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<blockquote data-quote="Pergentile" data-source="post: 5533659" data-attributes="member: 6671368">You know, aerial mobility does seem like an efficient use of magical resources. In current day, weapons that travel great distances at great altitudes trump pretty much anything. After that comes jets etc.Realistically if one were to besiege a City-state, and one had access to even a single fifth level wizard, any aerial tactics one could devise would probably be done with impunity. One would be dropping boulders completely unchecked due to the fact of it not realistically happening very often.This would mean that any party with a Wizard, or a larger party with two such Wizards, would, just by virtue of being a party of PC's, have a great advantage in that any strategies that they thought of would probably have no precedence or counter.Which means that any strange or unrealistic strategies would most likely be a more efficient use of magical resources then anything with precedent. I am sure its realistic that spell-casters in the past would have thought of something like such, but to actually do it, or spread the idea around? Even if such had been done, would it be given credence if it was never seen?A group of PC's against an exact mirror of PC's are likely to win, because of an ability to think with a broader scope. This is technically meta-gaming, but the kind that is not bad, and cannot be stopped.Ah, my post is completely off the current track of the conversation, but whatevs.Edit: PC's would want to besiege a City-state just for the FUN OF IT. So no, castles are not worthless against magic, since said magic will almost never be brought to bear against said castle... except where PC's are concerned!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Pergentile, post: 5533659, member: 6671368"] You know, aerial mobility does seem like an efficient use of magical resources. In current day, weapons that travel great distances at great altitudes trump pretty much anything. After that comes jets etc. Realistically if one were to besiege a City-state, and one had access to even a single fifth level wizard, any aerial tactics one could devise would probably be done with impunity. One would be dropping boulders completely unchecked due to the fact of it not realistically happening very often. This would mean that any party with a Wizard, or a larger party with two such Wizards, would, just by virtue of being a party of PC's, have a great advantage in that any strategies that they thought of would probably have no precedence or counter. Which means that any strange or unrealistic strategies would most likely be a more efficient use of magical resources then anything with precedent. I am sure its realistic that spell-casters in the past would have thought of something like such, but to actually do it, or spread the idea around? Even if such had been done, would it be given credence if it was never seen? A group of PC's against an exact mirror of PC's are likely to win, because of an ability to think with a broader scope. This is technically meta-gaming, but the kind that is not bad, and cannot be stopped. Ah, my post is completely off the current track of the conversation, but whatevs. Edit: PC's would want to besiege a City-state just for the FUN OF IT. So no, castles are not worthless against magic, since said magic will almost never be brought to bear against said castle... except where PC's are concerned! [/QUOTE]

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