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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5123383" data-attributes="member: 19675">That wizard by himself doesn't render a castle obsolete.  The fact that he's not the only wizard in the world as powerful as that- along with all the other creatures in the world that can do pretty much the same thing- does.Figure he can probably sweep the wall clear of archers, etc. with his first Fireball, possibly with archers helping KEEP it clear.  He could follow that up with MMs and other spells.  Planning for all that, the attacking force will have him do so and have troops ready to fill that void.But lets say that the problem isn't the Wiz and a besieging army.  Lets say its a decent sized dragon.  Dragons are smart, at least as smart as humans. With planning, a single dragon should be able to take down a RW castle within a week.All he has to do is drop rocks from altitude- its a tactic gulls and other avians use to break open armored prey, so a dragon could figure it out.  Essentially, he'd be acting as a trebuchet from an angle that the castle has no defense for.  A light load for a typical Adult dragon is equivalent to a small trebuchet round- a medium load could be as much as twice that.  Drop one of those from a dive or strafe and it doesn't have to worry about penetrating reinforced walls.  Its going right for the lesser strength inner walls, rooftops, people, stables, etc.After a few days of tenderizing, he can use his spells & breath weapons to finish the job in an afternoon.Now...lets say its not a dragon or a wizard.  Lets just say its a force of Elves riding giant Eagles.  They can rain down death in the form of arrows and (smaller) rocks just as easily from out of the range of the defenders because gravity is their friend.  They may even add the odd rotting corpse of a pig or cow to the mix.Adding any kind of magic on the part of the elves shoves things further in their favor.Now, obviously, magic on the side of the besieged helps all of this.  But the point remains: a strongpoint with open courtyards and uncovered battlements- IOW, a standard RW castle- is as good as useless in a world where flying hostiles are a real possibility.</blockquote>

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