4-8-12 Xenos Rampant Unit Sizes?

[Legion]

Hi All,

Have any of you experimented with the subject?

If so, did you also reduce the numbers of dice rolled to eight and four?

Fewer dice rolled will mean fewer fives and sixes.

Have you tried going back up to 12 and six dice?

I assume fewer SPs rolling more dice would make the game more deadly.

I ask because 4-8-12 units would be more flexible numbers for fielding reduced model units.
And sections of eight and fire teams of four exist now.

Thanks,
L

[Dentatus]

I own XR. Even purchased some Clearance Sale PP Warcaster figs to start an army. (Marcher Worlds) My understanding is the increments of 5 was a nod to the current GW 40K box sets/packaging.

What's to stop you from going back to 4 – 8 – 12?

Yes, fewer dice = fewer 5, 6s, but I don't see the shift undermining/breaking the Xenos rules.

After all, increments of 4 work in the other Rampant games, right?

Just do it. Play a few test games to see how it works. After all, no one is gonna kick down your door and arrest you.

[Pattus Magnus]

I’ll second Dentalus, I don’t think that making that change will damage game play.

Actuality, I think it might be an improvement on the rules-as-written. I like in Dragon Rampant having 12 or 6 as the default unit size, in part because it makes reduced model units easier to manage compared to 10-5. 12 divides evenly by 6, 4, 3 and 2 versus 10 which only divides by 5 and 2. It’s possible to do reduced model units in XR, for example representing a unit of 10 with 2 figures that have 3 damage and a “leader” with 4 damage, but I find it way easier to just have 12 damage in the unit and split it 3 ways and not have to worry about who is who.