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Kingdoms and War / Mass Combat

Mass Combat Overview

Source Ultimate Campaign pg. 234
The key parts of the mass combat rules that you’ll reference often are:
  • Explanations of the army stat block and terminology used throughout this chapter.
  • Step-by-step instructions on how to run the battle phases of a combat between armies.
  • Battlefield modifiers for terrain and similar factors.
  • Different tactics that armies can learn.
  • What happens at the end of a battle, once an army wins, loses, or flees.
  • How to use special commanders or kingdom leaders to modify army statistics.
  • Resources to upgrade and improve armies.
  • Special abilities for unusual armies, such as spellcasting or poison.
  • A list of sample armies.