Honors Senior Theses/Projects
Date of Award
6-30-2019
Type (DCMI Terms)
Text
Exit Requirement
Undergraduate Honors Thesis/Project
Department
Honors Program
Faculty Advisor
Tad Shannon
Honors Program Director
Gavin Keulks
Language
eng
Abstract
Dungeons and Dragons 5th edition, as well as many tabletop RPGs in general, struggles with very large scale combat encounters. Mechanics are either changed to make it more suited to the increased scale, affecting the game balance in the process, or an entirely different game is used to represent the combat. This paper outlines the process undertaken to create a program that simulates combat encounters in 5th Edition D&D at a scale normally unfeasible without changing the game’s mechanics. I compare my program and its goals with the solutions that come closest to it, including alternate rulesets, virtual tabletops, and a balance testing program.
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Recommended Citation
Ohnemus, Aidan, "D&D 5E Mass Combat Simulation" (2019). Honors Senior Theses/Projects. 185.
https://digitalcommons.wou.edu/honors_theses/185
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