The Purpose of this Subsystem

Parent page Skirmish Units

This system is designed to enable squad-scale combat where the individual PCs’ character options are still central to play. The intended purpose is to let your group play out battles that incorporate the PCs and troop creatures in a method that is somewhat different from a standard encounter but still fundamentally uses the normal combat rules with some adjustments made for special actions and the number of combatants in the fight. The reason for this is simple: players who show up to play Pathfinder get to play Pathfinder with some tweaks rather than a totally different game. They still get to use the tools they chose for their character.

These rules aren’t intended to simulate a traditional war game or full-sized army battle. Such a conflict might be better abstracted via a Victory Point challenge.