Core Book: Legend of the Five Rings: 3rd Edition: Revised
Honor and Steel Battle Resolution
The Battle resolution system as written in the core book is one of the best we've ever seen, but there are a some needs unique to a Live Action Environment with player characters on opposing sides of a battle. The rules below will be enforced in addition to and as a supplement to the rules provided in the core book.
Ending Battles
Battles will last until one side has won a number of consecutive rounds equal to the order of magnitude of total number of troops involved in the battle. A battle involving 2,000 troops will require three consecutive rounds won by one side; a battle involving 120,000 troops would require one side or the other to win five consecutive rounds.
Troop Losses
Each army involved in a battle will suffer a minimum of 10% of their troops killed and a further 20% wounded and unable to fight until healed. Wounded troops heal and return to active duty after a single month of rest. The loser of the battle may suffer greater losses; the difference between the final rolls of the opposing generals, if greater than 10, becomes the percentage of troops killed in the losing army. Double this percentage are wounded up to an obvious maximum of every surviving soldier. For example, if the winning army has rolled a 78 on the final battle turn and the losing army has rolled a 65, the losing army suffers 13% of their troops killed and a further 26% wounded.
Replenishing killed Troops
Every month, an army retrains new troops and replenishes 10% of their Province Garrison. A garrison of 6,000 troops would replenish 600 slain soldier per month until the army has returned to full strength. This rate of replenishment is unaffected by slaughtered Garrisons; it is a static measurement of the provinces capacity to recruit and train troops. Slain garrisons are replaced from the same replenishment rate.
Occupied and Contested Provinces
The Income, Information Networks, Available Artisans, and Troop replenishment provided by a Province will be adjusted by the Staff if the Province is contested by an invading army, occupied by enemy Troops, or razed and plundered. In extreme cases, all benefits of the card may be temporarily lost. Extensive damage, such as burned castles, may even require an investment of Koku to rebuild.
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