[quote=@Rilla]
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The difference is, swords aren't NPCs, they are classified as equipment - and most people recognize that, which is why you wouldn't see anyone auto take your swords, unless they are one of those super godmodders.

But, it's not two different things. If you enter with day a main character, and he has say, 4, flanking people. Those are considered NPCs, the one that isn't is the main character and they fall under the general NPC rules. Unfortunately, those didn't also make the jump to NuGuild, as it were, but they are the same. 

I liken it to the Skallagrim vs DJ fight, again. A Gothi vs a team of trained veterans; CHo was the main one, leader as it were, and even though the rest were trained, they were still considered NPCs. If they weren't, and were more or less considered individual characters, that would have been a wholly unfair fight.
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You don't make much sense here.
What if the character can use remote weapons like Funnels that float around and shoot from multiple directions? What if the character has some attack that launches strikes from multiple directions at once?
Same deal with 4 mercs.
This is especially ridiculous since apparently you categorize summoning as something else.
While you can pretty much just use the same rules.

If there's one guy versus other who uses an entire army then of course the Conservation of Ninjutsu is at play.
The mercs of Character B are individually weaker than Character A. That's given.
Similarly the aggregate combat potential of the two forces must be similar.
So 10 mercs or even 100 mercs against Character A must still mean that both sides have somewhat equal chances to win.
Seriously, this shouldn't be difficult to guess.

Instead you give an explicit leeway for character A to cheat...