Re: [DL] The Crucible (Spoilers)

["Kevin L Stoner" <stone1kl@cmich.edu>]

> For all of those who aren't knowing, the Crucible is the adventure 
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>   The posse I'm running have been very successful throughout most 
> of this
> adventure, although they did manage to get the Lieutenant at the Fort
> relieved of his command and awaiting a court marshall. But all 
> that aside
> let me paint the current situation and question at hand.
>   The posse is currently about to bed down for the night when the 
> 'Attackof the Mole People' begins. Up to this point the posse has 
> discovered the
> Doctors involvement, found and destroyed the Rock Demon, let 
> "Ginny" Hickson
> slip through their fingers and escape to the Witches Camp, and 
> filled in the
> tunnel. The witches are still going with their initial plan so the 
> attackshould follow the guidelines in the adventure.
>   All that aside, here's my current dilemma. Could anyone give me any
> suggestions how to run this last combat. These are the numbers I'm 
> dealingwith at the moment. The total attacking force is 24 npcs 
> (12 infiltrators, 1
> steam tank and 11 reinforcements). The defending force is 6 posse 
> membersand 17 npcs.
>   I'm looking for ways to cut down the time I spend rolling all 
> the attacks
> rolls, and following rolls, for all 40 npc's under my control. The 
> steamtank and 11 reinforcements I have already taken care of. 
>   Any help would be appreciated. 
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The way I have always handled this is to have the players run any NPC's 
on their side since it is like they are all part of a team. All you 
have to do is intervene if they try something silly like standing in 
front of a posse member to protect them from bullets. But you will find 
most PC's are fair and will run the NPC's accurately. Again this is 
only for combat and not normal gameplay so give them the necessary 
stats for combat for the people they run. It really does save on time. 

Marshal Kevin Stoner