8/20/2019 5e Mass Combat Cheat Sheet

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Scale and Terms Time: 1 round = 1 minute 

Distance: 1 square = 20 

Speed: Divide speed by 5 

Stand: 10 creatures 

Unit: Collecon of stands 

Solo: Single creature, PC or NPC 

Isolaon: When isolated, suer Disadvantage on saves, and aacks against get

Advantage. 

Unit type  Skirmisher  Regiment  Solo 

Iniave  Highest DEX  Lowest DEX  Own DEX 

Isolaon  >1 square  >0 square  >1 square 

Can be moved

through 

Yes  No  Yes 

Special Acon  Hide (each stand

does Stealth check) 

Congure  Join/Leave, Hide 

Other Notes  - Advantage on DEX

saves 

- Friendly units can

move through 

Conguraons:-

- Aid: Stands not aacking give Adv to

adjacent stands. Move at 1/2 speed. 

- Defend: Can't use aack. +2 bonus to

AC. Move at 1/2 speed. 

- March: Move at full speed. 

- Can be Commander 

- Takes up same space as enre stand

 - When joined, moves as part of unit,

remains if unit dies, Can immediately

 join adjacent stand in same unit 

Bale Acons Aack: As normal, but melee reach of 10+ gives bonus

aack. 

Cast Spell: As normal. Stands which cannot cast, can

take another acon. 

Dash: Move twice 

Special Acon: Congure/Join/Hide 

Retreat: Move even if adjacent to opponent 

Note: Movement can be done with any acon, as nor-

mal, but cannot be done if adjacent to enemy stand 

Turn Order 

1) Move and do unit acons, in Iniave orde. Mark stands at 0hp

as a casualty. Do not remove as they may sll have a turn (all

aacks are simultaneous) 

2) Aer all units have had their turn, eliminate all casuales. Solos

make up-to 10 death saves.

 

3) Units which have lost 50%+ of stands, do DC10 WIS save using

highest WIS modier of unit. On fail, they are broken, and DM

must make them run away unl rallied. 

4) Score Victory Points 

Commander Bonus Acons 

Prepare: DC15 Inmidaon/Persuasion check. On

success, unit gains Advantage on all saves for 1 turn. 

Incite: DC15 Inmidaon/Persuasion check. On suc-

cess, unit gains Advantage on all aacks for 1 turn. 

Rally: Stop a broken unit from running, and return

them to the ght.

Terrain Road: Add 1 square movement if end turn

on road. 

Forest: Half cover. Dicult terrain.  

Water: Dicult terrain if shallow. Only

creatures which can swim can enter deep. 

High Ground: Gives Advantage on melee

aacks vs lower targets. Costs 1 square

movement per 20’ altude change. 

Ranged Aacks  Spells must eect 50% of a target stand. E.g. H1 is aected, H2

may not be 

Ranged aacks must reach half way through a stand, from near-

est side of aacker. E.g. B aected, A, C, not