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<blockquote data-quote="Veril" data-source="post: 3385727" data-attributes="member: 33452"><p>10,000 4th level fighters vs 20 9-15th lvl spell casters is a scenario for total defeat for the fighters. IMO they have no chance of success. </p><p></p><p>People have focused on the standard mass Fireball to take out the troops, this is a very simplistic scenario and well, wizards can do much much better. </p><p>A simplistic but effective technique: Use Widen to increase the size of the fireball. You get four times the area for a spell level. </p><p></p><p>My Projected image walks into the arms and uses Cone of code. 60' long cone. that's a lot more than a fireball area. </p><p></p><p>How about using Control Weather to create some natural fog where the armsy is. Then seeding that with Acid Fog spells or Cloudkill spells. Empower, Extend or Widen the harmful "foggy" spells for extra evilness. </p><p></p><p>How about a nice wall of fire... That's massivly destructive. </p><p></p><p>How about the Summon6 and 7 spells, they get really nasty. And a summons does not break invisibility. </p><p></p><p>If I though the army was about to break into my castle through a large gap...</p><p></p><p>A Prismatic Wall spell. Then an illusion over the top of it to conceal it (someone concentatest on it). Then let the army charge in through the wall. Drop walls of fire behind.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Veril, post: 3385727, member: 33452"] 10,000 4th level fighters vs 20 9-15th lvl spell casters is a scenario for total defeat for the fighters. IMO they have no chance of success. People have focused on the standard mass Fireball to take out the troops, this is a very simplistic scenario and well, wizards can do much much better. A simplistic but effective technique: Use Widen to increase the size of the fireball. You get four times the area for a spell level. My Projected image walks into the arms and uses Cone of code. 60' long cone. that's a lot more than a fireball area. How about using Control Weather to create some natural fog where the armsy is. Then seeding that with Acid Fog spells or Cloudkill spells. Empower, Extend or Widen the harmful "foggy" spells for extra evilness. How about a nice wall of fire... That's massivly destructive. How about the Summon6 and 7 spells, they get really nasty. And a summons does not break invisibility. If I though the army was about to break into my castle through a large gap... A Prismatic Wall spell. Then an illusion over the top of it to conceal it (someone concentatest on it). Then let the army charge in through the wall. Drop walls of fire behind. [/QUOTE]
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