[quote=WilsonTurner]
So everything is a roll-of-a-dice thing?
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No...you can individualise them slightly i.e give a basic description of armour and weapons...however these, admittedly yes,very basic groups need to be kept roughly the same. As Duck said, just for our sake. With work, sport and my education I simply don't have time to keep track of everybody's different set of airships etc. Also with battles I will give each party a description of the environment etc. Then you give your orders and depending on tactics then it will be done tactically.