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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dremmen" data-source="post: 3376085" data-attributes="member: 30977">I think there is enough support thrown at the wizards where I won't go into how they would defend said castle. Really, merely summoning a few monsters that require at least a +1 magical weapon to injure would be enough to rout the larger army. But I digress..As the Commander of the 10,000 I would split the army up into smaller, faster contingents and approach the town in a staggered manner. The men would not be wearing their armor, and would fly no standards. The first contingent to arrive would be the scouting/intelligence unit whould would quickly figure out how often the fortress gets supplies from the town and in what quantities. They would also determine the fortresse's water source although this would probably be a well. The last contigents would come in on wagons carrying all the parts and materials required for the siege engines. By this time this sudden influx of military age men would probably be found out, but I don't think the wizards would either start nuking the surrounding town, or wonder into the crowded streets. They would probably hole up.So the rest of the army arrives. By this time the scouting party that's been there has had time to poison the supplies of the fortress for a while, hopefully taking out not only some men but some wizards before it was found out. The wizards may risk consuming some of the older reserves but I would guess most perishables would be tossed out for risk of poison. Ballistae are entreched in buildings throughout the town, aimed at the fortress. The townsfolks would be under house arrest - I'm not sure of the aligment of the wizards, maybe they would ruthlessly kill off the townsfolk, but it should offer some buffer to the rain of fireballs. When everything is in place the rain of burning ballistae bolts begins. With 10,000 men, this could be kept up around the clock. Maybe the fortress can keep a major fire from breaking out for the first day, but eventually the wizards are going to get drained, and some men are going to start going down from the smoke. I'm guessing with an army that size easily 100 ballistae position could be built, spread out, with materials to build others. Any wizards that come out for offense can't be back at the castle helping with the fires so any offenses are sustained and absorbed. The siege is kept so until the inside of the fort is a smoking rubble.</blockquote>

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