunched backs like trolls. Orogs and giant men with various colored scales, draconic and demonic wings standing. And other unnatural spawn of a vivisectors dream.

The bands attack the most defenseless of villages, often burning homes and taking away plunder. So far, only a few deaths have been reported by the sad refugees that begin making their way to any walled city. Conch is especially overrun by refugees, filling the slums further and Hilltop has seen many outside hins arriving to their small village. The mayor of Hilltop and the resident mage are struggling to accommodate their new arrivals.

And perhaps sensing opportunity, bands of mercenaries from official forces to small squads of former brigands looking to make some “legit” money have begun showing up offering their services for a hefty price. But it all seems a prelude to something darker and bloodier.

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Public Notices / Re: The Webberman Horde: Rules, current status and all things needed to run a war

« on: November 21, 2021, 02:48:40 am »

Battles:

Battles take place in rounds. The first part of the round will be troop placement to the three fronts. Commanders will assign unit blocks, officers and elites as they see fit to each front. Some unit blocks can be held out of the fighting to make use of their strategy abilities, or as reserves.

Once troop placement Is finished, the next step is strategy choice. From the deck of strategies you create from the strategy list you first pick 3, one to use for each front, at the start of the battle. After combat begins, focusing from left to center to right. Each front will be run individually but will be rp’d and icly considered to be happening all at the same time.

Fronts will have a troop strength and morale assigned to each that is calculated in the same way an armies total strength and morale is. Strength is 4 x the units CR x the commanders multiplier(starts at x2 and gets 1 added at lvl 3-10 to a max 8 multiplier)

This strength is then divided by 3 and the commander, and officers add their charisma score to determine max morale. These are then the strengths and morale for the fronts and after strategy effects are taken into account then the fighting begins.

The battle plays out in normal nwn style on the fronts with the modes fighting each other to the best of their abilities. Combat ends when one side destroys the others models. Damage is then applied to the losing sides troops and morale by 5 points per living model of the winning armies soldiers still alive.  Then the next front goes through the same thing.

After all the fronts have had their combat we go to the overview where commanders can get a general idea how well their army is doing and plan accordingly.

Then the next round begins only instead of three strategies the commander can only play one strategy from their pool to a front of their choosing and then the front battles begin again. The losing side gets fresh models to replace the lost ones. Then battle takes place.

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Elites:

Elites are champions. Individual warriors who have proven themselves in battle or are known for their mighty power. They are always individual units but are always between lvls (20-32) they can be a fill in for armies who want an extra powerhouse to their army when their forces are lacking. An army can have a total of 3 Elites and can be placed on fronts to fight or kept out of the fronts and instead add damage to the enemies troop and moral scores after the fronts rounds are done to stimulate their fighting in the main throng and terrorizing and slaying the chattel.

PCs naturally count as elites. So if a pc is attached to an army they might prevent an npc to fill their place.

Elites can be found and hired or even raised from the soldiers at times. A Warlords charisma score helps in attracting Elites

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Public Notices / Re: The Webberman Horde: Rules, current status and all things needed to run a war

« on: November 21, 2021, 02:34:23 am »

Armies. Armies make up two key stats, Morale, and Troop strength.

Troop strength: this is determined by the make up of the army. Armies of high grade warriors will have higher troop strengths. It is determined by the troop blocks scores added together x 10

An army is divided into three types of units:

Tier 1: these are usually conscripts, or some other form of cannon fodder. They can fight, sometimes even decently but they are not the greatest and can break easily if pushed. (All tier one units are between lvls 1-10)

Tier 2: these are trained troops who know how to fight well and tend to be a bit tougher mentally as well as physically (Tier 2 units are usually between lvls 11-20)

Tier 3: these are special units. Dragons. Giants. Outsiders. Golems. Animated furniture maybe. These are always rare troops and most armies won’t have them. But when they do, you know it’s an army that’s a threat. (All tier 3 are lvl 21-30)

Army block limits is based on Commander lvl.

1: Tier 1 - 4, tier 2 - 2
2: Tier 1 - 5, tier 2 - 2
3: Tier 1 - 5, tier 2 - 3
4: Tier 1 - 6, tier 2 - 3
5: Tier 1 - 6, tier 2 - 4
6: Tier 1 - 7, tier 2 - 4
7: Tier 1 - 7, tier 2 - 5
8: Tier 1 - 8, tier 2 - 6, Tier 3 - 1
9: Tier 1 - 9, tier 2 - 6, Tier 3 - 1
10:Tier 1 - 10, tier 2 - 7, Tier 3 - 2

I’ll make a list of what can count for each troops later.

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Public Notices / The Webberman Horde: Rules, current status and all things needed to run a war

« on: November 21, 2021, 02:09:07 am »

//these are the rules and themes of this event chain. They can be changed to smooth them out as needed but we will start with a basics

First the setting: Recent events have caused a stir in Conch and the lands abroad. While the Arcanists above have their games, it seems one has taken to involving the ground dwellers in their games.

In recent days, sightings of strange mutant warriors in roaming bands have taken to raiding the roads and villages from the Myconid forest to near Conch and Southbank. Mercenaries have arrived in droves and it seems that the lands are ripe for battles a plenty…what is the meaning of this and will the people be safe?

Rules: Armies are a tricky thing for NWN so I’ve settled it down into numbers then actual spawns

All armies will have one Commander who leads the entire army. Commander is a special title class with a beginning lvl of 1 and a max lvl of 10.

Commander lvls determine how much your troop multiplier is. Your number strategies bonus and the number of unit blocks you’re Army can have max. (More on this later)

Commander class also plays a role and your charisma stat/score

Commanders and officers can be PC or npc. Preferably I’d like PCs to be the commanders till we get more use to this system

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Public Notices / Re: [Nebular] The Study of Slightly Self-Aware Vermin

« on: August 23, 2021, 03:20:51 pm »

After some passing time a simple note is left for Gabriella in her studies at the Nebular

“A strange thing young arcanist. While we do not yet see any need to devote resources for such a strange but currently non urgent matter we will leave this to you. Consider it a…task for reward.”

It is clear that the message while detailing her task, some haughty mockery is in the message. But you will show them won’t you?

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Public Notices / Re: Rumours, Gossip and Whispers.. ((DM Posts Only))

« on: August 10, 2021, 05:12:57 pm »

In recent days, people in the slums and out in the fields have sworn by every god that they see large packs of rats moving about. Some have even had near fatal encounters. No one knows for sure why the rodent population is suddenly so noticeable but the rat catchers of Conch are making a killing they say.