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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Maerdwyn" data-source="post: 1326100" data-attributes="member: 835">Even if the battle itself would be won only with mages, the cost of such an army will quickly outpace the cost of a more conventional force, assuming that the war lasts more than just one battle.   When you by your knights armor and weapons, they have armor and weapons for as many battles as they remain living.  After the battle involving your mages, your going to need to continue re-investing in the fireball scrolls.    Also, your mage-army only works if it has surprise.  If the opponent knows he's facing only mages, then there is no need to equip their army in the same way - why spend money on heavy armor, if they are only going to be facing attacks than bypass armor? If attacking a power that already has a heavily armored army, the second time you try it your enemy is going to have a (very cheap) army of mercenaries (goblins, maybe?), armed with clubs and staffs, and convinced (rightly or wrongly, bepending on your enemy's scruples) that the high priest has cast "mass resist fire" upon them.   If the mages don't waste their fireballs on the goblins, the mages might still get overwhelmed.  At the very least, the goblins will pester them such that casting additional spells will be very difficult when the knights start charging in next.   If the mages do blow their fireballs on the goblins, then the knights will wipe the mages out, and should do so to the last man, knowing that they won't be able to hire another group of mercenaries to lead a charge against the surviving mages when they return.</blockquote>

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