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Message: <blockquote data-quote="radferth" data-source="post: 2271055" data-attributes="member: 5791">1) For battlefield mass missle fire, I decide how many/how often arrows hit someone (maybe once per character every five rounds or so for random, sporatic missle fire; 2 or more times during a volley of arrows.  Each of these arrows rolls to hit the character's flat-footed AC at an attack bonus of +10 (the chance that an arrow striking them will penetrate their armor, no dex or reflex save because the arrows are arriving in mass and aren't particularly aimed at any one person).2) I liked to use dragonels for flying mounts for evil armies (blatant Tolkien rip-off, but less so since the mounts in RotK were so huge and deadly).  I think Tome of Horrors has a version (as does some 1st and 2nd edition monster book).  If you don't have a write up anywhere, treat them as stingless wyverns, perhaps with scaled-down claw attacks.  Perhaps the empire also has some gargoyles, minor fiends, or spellcasters as flyers as well.3)  Wizards on the ground with the extend spell feat can pose quite a threat to flyers with long-range spells like fireball.  And don't forget that summoned weather can do bad, bad things to flyers.</blockquote>