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<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 7457204" data-attributes="member: 2518"><p>Considering that you can simply drop things from up high there is no possible way that a mundane ballista can match the range of flyers. And if it can you still have the problem that you now have superballistas which would change how warfare in this setting is fought (more WW1, less medieval/renaissance).</p><p>Sure, hitting a specific target is hard ir even impossible. Carpet bombing on the other hand isn't. Especially when you can employ chemical weapons like alchemist (greek) fire or just have enough shrapnel or stones to eventually hit something.</p><p>The argument that intelligent beings would not always use the optimal strategy often gets used in a way meaning that you do not have to consider that strategy at all as no one uses them like you do here. But that is false, someone will use it and when they start having great successes with it many others will copy it. The more intelligent someone is the more likely that is the case.</p><p>And especially a red dragon has very good tools for firebombing. Simply collect stuff that burn well, fly over the castle, ignite it and drop it. That is basically how firebombing worked in the world wars and would equally be effective with medieval castles. Or if the dragon somehow can acquire a large cauldron it could fill it with water (or naturally occurring tar or other substance if that happens to be nearby), lug it over the castle, heat it and then spill it down. Believe me, a shower of boiling hot water is quite painful and can put someone out of action if he gets a good dose of it.).</p><p></p><p>There are passive defences, but they at best only delay the inevitable. The most simple and reasonable are wooden roofs on the walls and other areas were people usually are. But that still leaves many areas open where fires can be spread. Building a roof everywhere is not really practical as the more roofs you build, the less you are able to shoot low flying flyers who then can deploy troops on the roof and do other bad things without you being able to stop them.</p><p></p><p>Going underground protects you from aerial attacks, but also removes any offensive capacity you have. As soon as you retreat underground you have basically lost as the enemy can now operate with impunity. The best compromise would really be something like a hollowed out pyramid which I have already mentioned but that would be extremely expensive and only really useable together with a normal castle next to it for people to live in during peace time.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derren, post: 7457204, member: 2518"] Considering that you can simply drop things from up high there is no possible way that a mundane ballista can match the range of flyers. And if it can you still have the problem that you now have superballistas which would change how warfare in this setting is fought (more WW1, less medieval/renaissance). Sure, hitting a specific target is hard ir even impossible. Carpet bombing on the other hand isn't. Especially when you can employ chemical weapons like alchemist (greek) fire or just have enough shrapnel or stones to eventually hit something. The argument that intelligent beings would not always use the optimal strategy often gets used in a way meaning that you do not have to consider that strategy at all as no one uses them like you do here. But that is false, someone will use it and when they start having great successes with it many others will copy it. The more intelligent someone is the more likely that is the case. And especially a red dragon has very good tools for firebombing. Simply collect stuff that burn well, fly over the castle, ignite it and drop it. That is basically how firebombing worked in the world wars and would equally be effective with medieval castles. Or if the dragon somehow can acquire a large cauldron it could fill it with water (or naturally occurring tar or other substance if that happens to be nearby), lug it over the castle, heat it and then spill it down. Believe me, a shower of boiling hot water is quite painful and can put someone out of action if he gets a good dose of it.). There are passive defences, but they at best only delay the inevitable. The most simple and reasonable are wooden roofs on the walls and other areas were people usually are. But that still leaves many areas open where fires can be spread. Building a roof everywhere is not really practical as the more roofs you build, the less you are able to shoot low flying flyers who then can deploy troops on the roof and do other bad things without you being able to stop them. Going underground protects you from aerial attacks, but also removes any offensive capacity you have. As soon as you retreat underground you have basically lost as the enemy can now operate with impunity. The best compromise would really be something like a hollowed out pyramid which I have already mentioned but that would be extremely expensive and only really useable together with a normal castle next to it for people to live in during peace time. [/QUOTE]
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