With the most immediate context explained for new readers, time to resolve the fight! Here’s the snapshot again for ease of reference.
(https://imagizer.imageshack.com/img922/4278/WXHp17.jpg)
They’re a little hard to see against the colorful backdrop painting on the board, but Manlius has brought along the 1st and 2nd Fleets (for this War’s necessary logistic Support); and 10 Legions: the Veteran 1st, 2nd and 11th, and the regular 3rd through 9th inclusive.
Total Legions: 10 (the Fleets don’t fight in Land Battles.)
Total Veteran Legions: +3 (they do extra damage.)
Manlius’ Mil Skill: +8 (he and the Militarist knights together can manage 8 Legions enough for them to do extra damage again. The other two Legions will do their normal damage.)
Syrian War’s Land Strength: -6
Antiochus III’s skill: -5
The Die Roll Modifier will be 10+3+8-6-5 = +10.
This (for those joining us to watch) is such a hefty advantage for Manlius and his men, that there is no chance of Rome being Defeated in this fight, and the minimum possible chance of a mere Stalemate.
However: see those black and brown squares on the enemy cards, with D and S next to them? If the 3d6 naturally totals any of those four results, there will be an automatic Standoff or Disaster for Rome. Which will cost a lot of Legion casualties for no gain!
The time has come. Normally I would just roll the dice in TTS, but there’s no easy way to demonstrate the validity of the results -- and these fights are absolutely crucial for the survival of the Republic through the next Turn.
So, here we go. Rolling 3d6...
Rolled 3d6 : 4, 1, 2, total 7
hm, not yet. Tis odd.
Oh, and dice-rolling test, forgot that, let's see... Combat and several other rolls require a 3d6 so:
Rolled 3d6 : 6, 3, 2, total 11