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<blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 5916618" data-attributes="member: 2518"><p>When using the provided stats the tanks would have quite some trouble hitting the ancient dragon for damage because of its natural armor even before protective spells.</p><p></p><p>Still, in an open battle the modern army has the advantage because of size, speed and range which are all vastly superior to a magical army. And non magical troops will be mowed down by the thousands.</p><p></p><p>But in a guerilla war the magical troops would be unstoppable. Imagine the Taliban who can turn invisible, teleport, fly and control the minds of others.</p><p>And here comes the biggest weakness of the modern army, the supply chain. Without fuel, ammunition and spare parts they are useless. And magical troops can blow up fuel depots at will with invisible wizards.</p><p></p><p>The magical side also has better information gathering ability ranging from speak with dead over domination (to get prisoners to talk) to actual divinations. And when the modern army pulls out the nukes, the magical army can simply wish that the nukes detonate before they are fired (imo a rather low powered wish). Also, not even a nuke can penetrate a wall of force.</p><p>And if all else fails, the 3E shadows and wraiths can't be harmed by a modern, unmagical army. A single 3E Shadowdancer could use his shadow companion to clear out an army base.</p><p></p><p>Or one could get a wraith to spawn some others, then keep the original wraith under control with spells and through it command a unstoppable army of them. When the war is won, order them to kill each other (see OotS). But if control of the wraith is lost both factions will likely die to undead hordes.</p><p></p><p>Another disadvantage for the modern army is that their weapons can be captured and used by the enemy. And while the modern army can capture magical items, they would be more rare and mostly useless for a modern soldier.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Derren, post: 5916618, member: 2518"] When using the provided stats the tanks would have quite some trouble hitting the ancient dragon for damage because of its natural armor even before protective spells. Still, in an open battle the modern army has the advantage because of size, speed and range which are all vastly superior to a magical army. And non magical troops will be mowed down by the thousands. But in a guerilla war the magical troops would be unstoppable. Imagine the Taliban who can turn invisible, teleport, fly and control the minds of others. And here comes the biggest weakness of the modern army, the supply chain. Without fuel, ammunition and spare parts they are useless. And magical troops can blow up fuel depots at will with invisible wizards. The magical side also has better information gathering ability ranging from speak with dead over domination (to get prisoners to talk) to actual divinations. And when the modern army pulls out the nukes, the magical army can simply wish that the nukes detonate before they are fired (imo a rather low powered wish). Also, not even a nuke can penetrate a wall of force. And if all else fails, the 3E shadows and wraiths can't be harmed by a modern, unmagical army. A single 3E Shadowdancer could use his shadow companion to clear out an army base. Or one could get a wraith to spawn some others, then keep the original wraith under control with spells and through it command a unstoppable army of them. When the war is won, order them to kill each other (see OotS). But if control of the wraith is lost both factions will likely die to undead hordes. Another disadvantage for the modern army is that their weapons can be captured and used by the enemy. And while the modern army can capture magical items, they would be more rare and mostly useless for a modern soldier. [/QUOTE]
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