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Battlecry! / Skirmish Units

Quick Skirmish Groups

Source Battlecry! pg. 169
If you want to have a skirmish encounter that’s ready to go, here are some skirmish encounters pre-built for certain levels. They include one troop per PC for a four-person party, but you can remove troops or add duplicate troops to each side to adjust. Creatures come from the troop trait.

Undead Soldiers (Level 4)

Source Battlecry! pg. 169
Threat Low (60 XP)
PC Troops apprentice magician clique (60 XP), 2 goblin rabbles (40 XP each), orc raiding party (60 XP)
Enemy Commanders 2 wights (30 XP each) ; Enemy Troops skeleton mob (80 XP), 3 shambler troops (40 XP each)

Clash of Steel (Level 6)

Source Battlecry! pg. 169
Threat Moderate (70 XP)
Player Troops 2 dwarf battalions 40 XP each), heavy cavalry (60 XP), line infantry (40 XP)
Enemy Commanders hobgoblin archer (20 XP), 2 hobgoblin generals MC (40 XP each);
Enemy Troops goblin get gang (30 XP), 2 hobgoblin battalions NPCC (40 XP each), Qadiran camel corps (40 XP)

Abominable Armies (Level 8)

Source Battlecry! pg. 169
Threat Moderate (80 XP)
PC Troops animated army (40 XP), 2 hobgoblin veteran regiments (60 XP each), woodland scouts (40 XP)
Enemy Commanders 2 jah-tohls (40 XP each);
Enemy Troops 2 fleshwarp amalgams (40 XP each), 2 sinswarms (60 XP each)

Open the Gates of Hell (Level 9)

Source Battlecry! pg. 169
Threat Severe (110 XP)
PC Troops mercenary band (40 XP), watchmage squadron (60 XP), 2 woodland scouts (30 XP each)
Enemy Commanders greater hell hound (40 XP), 2 phistophiluses (60 XP each) ; Enemy Troops hell hound pack (30 XP), Hellknight cavalry brigade (30 XP), vordine legion (60 XP)

Glorious Death! (Level 11)

Source Battlecry! pg. 169
Threat Moderate (80 XP)
PC Troops angelic chorus (60 XP), weak vanth guardian flock (60 XP), 2 viking guards (40 XP each)
Enemy Commanders 2 graveknights (30 XP each), lich (60 XP); Enemy Troops 2 rancorous priesthoods (40 XP each), 2 skeleton infantries (40 XP each)

Nature Versus Nature (Level 13)

Source Battlecry! pg. 169
Threat Moderate (90 XP)
PC Troops dezullon thicket (60 XP), druid circle (30 XP), 2 first-class infantries (40 XP each);
Enemy Commanders crag linnorm (60 XP), 2 dryad queens (40 XP each) Enemy Troops drake flight (40 XP), 2 xulgath dinosaur cavalries (40 XP each)