Warfare

At War

When two or more opposing Armies meet each other in the same Region, they automatically engage in combat during the next Warfare phase. Armies are considered opposing when they invade a Realm without invitation or prior agreement, or when a declaration of war is made with the Send Message action. An Army entering a Realm uninvited or without prior agreement, is considered a declaration of war. Armies which are in a Region controlled by neither of their Realms, that have a prior declaration of war, will still engage in combat in this neutral Region. Armies not at war may traverse or remain in a Region together without initiating combat.

Warfare Phase

Combat is resolved at the start of each turn for all Realms. Review your map and see if there are any opposing Armies in the same Region. Begin with the conflict which has the Army with the highest Might or greatest number of Armies. and continue in descending order until all conflicts are resolved for all Realms.

Battles between mustered Armies are resolved before Sieges. If a Settlement is under Siege, all friendly Armies move to that location and add their Might to total rolled for the Siege combat roll. Armies will always prioritize combat against each other, before resolving Sieges.

Combat Rolls

Combat rolls automatically happen during the Warfare phase of each turn, if opposing forces are in the same Region as each other. A GM may call for a combat roll in other situations if they so wish.

There are two types of Combat rolls: Battles and Sieges.

Battles occur when Armies that are at war encounter one another in the same Realm. Sieges occur when an Army is given an order to attack a Settlement.

In all combat rolls, each side rolls a number of d6 equal to their Might. A roll of 5-6 is considered a success. The side with the most successes wins the combat roll. The total net success (successes that exceed the number of the opposition’s success) is then compared to the Battle or Siege table to see the resolution of the conflict. Sieges have different outcomes to Battles, even when the same number of net successes are rolled. In Sieges, Garrisons defending a Settlement cannot retreat. If an Army is aiding the defence of a Settlement from a Siege, it still follows the Siege Results table.

Combat rolls may have multiple rolls of the dice, until there are enough net successes to end the conflict. When either the Battle Results or Siege Results tables says “Combat/Battle/Siege Ends” then dice rolling stops for this conflict for the rest of the turn. If opposing forces remain in the same Region, they will continue to make combat rolls during the next Warfare phase.

Battle Results

Net Successes	Outcome
0 Regroup	No significant loses on either side. Immediately roll again.
1 Wounded	Loosing Army suffers -1 Might. Immediately roll again.
2 Retreat	Loosing Army suffers -2 Might and retreats from the battlefield. Battle ends.
3 Routed	Loosing Army suffers -3 Might and flees to nearest friendly settlement, if there is one within range of its Speed. Battle Ends.
4 Defeated	Loosing army suffers -4 Might, disengages from all warfare and returns to its Realm at the New Year. Battle Ends.
5+ Annhilated	Loosing army has its Might reduced to 0 and ceases to exist. Battle ends.

Siege Results

Net Successes	Outcome
0 Retaliate	Only Besieging army suffers -1 Might. Garrisons are unharmed. Immediately roll again.
1 Grazed	Losing forces suffers -1 Might. Combat ends. Siege continues during the next Warfare phase.
2 Maimed	Losing forces suffers -2 Might. Combat ends. Siege continues during the next Warfare phase.
3 Crippled	Loosing forces suffers -3 Might. - Besieging armies flee to the nearest friendly Settlement if there is one within range of their Speed. - If defending forces are Crippled, then the Settlement is captured and the Garrison ceases to exist. Siege ends.
4 Broken	Loosing forces suffers -4 Might. -- Besieging Armies disengages from all warfare and returns to its Realm at the New Year. - If defending forces are Broken, then the Settlement is captured and the Garrison ceases to exist. Siege ends.
5+ Devastated	Loosing forces has its Might reduced to 0 and ceases to exist. If defending forces are Devastated, then the Settlement is captured. Siege ends.

Multiple Combatants

If Armies from more than two Realms are in the same Region, and those Realms are all at war with each other without being in an alliance or having an agreement of co-operation - i.e. a Free For All - then resolve the conflict between the two Armies with the highest Might first, before proceeding with the following combats in descending order. In the event of a tie for highest Might, roll d6 equal to the Influence production of each Realm as a tiebreaker, whoever has the most successes goes first.