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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AuraSeer" data-source="post: 309406" data-attributes="member: 1331">My point is that spellcasters don't "tend to fall after a couple of arrows". Sure they can't wear armor, but any smart mage will have a high AC anyway via defensive items and spells. Once you account for range penalties for being (potentially) 400' above the battle, not to mention Protection from Arrows and Stoneskin and whatnot, he has practically nothing to fear from ordinary attackers. An archer who thinks him a soft target will be rudely surprised.Also, spellcasting will certainly not "cease after the first attack". Even if the archer readies his attack, and hits, and does damage, and triggers a Concentration check, and the check fails, that only spoils one spell. The mage can go on and cast something else next round (or even this round, if he's hasted).If you bring in your own caster to dispel his protections, that's a whole other story. You might as well not bother dispelling, and just chuck a Hold or a Dominate or some damaging spells of your own. Spellcaster vs. spellcaster is entirely different from spellcaster vs. conventional troops.[Edited for typos]</blockquote>