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Archives of Nethys

Archives of Nethys

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Battlecry! / Skirmish Units / Building Skirmish Encounters / Special Considerations

Lone Wolf PCs

Source Battlecry! pg. 166
So, you have a PC in your group who doesn’t play well with others. They might not be at all interested in leading a group because of their character’s personality or abilities. Usually, your best course of action as GM is to reduce the number of troops the PCs can command by one when building your encounter, which adjusts the XP budget accordingly.

If you find that all or most of your group feels the same way, skirmish encounters are probably a bad fit for your campaign or adventure. You might look at ways to turn warfare into background or set dressing rather than making it an active part of combat that needs to be played out using these rules.