Baron Opal
First Post
RangerWickett said:Say you've got an army of 10,000 men, most of them 4th level or less. And you want to sack a fortress that has 20 mid- to high-level spellcasters and say 500 soldiers. ...
Assume you have access to a lot of 3rd level spells, a fair number of 4th, and progressively less of the higher level spells, of different classes.
Oh, wait. What do you mean by "20 mid- to high-level spellcasters"? To me that means anywhere from 9th to 15th level. If you split the difference and make them 20 11th level wizards of varying specialties with a month to prepare, you're screwed. Especially if the army are a collection of 4th level characters. The army will get regularly hit with tunnelling earth elementals, succubus spies and air elementals carrying one-use items of cloudkill. Making sure disease takes root in the army would be a priority with a month to fester. There has got to be something you can summon to do that.
The only hope I can see is what limitations the summoners are under. They have the longest effective range on their spells. A strike team must impede or kill their summoners. Even then, it would be a tough nut.
"Game over, man! Game over!"