hold action, volley fire,....

[zainale]

how do you resolve the attack. how do you go about it? because in the gaame i am in we the players got two squads of level one or two crossbow men and its the only way i can think i can see these guys surviving through the major battle that we are involved in. so i thought of using the tactic of hold and have the two squads firing at the same target/targets. is it a percentage roll to hit on both sides, or something else? its a tactic that i want them to use while they are being protected by shield brothers. think spartan shield wall with archers to back them up.

[Turin the Mad]

Teamwork feats make this mechanically work. Shield Wall via tower shields (plus soft cover rules for the crossbowmen behind them). Depending on classes permitted and gear budgets as to how effective this is above Chapter 1 game play. In-combat, these mooks need identical initiative bonuses, ideally 1 number apart, to take advantage of either Delay or Reorient.