War Reference

Roll ([Wits + War] − Magnitude) for all units and compare. The unit with the most successes sets the reaction count. Everyone else goes (their difference in successes) ticks later, max of 6.

Solo units use (Wits + Awareness) as normal, as do any heroes or sorcerers who act separately from their units.

Joining the war later compares to the set reaction count.

Commanders, solo units, and special characters may use Charms/Combos per normal timing rules, substituting long ticks for standard ticks.

A spellcaster may cast one spell of any level as a (Speed 5, -2 DV) action.

Normal members of a unit may not use individual Charms or spells during mass combat; their supernatural contribution is represented by Might.

Endurance = (Drill + Stamina).

For solo units, Endurance = (Stamina + Resistance).

If Endurance ever drops to 0, the unit suffers -2 on all actions from fatigue.

Close Combat Attack Rating = (avg Dex + appropriate combat Ability) / 2 (round down).

Ranged Attack Rating = (avg Dex + appropriate combat Ability) / 2 (round down).

Close Combat Damage = (avg Str + weapon damage) / 3 (round up).

Ranged Damage = (avg Str + weapon damage) / 3 (round up) (*not every ranged weapon adds Strength).

Armor = (unit’s full lethal soak) / 3 (round up).

Mobility is the unit average (not the leader). Hardness applies only if all troops meet that rating or better.

Morale = the lower of: troops’ avg Valor or leader’s Valor.

Mounted units may use the steeds’ avg Valor if lower. Undead/automata units have perfect Morale regardless of commander.

A unit may have up to (Magnitude × 2) special characters. The leader does not count against this limit.

Pick a target. If you abort to attack that target, add +1 die per tick spent aiming (max +3).

If you abort to do anything else, subtract two dice from those rolls.

A unit uses the statistics of its leader, who “wears” it. War follows the same 10-steps as combat.

For any action, the leader uses the standard Ability or her War, whichever is lower, for the dice pool.

• Add unit’s Close Combat Rating (or Ranged Combat Rating) as bonus successes to attacks, max (leader’s War).
• Add unit’s Might as bonus successes to the attack.
• Magnitude difference between attacker and target adjusts successes by the difference (max ±3).
• Raw damage adds unit’s Close/Ranged Combat Damage to leader’s raw damage (as appropriate).
• Unit Armor adds to leader’s bashing/lethal/aggravated soaks.
• Half the unit’s Close Combat Rating adds to leader’s PDV.

Minimum damage is based on the unit’s Magnitude (not the leader’s Essence).

The unit begins with full health equal to the leader’s maximum.

When unit health reaches Incap, reduce Magnitude by 1, reset health, and check the unit for rout.

Rank-and-file PCs roll (Wits + Willpower), difficulty equal to the largest Magnitude loss from a single attack. Failure: roll 1 die and take that much unsoakable lethal damage.

Units have Endurance = (Drill + Stamina). Solo units use (Stamina + Resistance).

Each time a unit attacks or suffers an attack, it risks losing 1 Endurance after resolution. Leaders/Relays can avert the loss with reflexive (Charisma + War) vs difficulty equal to the Fatigue value of troop armor.

Units at 0 Endurance suffer -2 on all actions from fatigue.

* Leader rolls (Charisma + War), difficulty (Magnitude − Drill), min 1. Then reduce unit Endurance by the Fatigue penalty.

Use normal combat flurry rules, except a unit cannot attack more than one enemy unit in a tick.

Units following this order focus on defense; good for advancing under fire from ranged volleys.

Only rare magic causes this; a unit cannot be knocked unconscious or grappled.