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Asgetrion
Master of Realmslore
Finland
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 Posted - 21 May 2005 : 12:47:39
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Originally posted by Xysma
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Originally posted by Dargoth
Im thinking of running a massed battle in my Banites on the March campaign ie the Nasty events for the Dalelands if City of Spider queen isnt finished "promptly"
Have you run massed battles using 3ed before?
In one of our campaigns we had a massive battle with almost 150 crusaders called "The Fist and Fury" (mostly followers of Helm and Tempus) fighting along our PCs against 30000 giants and goblinoids of the Sythillisian Empire. The battle took place outside Crimmor, starting with the giant shamans summong a Storm of Vengeance on the city 
We ran the battles on large-scale maps for most units, but on miniature maps for all the encounters involving PCs. Our DM had designed a huge amount of enemy units with different combat abilities, and also some very unique commanders for them. I could go on for hours about how exciting it was, especially the gaming sessions when we scouted the area and tried to wipe out as many enemy commanders as only could.
Some say that there is no glory in war, but we got great kicks during the moment when all the PCs charged into the flank of the massive enemy army and fought for several rounds until teleporting back inside the city walls to lead our troops into battle 
Eventually the siege ended in a stalemate, with our wizards sealing all the breaches on the city wall with different Wall-spells, and the rest scouring the city of the invaders... |
"What am I doing today? Ask me tomorrow - I can be sure of giving you the right answer then."
-- Askarran of Selgaunt, Master Sage, speaking to a curious merchant, Year of the Helm |
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
1089 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2005 : 19:06:47
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Originally posted by George Krashos
the impression I get is that it's not 'cool' to still like FR, you have to be into places like Iron Kingdoms (whatever that is! ).
-- George Krashos
I know what you mean, we had a guy play with us for a few weeks who had that mentality. I say a few weeks because we had to ask him to not come back since we only play in the Realms, and he kept asking if we anted to try this or that. I don't know why it was so difficult for him to understand that we ONLY play in the Realms. |
War to slay, not to fight long and glorious.
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Xysma
Master of Realmslore
USA
1089 Posts |
Posted - 24 May 2005 : 19:09:29
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Originally posted by Lord Rad
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Originally posted by George Krashos
This product has received an absolute shellacking on the ENWorld Boards. Some not very nice comments, at all.
-- George Krashos
Hmmmm, I tend to avoid ENworld these days, I find it to be quite...well anyway.
I have personally been very impressed by this sourcebook. It's one of the better D&D core books to come out for some time for me and have found much of the content to be of great use and interest.
I agreed Rad, this is a cool sourcebook with much to offer. Sure, I won't use 100% of it, but I doubt I've ever used 100% of any sourcebook (except for the Realms sourcebooks of course) |
War to slay, not to fight long and glorious.
Aermhar of the Tangletrees
Year of the Hooded Falcon
Xysma's Gallery
Guide to the Tomes and Tales of the Realms download from Candlekeep
Anthologies and Tales Overviews
Check out my custom action figures, hand-painted miniatures, gaming products, and other stuff on eBay.
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warlockco
Master of Realmslore
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Heroes of Battle
