Large Scale War Rules

• Firepower
  
  Firepower is a trait which determines exactly how much destructive potential an army
   has. The better armed and better trained a militia is, the better the firepower 
  trait will be. When the army has the benefit of a General, the army may add the 
  Presence score of that General to Firepower as long as the General can directly 
  command his troops. This bonus cannot be applied if less than 100 troops are 
  available to command.
  
  Exalted Commanders may have Charms which give a bonus to all troops under the 
  command of that exalted, such as Heroism Inspiring Presence. These Charms serve to 
  increase the   Presence bonus applied by a General. For simplicity, simply add the 
  Essence requirement of the charm involved to the total presence score of that 
  general.
  
  The most most simple and obvious method of increasing firepower is increasing 
  numbers. A barbarian horde, while untrained and unarmed, can nontheless be a 
  dangerous enemy. A unit recieves a +1 firepower for having 100 troops within it. 
  This bonus magnifies as the number of troops grows, in accordance with this chart. 
  
  

Each additional 2500 troops will provide another + 1 bonus.


Other traits besides numbers can influence Firepower considerably. All the 
following bonuses are cumulative. Different bonuses require different numbers 
of specialist troops to fill the roll an army might demand. Common sense is 
the watchword here. 

* - The traits are exclusive in the sub-catagories they represent (Flight, Weapons, Etc)
** - The trait Beserker Army must be taken in both Armor and Firepower.

• Mobility
  
  Mobility is a trait which determines exactly how fast a unit can move. It also 
  determines the effectiveness by which an army brings Firepower to bear. Units 
  with high mobility are able to bring more destructive force to bear in specific 
  areas within a short span of time. An army may only employ Mobility bonuses if 
  no slower units are holding them back.
  
  Mobility can experience a significant penalty if an army is too large for a 
  General to command effectively. Presence is required in order to effectively 
  marshal communications to and from distant troops. The amount of Presence 
  required to command an army may be referenced on the following chart. Round off
   all number to the nearest iteration of 10.
  
  Presence 1 100 Men
  Presence 2 1000 Men
  Presence 3 10000 Men
  Presence 4 100000 Men
  Presence 5 1000000 Men
  
  If a General is commanding more men than he is capable of leading, while in 
  command his mobility will suffer a one die penalty for each dot of presence he 
  lacks. This penalty cannot reduce Mobility to less than 1. Leadership Charms, 
  such as Heroism Inspiring Presence, and battlefield communication charms, such 
  as Commanding the Ideal Celestial Army, double this limit cumulatively. 
  
  Injuries have a negative effect upon Mobility. An army who has recently fought 
  will no doubt have many injured. Injured armies are considered to have an Average 
  Speed of 5MPH, no matter what the original speed of the army might have been. This 
  limitation can be ignored if the General opts to travel hard despite the injured. 
  In this case, roll a die of casualties as specified below.
  
  This chart sums up Mobility advantages and penalties - 
  Average Speed 5MPH * - +1 Mobility
  15MPH * - +2 Mobility
  30MPH * - +3 Mobility
  60MPH * - +4 Mobility
  120MPH * - +5 Mobility
  

* - The traits are exclusive in the sub-catagories they represent (Flight, Weapons, Etc)

• Armor
  
  Armor is a trait which determines how difficult the army is to cripple or destroy. 
  As a general rule, armor is more difficult to generate than firepower. Many things 
  can contribute to Armor - literal body armor, positioning, fortifications such as 
  trenches as walls, airborne abilities, magic, or the command of Exalted Officers. 
  
  Armor is calculated, initially, in much the same way that Firepower is - each 
  iteration of population gains a new bonus.Like with Firepower, the Presence score 
  of a General may be added to Armor, and Exalted Generals may use charms such as 
  Heroism Inspiring Presence to increase the bonuses imparted by Presence.
  

* - The traits are exclusive in the sub-catagories they represent (Flight, Weapons, Etc)
** - The trait Beserker Army must be taken in both Armor and Firepower.

• War Explained
  
  Phase One - Initiiative
  
  Each Army must Roll 'Mobility' to determine the order of initiative. 
  
  The successes on this roll may be added to either Armor or Firepower, depending on
   which trait the General determines will be most useful. This decision must be made 
  now, in the Initiative phase.
  
  The army may add a number of dice equal to the amount of successes scored on the 
  Mobility roll to his mobility roll in the initiative phase of the next day of 
  fighting. As the fighting continues, each side has the opportunity to 'dig in' and 
  establish regular supply lines.
  
  Phase Two - War
  
  Each Army must roll 'Firepower' to determine the number of casualties inflicted.
  
  Regardless of whether an army will be destroyed within the turn or not, this roll 
  is still completed. Each and every side will suffer casualties unless armor is 
  sufficient to repel the attack.
  
  Phase Three - Survival
  
  Each Army must roll 'Armor' to determine how many casualties may be avoided.
  
  These succs cancel out the Firepower succs of opposing armies. Firepower succs which 
  are not canceled  are considered casualty points and carry over into the next phase.
  
  Phase Four - Death
  
  Casualty Points must now be distributed.
  
  Each casualty point raises the difficulty on -any- roll... Firepower, Armor or Mobility... 
  by one for the duration of the war. In addition, the total number of casualty points should 
  be carefully noted during the fighting.
  
  If the war has not yet ended, return to phase one for the next day of fighting. If an army 
  opts to retreat, it may do so. This requires no roll, but an army can only retreat if it 
  won the initiative phase. Alternately, the enemy may allow the retreat if it chooses to do so.
  
  If the war has ended, the total number of casualty dice is compared to the total Firepower + 
  Armor pool of each army enduring casualties. This provides a percentage that indicates the 
  number of defeated enemy forces. 
  
  Example - An army endures 16 casualty points in a war before withdrawing. When the fighting 
  is over, the 16 casualty points are compared to the total Armor + Firepower of the army (20). 
  The percentile, when calculated, is eighty. This means that eighty percent of the army has 
  been defeated - the population of the army should be reduced accordingly.
  
  Note that not all of the warriors who suffer defeat actually die (Though many do). Many are 
  injured, or abandon the fighting out of cowardicet. These enemy units must be taken as 
  prisoners of war, executed, or turned loose. This can present significant logistical 
  problems after a successful campaign.
  
  Upon the completion of Phase Four, a day of combat has passed. All green units become 
  trained, all trained units become elite. This 'experience' applies both to the victor 
  and the defeated.
  
  Army Vs Exalted
  
  In the event of an army being ground into conflict against an Exalted, the Exalted must 
  be considered an Army in and of itself. Bonuses are applied and deducted as per a regular 
  army, using the formula above. 
  
  Note that since an Exalted is unable to gain population, formation, presence or mixed 
  army bonuses... it is generally unwise to engage in combat of this sort. Even given this, 
  the casualties a single Exalted warrior can inflict upon an army are staggering and may 
  number in the hundreds or thousands.
  
  Each point of 'Casualties' inflicted upon an Exalted translates into unsoakable Lethal 
  damage. This damage cannot be avoided, even by Charms which specifically state that they 
  may cancel the damage from any single attack. Wound penalties from this damage are 
  accounted for in future Mobility, Firepower and Armor rolls. This replaces the wound 
  penalty and casualty system described for use with larger armies, above.
  
  An Exalted may not command an army, and fight alongside it, at the same time. The 
  Exalted may opt to fight separately from his armies if he wishes to take the risk, 
  yet the army will not benefit from his Presence while he is separate from it, and he 
  takes the risk of dying if the full force of an enemy militia is brought to bear upon him..
  
  - Dace - 
  
  Pop. = 1 
  Firepower = +1 Trained Troops
  +1 Elite Troops
  +1 Exalted Troops
  +1 Combat Medicine (Exalted Healing)
  +1 Troop Well-Fed, Rested
  +5 Magic Weapons (First Age)
  +5 Five Combat Charms
  _______________
  15 Firepower
  
  Mobility = +2 15 MPH (Exalted March)
  +1 Enhanced Speed (One Speed Charm)
  +2 Armored Beast of Burden (War Horse)
  ______________
  5 Mobility
  Armor = +4 Magic Armor (Orichalcum)
  +2 Good Combat Medic (Exalted Healing)
  ______________
  6 Armor
  
   
  ---Examples---
  
  
  - The army of Malpazar-
  The army of Malpazar numbers some 12,000 strong. This militia has repelled the Wyld 
  Hordes on several occasions and has a long service of history to the King and country. 
  Young men hold the army in great esteem, and it is considered a great honor  to be 
  allowed a lifetime position within this formidable force. Though the army -has- been 
  routed twice in recorded history (Both times by the Realm), the people of Malpazar 
  largely believe it invincible.
  
  These numbers assume the Army is defending Malzapar itself from attack.
  
  Pop. = 12,000 (+7 Firepower, +7 Armor)
  Firepower = + 7 - Population Bonus
  + 1 - Trained Troops
  + 1 - Well Fed, Rested
  + 1 - Ranged Units Mixed in Force
  + 1 - Shield Units Mixed in Force
  + 1 - Spear Units Mixed in Force
  + 1 - Sword Units Mixed in Force
  + 1 - Disciplined Formations
  + 1 - Homeland Bonus
  + 3 - Good Weapons (Steel, Arrows)
  + 3 - General Matzar
  ______________
  21 Firepower
  
  Mobility = +1 - 5 MPH Heavy Armor March
  +2 - Armored Beasts of Burden (War Horses)
  _____________
  3 Mobility
  
  Armor = + 7 - Population Bonus
  + 2 - Fortification (Castle, Fortress)
  + 2 - Good Armor (Standard Issue Chain)
  + 2 - Good Combat Medic (Priest Order)
  + 3 - General Matzar
  ____________
  16 Armor
  
  
  
  - The Wyld Horde-
  This army is typical of those that lay siege to many towns and cities within the 
  Threshold, comprised primarily of Wyld Barbarians. While the Horde does not have 
  the advantage of weapons or armor, large numbers make them formidable just the same.
  
  Pop. = 5,000
  Firepower = +5 - Population Bonus
  +1 - Well Fed, Rested
  +1 - Ranged Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Spear Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Sword Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Simple Weapons
  +2 - Bezerker Army
  +2 - General Goltha Beastlord
  ____
  13 Firepower
  
  Mobility = +2 - 15 MPH (Light Armor March)
  +2 - Armored Beasts of Burden
  +2 - Elemental Affinity
  ___
  6 Mobility
  
  Armor = +5 - Population Bonus
  +1 - Poor Armor
  +1 - Stealth (Camoflauge)
  +1 - Poor Combat Medic
  -2 - Bezerker Army
  +2 - General Goltha Beastlord
  ___
  8 Armor
  
  - The Fairie Army -
  Forces such as this are a rare sight since the Cataclysm, after the Empress broke 
  the backs of many of the ancient Fae Generals who threatened the Realm. Some 
  events can still summon up an organized Fairie resistance, however, and when 
  these legions take to the field they are truly a terror to behold. While rarely 
  numerous, fairy armies are armed with nightmares and clad themselves in dreams. 
  
  These traits represent an Army of the North. Wind Fae are often capable of flight, 
  and those that are not ride upon great winged serpents or within tornado funnels 
  conjured by comrades.
  
  Pop. = 1000
  Firepower = +3 - Population Bonus
  +1 - Well Fed, Rested
  +1 - Trained Troops
  +1 - Elite Troops
  +1 - Combat Medicine
  +1 - Ranged Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Spear Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Sword Units Mixed in Force
  +5 - Magic Weapons
  +2 - Controlled Flight
  +5 - Fairy Glamour
  +4 - Lord Faelwyn
  ___
  26 Firepower
  
  Mobility = +4 - 60 MPH
  +1 - Flight
  +2 - Armored Beasts of Burden
  +2 - Communications
  +2 - Elemental Affinity
  ___
  11 Mobilty
  
  
  Armor = +3 - Population Bonus
  +4 - Magic Armor
  +1 - Stealth (Camoflauge)
  +3 - Magic Healing
  +1 - Unnatural Fortitude
  +4 - Lord Faelwyn
  ___
  16 Armor
  
  - Army of the Dead -
  The dead have great advantages when provoked to war. Numbers, fortitude, and 
  supernatural abilities make them ferocious in battle. The following Traits are 
  appropriate for an army of War Ghosts, as presented in the Exalted core book.
  
  Although the Dead have many advantages, they can never benefit from combat 
  medicine.
  
  Pop. = 13,000
  Firepower = +8 - Population Bonus
  +1 - Trained Troops 
  +1 - Troop Well Fed, Rested
  +1 - Shield Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Spear Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Sword Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Disciplined Formation
  +4 - Excellent Weapons (Undead Steel)
  +2 - Undead Charms
  +3 - General Peronius
  ___
  23 Firepower
  
  Mobillity= +2 - 15 MPH
  +3 - Communicaiton Network (Hivemind)
  ___
  5 Mobility
  
  Armor = +8 - Population Bonus
  +2 - Good Armor (Chain, Breastplate)
  +1 - Stealth (Intangibility)
  +1 - Able to Demanifest
  +1 - Unnatural Fortitude (Undead)
  +3 - General Peronius
  ___
  16 Armor
  
  - Imperial Legion -
  Often lead by the Wyld Hunt, armies of the Realm are rarely seen anywhere outside 
  of the Blessed Isle these days. They do emerge, however, to occasionally crush 
  Solar regimes which pop up in backwater areas of the Threshold. 
  
  Pop. = 80,000
  Firepower = +28 - Population Bonus
  +1 - Trained Troops
  +1 - Elite Troops
  +1 - Exalted Troops
  +1 - Combat Medicine
  +1 - Troop Well Fed, Rested
  +1 - Ranged Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Shield Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Spear Units Mixed in Force
  +1 - Sword Units Mixed in Force
  +2 - Firewand Units Mixed in Force
  +2 - Catapult, Balista units Mixed in Force
  +2 - Firedust Cannon units mixed in force
  +4 - Warstrider units mixed in force
  +1 - Disciplined Formation
  +5 - Magic Weapons (First Age)
  +3 - Magic: War Artifacts
  +8 - Exalted Combat Charms
  +15 - Dominant Tiger, Fire-Lord of the Southern Peninsula
  ___
  79 Firepower
  
  Mobility = +1 - 5MPH - Human March, Armored
  +2 - Armored Beasts of Burden
  +1 - Exalted Athletics Charms
  +2 - Communication Network (Sorcery)
  ___
  6 Mobility
  
  Armor = +28 - Populaton Bonus
  +4 - Magic Armor
  +1 - Stealth (Air Dragonblooded Fog)
  +3 - Magic Healing 
  +15 - Dominant Tiger, Fire-Lord of the Southern Peninsula
  ___
  51 Armor