Mass Combat

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Magnitude: Unit size
Drill: How well trained
Endurance: How fit/fresh/rested/well-fed etc the troops are
Might: Supernatural power of the unit
Close Combat/Ranged Attack Rating: Average Attack of the unit members
Close Combat/Ranged Attack Damage: Average Damage of the unit members
Armor: Average Armor of the unit members
Morale: How gung-ho the unit is
Special Characters: Exalted, heroic mortals, etc among ranks (not the unit commander)
Formation: How orderly and attentive the unit is


Magnitude

NOTE: round up for all partials

Magnitude: 0
Drill: 0
Endurance: STA + RESIS
Might: 0
Close Combat/Ranged Attack Rating: 0
Close Combat/Ranged Attack Damage: 0
Armor: Normal hardness, normal soak
Morale: valor rating
Special Characters: N/A
Formation: 0 (w/speed multiplier x100)

Initiative: WITS + Awareness
Health Levels: Character's health levels
DV: Normal DV rating
Normal Attack: normal attack dice (limited by war skill)
Normal Damage: normal damage dice

NOTE: round down for all partials except ATTACK DAMAGE RATING

Magnitude: 1 - 9, see table above
Drill: 0 - 5 (0 = undrilled)
Endurance: Drill + STA
Might: 0 - 5 (higher than 2 is very unlikely)
Close Combat/Ranged Attack Rating: Commander's attack pool (limited by war skill) + (Might + ([unit DEX + relevant combat ability] / 2, capped by commander's War ability) AS SUCCESSES +/- Magnitude difference up to 3, AS SUCCESSES)
Close Combat/Ranged Attack Damage: Commander's damage pool + ([unit STR + weapon dmg] / 3) dice; minimum dice = MAGNITUDE
Armor: Soak: Commander's soak + (avg[lethal soak] / 3), Hardness: avg[unit hardness rating]
Morale: lower of: avg[unit valor rating] or commander's valor
Special Characters: Magnitude x 2 special characters in any given unit
Formation: unordered (drill 0), skirmish (drill 1), relaxed (drill 1), close (drill 2)

Initiative: [Commander's WITS + War] - Unit Magnitude
Health Levels: Commander's health levels
DV: Commander's DV rating + (Close Combat, Ranged Attack Rating / 2)
Normal Attack: see Close Combat/Ranged Attack Rating above
Normal Damage: see Close Combat/Ranged Attack Damage above