IMO all attempts to scale up the RQ rules to what large groups can achieve are fundamentally flawed.
(1) We know (see for example the writeup of the
Cradle scenario) that what large groups of
magicians can achieve is beyond the scope of the
ordinary rules. And the bat has a large group
of high-level magicians on it.
(2) The percentages in RQ are intended to make
interesting things happen reasonably often in smallscale
combat. If you try assuming they apply on larger
scales, you get the scenario quoted in Murphy's Rules
where a regiment of elite soldiers armed with battleaxes
fights for 5 minutes, at the end of which time two-thirds
of their number have chopped their own legs off.
Andrew
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