In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 510):

In my game it is a post, but still. It would have been nice to have a little more round-by-round input into the fight...might just be me!

Well, I used you mass combat rules and the ones I have (the original ones I think ... charts are the same).

You attacked with 10 bowmen, then had 15 foot attack.
The 10 bowmen dropped most of the guards and a couple of those who jumped up to fight ... 7 total
That took the enemy down to 18 men with a 15% loss off the top
You beat them by 3 in the modified Die roll IIRC which put them down by 5 (3x 1.8 more and you lost 3 (2x 1.5)
I assumed losses are cumulative and the enemy was now down 50% ... you again beat him on the die roll by a more substantial amount ... you lost 10% and he was wiped out, with 100% casualties.  Bowmen didn't even get a second shot (takes a turn to cock a crossbow and that is really quick).

I used a pretty simple die roll to generate light, moderate and serious injuries. 1-2 = light, 3-4 = Moderate etc.
Enemy got a lot of 6s ... should not have let me touch the dice.

Then I rerolled in the Morning 6 = dead, 3,4,5 = still questionable, 1 or was doing better
At the end of the day I only rolled for for the questionable ones ... 6s were much too common as you saw.

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 512):

They definitely seem different rules to what I used...

OK, well I probably screwed up then in trying to play them...

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 514):

That's fine. Did the rules in my game make sense?

I thought so, that's why I tried to use them.

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 516):

Maybe you did. Can we go through you logic, step by step, so I can get how it worked? They would have been Rally first round, maybe first couple. I would have chosen an attack...

Sorry... spent all day with my brother in the hospital for a Kidney STONE  removal procedure which didn't go as smoothly as planned; he's fine but I am feeling brain dead. He threw a temper tantrum over having to wear one of those obscene hospital gowns. such are difficult when dealing with an 84 year old man. I dreaded having to take him and it lived up to every expectation.
This message was last edited by the GM at 03:17, Fri 13 Mar 2020.

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 518):

Completely understand, though have not been there nyself. Sorry to hear about how it went.

It's life ... He's the next to last of my siblings, and has always been the most difficult. I know why that is (All parents away in WW2), and keep it in mind.
It happens when we get older.  Thanks for the understanding, hope you don't have to go here.

Hope things get better, get some rest for yourself.

In reply to Runt (msg # 521):

That's what I am doing today, Thanks for the thoughts...

Just a warning, I've got even less access to the web so my replies may be even more delayed than usual.  At least until the stay at home orders are over.

OK ... Understand

Has Padraig fallen by the wayside?
I see him posting elsewhere.

You got me?  But on the plus side, I should be getting back to somewhat more web access very soon, probably three or four times a week.

That will be good ...

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 527):

3,000 posts! Nicely done...

We're moving along!

In reply to Runt (msg # 529):


Just a heads up: I will have very limited connectivity for the next three weeks, and for the next 8 weeks after that, work will be crazy, so expect a slow-down in my posting.

OK, we have managed before, so will just do it again...

In reply to Finger of Fate (msg # 525):

I'm back

I just kinda got lost in the game, and then kinda fell out of it a little bit.

I had noticed ...  So you are still up in Freehold with Melinda. Your father has recovered some (nice to have the kids home and safe) ... The army has moved South.
You have recruited something like 356 deserters from the enemy's army. A surprising number are concerned about their Families back home and with the 30 Sergeants that turned loyalist, you have a small but significant force. Arming them hasn't been hard as quite a few kept their weapons and the cast off stuff from the Noble Army's rout filled in all the holes.
Your father suggests you take a small loyal body guard and lead these guys back south, he'd like them away from Freehold.


You should be able to take it from there ... figure about 3 weeks have passed; Melinda has been good company and a big help, day and night.

Which thread?

In reply to Padraig MacTire (msg # 534):

Well it looks like you dropped out on about Page 10 of OFF ON A MISSION. Read the pages up to that and then post in MARCHING SOUTH