Calculus ab vs bc

Wall of text warning; tl;dr at the top.
Question: how would YOU represent a party of 5 adventurers, with ~70-130 trained individuals backing them up, fighting ship to ship vs ~200 highly trained enemies after grappling and boarding on the open ocean?
TL;DR The current solutions are taking too long and playtesting each idea takes a long time. Many of the ways to shorten time have their own problems, or remove otherwise viable playstyles. Looking for input from others who have had the same problem. First post here so taking pointers on formatting.
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The setup:

1. Platform is roll20, external character sheets
   1. Problem: Roll20 is really struggling with the scale of the problem, being best case about 100 units across 4-6 level ship dungeon crawls on maps 30*75 or larger, i.e. not what roll20 wants to handle.
2. System is Pathfinder 1e heavily customized, (~12 years accumulated houserules, Spheres of power content, and other custom subsystems) hence no in-built sheets. The houserules are about neutral on playtime, but as a result there won't be detailed character breakdowns.
3. What story: Divorced third-stepchild of Skulls and Shackles, which may have dimly recognized its kin in the first few sessions, but not anymore.
4. What happens? Ships see each other, close distance, sometimes duke it out and sometimes immediately close to 'boots on the ground'.
   1. Ship to ship approach and battle time is fine.
   2. Problem: Boots on the ground combat is taking FOREVER despite streamlined and heavily macro'd rolls. Players are a mix of experience levels, though none are outright green.

Playstyle details:

• Player styles are as follows:
  • a. Tower shield gunner (TSG): Basic strategy move and provide an impenetrable wall, shoot. Very effective vs firearms.
  • b. Blaster caster (BC): Bit squishy, calls down the AOE or single target damage. Sticks to the TSG for defense reasons.
  • c. Necromancer magus (Necro): create on the spot undead to draw fire and create meat walls. switch hitter. Player is fast enough, though play does inevitably stop to calculate stats sometimes.
  • d. Bad rogue (rogue): 1/2 rogue 1/2 wizard eldritch scoundrel uses alteration and mind sphere to blend in and get the best deals. Should be feinting/debuffing in combat or taking out officers by stealthing, doesn't. While this is *a* problem in combat, and I'm working to address it, it's not *the* problem today.
  • e. The thing (thing): Ball of stats with perfect flight, many attacks resolve as single-target damage at any range. Players are glad it's here, so it's not a problem.
• Friendly styles:
  • Assortment of NPCs doesn't take direct part in combat, but do play parts in social encounters, or when the PCs are off the ship while ship-based-anything is called for.
  • Allies ship-to-ship are different types of crews the PCs have turned to their side, with various blocks and equipment. Some are very much better than others.
• Enemy styles:
  • F. Going against them are differing amounts of trained sailors, mercenaries, or special tactics forces. They're limited to about 5 HD/class levels even at the highest levels, since that is the highest level of 'men' available in numbers.
    • General tactics are to use lines of firearms while they can, then switch to melee when that becomes untenable.
  • G. Officers and above have higher HD, more varied classes and direct the tactics used.
  • H. Ship styles and ship-to-ship tactics differ encounter to encounter

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Goals:

• Use a style of combat for ship-to-ship boots-on-the-ground encounters which:

1. Rewards/keeps valid all player playstyles
2. Accounts for equipment and skill of allied and friendly units
3. Takes a 'reasonable' amount of time
4. Doesn't slow roll20 to a crawl
5. Doesn't triple my workload as GM

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Proposed answers:
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1. Stock: Campaign book AP says don't even run the encounters as simulations, run PCs vs captains and lieutenants on the deck, that's it.
   1. Good: Time short, roll20 runs better.
   2. Bad: No simulation of crew skill levels or counts. Very little variety of enemy play, no point in designing custom ships for the PCs to battle on, then use later. Necro playstyle not represented. Thing, TWG and BC shred single targets, even if AOE is disabled due to friendlies. That's assuming I still rebuild every single enemy.
   3. Feedback: I refuse to run this, players would steamroll; all counters seem unrealistic.
2. Players vs the world (PVTW): Ran a few ships of just the PCs vs all of who are onboard. Great for a dungeon crawl, but how many before it gets boring? About 4 it turns out.
   1. Good: simulates players vs the world stealth missions, maximum loot drop, high fulfillment.
   2. Bad: performance, time, boring as a result. Doesn't account for friendly crew skill.
   3. Feedback: It's okay sometimes, but party is advancing in levels too quickly for campaign.
3. Reduced troop count: As PVTW, but with 1/2 to 1/3 of enemies plus officers.
   1. Good: better performance vs above; abstractly represents friendly crew existing, not their skill
   2. Bad: all the same problems, but a bit faster.
   3. Feedback: It's strictly superior to PVTW, but the problem still persists.
4. Troops, modified: Enemies and Friendlies (not PCs) are bundled together in 12s and act as one creature. Details of HOW after evaluation.
   1. Good: Performance due to fewer tokens, speed due to reduced count, friendly skill represented.
   2. Bad: rogue playstyle nearly invalidated or forced to one strategy, GM vs GM balls of stats are boring to listen to, movement between floors is tricky to simulate.
   3. Feedback: Untested; trying this next session to see if it's better due to player vote. More overhead, hopeing it's faster.
   4. How: as troop creature type, they attack everything in reach, then shoot in two lines from their squares. Not like troop type: they 'roll' distributed dice , i.e. 20 of them would roll 1, 2, ...20 each turn, then deal minimum (or less) damage to applicable targets for each roll which would hit. In practice this means you get the target's AC and deal damage according to a table. It rewards higher AC without overextending playtime.
5. Troops, modified, player-led: as above but players customize and make troop decisions.
   1. Good: Seemingly more player agency and tactics better represented on a wider scale. Rogue has options.
   2. Bad: takes longer than above
   3. Feedback: requires more overhead from players, but will be suggested if option 4 goes well next session.
6. Mass combat, modified: Calculate the differences in positioning and stats for crews, simulate damage using mass combat or troops until friendly troops would disperse, field what's left of enemies + officers. In practice this is done pre-session or expediently using tables, then run ~1 encounter per deck with officers and extra enemies.
   1. Good: performance, speed, crews represented. Random placement representing half a battle of movement keeps encounters interesting.
   2. Bad: too much GM arbitration (arguably), forced narrative cutscenes. Party likely to steamroll.
   3. Feedback: This is as close to stock as it could get and be acceptable.

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Which strategy would you use or do you have a better one? (1-6, Stock, PVTW, PVTW reduced, Troops, Player troops, Mass combat -> stock)
Answers to easy answers:

• Use a different system to host/better optimize roll20/use inbuilt sheets:
  • Already running backgrounds as one webp under 5mb in size
  • Macros are already walls of text
  • While I have the ability to make custom sheets, I'm not paying more than $5 to roll20. For other tabletops, i.e. foundry virtual tabletop, I'm not willing to maintain all the pain that comes with a private fork or what exists already, even if I was willing to put in the work.

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However, I made a mistake a few weeks ago with DHE 45. I was to administer my pt’s second dose, but I didn’t monitor my pt’s preadministration VS nor monitor postadministration VS as my hospital policy indicates. My pt was fine with the first dose and with every dose after that, fortunately. Thankfully, my assistant unit manager was really understanding and told me to take it as a learning experience.
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Sakura Genesis
The build to this is exactly the same. SANADA fresh off of a star-making New Japan Cup, Okada running wild with this new edge, it’s an interestingly built match. Things shall only get more interesting. SANADA finally outlasts the Rainmaker for the gold, landing the win to cement him as the fresh new main eventer.
Heading out of this, Okada is in full rage-baby mode, making his Kaito tantrum seem like child’s play as he wrecks everything at the press conference while demanding a rematch. The Road to Wrestling Dontaku tour starts. Over the first three nights, an enraged Okada teams with a skittish Yano as he decimates lower card guys with ease, laying his strikes in stiffer than usual. Following each match, his rematch request is left unanswered. Things get tenser. Okada’s now booked against members of SANADA’s stable on the tour, though not the champ himself. Okada gets stiffer, yet his request is again unanswered. Finally, Okada and SANADA are set to cross paths once more in trios tag competition, with Okada yet again making a rematch request beforehand. It seems to not matter however, as SANADA wins the tag by submitting Yano, seemingly destroying Okada’s case for a rematch.
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Wrestling Dontaku
Desperate, Okada once again demands a rematch instantly following the match, however this time his request is answered. NO! SANADA wants Okada to earn a rematch with him if he wants it, but Okada is determined to do just that. An emergency CHAOS press conference is called, and Okada prepares to make the ultimate move, AS HE PREPARES TO PUT HIS CAREER WITH NEW JAPAN ON THE LINE FOR ANOTHER CRACK AT SANADA! The challenge is accepted and the match is made for Dontaku, and Okada seems to tune up the heelishness as he wrestles as cocky and vicious as ever. Unfortunately for Okada, the best is not enough though. The Rainmaker lands flush into the Cold Skull, allowing SANADA a sweet victory as he shocks the nation and runs the top star out of the company. Let the drought begin.
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Forbidden Door
After no-showing his scheduled press conference, Okada is not seen until the AEWxNJPW joint show, making his grand return with a return many would believe to be triumphant. It’s announced that a battle royal will determine who joins Bryan Danielson in a trip to Japan to compete in the G1 Climax, and it seems like Orange Cassidy is the little engine that could. He’s like a giant slayer in this match, eliminating Big Bill, the Butcher, and Brian Cage before joining Rey Fenix as the final two. Things only get crazier from there however, AS OKADA STORMS THE RING AND LAYS BOTH EXHAUSTED MEN OUT WITH RAINMAKERS, ALLOWING HIM TO TOSS THEM OVER WITH EASE AND WIN THIS MATCH! Boos rain down on the Rainmaker as he rains spit down on OC’s carcass, but it doesn’t seem to faze our guy, as he’s seemingly fully unlocked a different side to himself as of right now… but is this just the first step?
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G1 Climax
The two-block G1 comes around, and in our first match we see Finlay vs. Okada. Heh. Okada obliterates Finlay after a ten minute match, before grabbing a microphone and lambasting the crowd for supporting SANADA as he ran their top guy out of the company. He says that he shouldn’t be back right now, but he must exact vengeance. He says they don’t deserve him, but he’s here anyway. He says that he feels like… an outcast. An outsider, if you may. Snatching the Bullet Club shirt off of Finlay’s back, Okada declares himself the new leader of Bullet Club, demanding that the crew follow him as he can free them from the shackles of previous poor runs. The weak leave, the strong stay, and Bullet Club officially has itself a new leader. Okada proceeds to run through the rest of his block with an 8-1 record, before meeting and defeating Shingo in the finals to win his fifth G1 Climax.
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Road to Wrestle Kingdom
With his newfound heelish attitude Kazuchika Okada seems to be heading full speed into his second Wrestle Kingdom main event with Will Ospreay, but before the two can meet, they’ve got a few hurdles to get over. Okada leads Bullet Club to instant success prior to WK, with guys like KENTA picking up the TV Championship while Austin and Bey claim the Junior Tag Titles. He manages to keep the success going on his end too, running the ready-made feuds with SANADA and Cassidy where he retains his briefcase and ultimately makes the match official.
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Wrestle Kingdom
We reach our second main event between Ospreay and Okada here, and the two deliver overtime. Ospreay is proud of the fact that he accomplished his goal to win the world title again before the end of the year, but tonight he’s got to overcome the one man he’s got issues defeating in order to keep it. Gedo manages to interfere and cheat Okada to yet another Wrestle Kingdom win here, ending Ospreay’s reign as the young fucker still has a few more steps to take before he’s ready to beat Tokyo Dome Okada, BC or no BC.
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Sakura Genesis
Bullet Club is back on top of the world, and it’s all thanks to the man they’ve tried to eviscerate in the past. After beating Ospreay and eventually Goto at New Beginning, Okada eagerly awaits the winner of the New Japan Cup at Sakura Genesis. The winner eventually reveals himself to be Ospreay, and the two have a Wrestle Kingdom rematch here where Ospreay is able to gain his win back and once again become IWGP World Champion.

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