Getting closer. 

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[b]Special Actions:[/b] 

In certain situations, you can attempt to use special actions. The sky is really the limit in creativity, but their success will be dice rolled. Usually a 50/50 split on success or failure. Examples include: 

-	Hiding units that have ‘stealth’ as a bonus, so that they can cut off the enemy retreat following your victory. They would be removed from the battle, but the enemy’s ‘pursued losses’ would be greatly increased.. If the roll failed, they would be found out and have to face the full force of the enemy by themselves prior to the battle starting. 

-	Assassinating a King/Lord/Sultan. Sending in an elite section of your army to sneak into a city, and remove the nation’s leader, would impair the morale of their army in any imminent battle. Failure would result in the loss of the units sent. 

[b]Battle Mechanics:[/b] 

There are a series of rolls to determine the outcomes of battle. This will be made by me. You will then need to take the results and elaborate on them in your IC posts – definitely the most entertaining part of the RP in my opinion.

I use simple six sided dice, to keep the system simple and brief.

[u]Phase One: Casualty Roll[/u]

This dice roll determines your initial losses in the battle.

[u]Phase Two: Special Event/Disaster Roll [/u]

This dice roll determines whether or not your army is blessed with success, or wrought by disaster in the field. 

[u]Phase Three: Victory or Defeat[/u]

Victories are decided by the gap between the opposing armies’ casualties. The bigger the gap, the bigger a defeat or victory. 

It is here that an army’s/race’s modifiers will be brought in to play, to total up the casualty figures.

[u]Desertion Roll[/u]

If an army is badly beaten, it will roll to see how many of its troops desert. 

[u]Rout Roll[/u]

A badly beaten army must roll to see if it routs or retreats in an orderly fashion.

[u]Pursued Roll[/u]

A routing army is pursued by the victors, and a roll is made to decide how many are cut down.