Magical Troops
It takes a very special mind to comprehend magic, let alone wield it in times of great stress. It is for this reason that war mages and the like are a very rare sight. But when soldiers with the correct aptitudes go through the proper training, the results can be awe-inducing. Magically inclined soldiers are trained for specific purposes from wreaking havoc to inspiring fear.
Troop-scale combat: The following characters are ‘troop scale.’ That means a single stat block does not represent one person. Instead, a single stat block represents an entire group of soldiers. Battlefields for these soldiers would have zones as large, army sized swaths of land. See Sundry Sunday (#46) for guidelines on how to use troop-scale characters.
Company of Warmages
Aspects
Company of 60 warmages • Vulnerable to cavalry charges • Robed and lightly armored
Skills
- +2 Destruction magic (Fight, Shoot, and Lore)
- +1 Concentration (Will)
- +1 Endurance training (Athletics)
Health
Troop Stress
[1] • [2]
Morale Stress
[1] • [2]
Stunts
Scars of Havoc
When the company of warmages succeeds with style on an attack using Destruction magic (Fight or Shoot), they automatically gain a boost without needing to lower the inflicted stress. Additionally, the boost has two invokes rather than one
Undead Fodder
Aspects
300 walking corpses and 20 necromancers • Vulnerable to anti-magic • Feel no fear
Skills
- +2 Maul (Fight)
Health
Troop Stress
[1] • [2] • [3] • [4]
Morale Stress
[(Immune)
Stunts
Feel no fear
The undead fodder are immune to fear based effects and cannot take morale stress.
Wall of bodies
Enemy companies cannot pass through a line of undead fodder unless the fodder has no unchecked stress boxes, or allows them to
Company of Terror-drummers
Aspects
Company of 20 drummers • Vulnerable to attack • Carrying large enchanted drums • Unarmed
Skills
- +3 Fear-inducing drums (Provoke)
- +1 Training regiments (Physique and Athletics)
Health
Troop Stress
[1
Morale Stress
[1] • [2] • [3]
Stunts
Drums of terror
The sound of the enchanted drums strikes fear into the hearts of enemies. When the company of terror-drummers successfully creates an advantage using Fear-inducing drums (Provoke), they get two additional free invokes of the resulting aspect.