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Old 01-18-2018, 12:31 PM   #7
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
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Default Re: pirate ship crew vs. pirate ship crew with PCs

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Originally Posted by Fred Brackin View Post
My personal experience with pirate ship battles and D20 is that the ordinary seamen only matter (regardless of their numbers) if the PCs are relatively close in power to them.
Exactly what counts as 'relatively close' varies by edition, and it also varies significantly by weapon mix and tactics (100 ranged attackers that maintain good separation can actually chew up a 10th level party pretty badly), but my main point is that you can pick up a handful of d20s and roll them all in a batch, counting successes.
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