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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 5722938" data-attributes="member: 14159">Hmm.  The M-16 can reliably kill a person at 300 yards vs. swords and bows (longest effective range of a longbow is circa ~250 yards.Modern military has the benefits of greater training, that is for certain.  If a typical warrior in a D&D style fantasy army is a 1st level Warrior, a modern soldier would be 3rd or 4th level more likely just from increased training and practice.Simply put, modern forces against a typical goblin horde would be a wipeout.  The goblins would have to use wave attacks throwing more forces than the defenders have ammunition.  Standard combat load for a US soldier is 210 rounds (7 magazines of 30 rounds each), and despite what you see in movies, US troops do NOT use automatic or burst fire as standard doctrine.  Against little green men with shortswords and shortspears, one soldier could reliably fight several dozen of them.  Add armored vehicles into that fray and the multiplier becomes huge, because a goblin would need siege engines or mid-to-high level magic to stop it, while the tank can devastate goblin forces.Also realize that most D&D magic might be dangerous at short range, but it would take a pretty high level goblin shaman to pose a real threat to an A-10 performing Close Air support.Since they aren't "human" the issue under international law about things like Geneva Convention protections and rights, as well as prohibitions against the use of CBRN weapons becomes a little more fluid as well.</blockquote>

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