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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Derren" data-source="post: 6248948" data-attributes="member: 2518">This scenario doesn't make sense.A small city of thousand adults is not going to stop a army numbering in the 10.000. Even the idea to actually try it when they could pay tribute is idiotic. Its not as if they are even prepared for combat as otherwise they would already have arrows.Speaking of arrows, who is going to use them? The untrained villagers? But I guess some are trained in archery as otherwise they would have no one to even craft the arrows (its not as simple as you think). Getting the feathers is also rather easy compared to getting the wood and making it into arrows and also getting the arrowheads (as you are fighting soldiers in armor, pointy wood doesn't cut it).As for the fight itself there are two possible outcomes.1. The enemy army also has high level characters and it will come down to a duel between you and them while the rest of the army slaughters the town2. The enemy has no high level characters and your group can destroy the army alone without the help of the town.Because in a straight up fight, the town will lose, no matter if it has arrows or not. You do not win a 1:10 fight with untrained villagers. And even if you manage to drive them off, what then? They reform and come back in some months or next year. Are you willing to permanently stay as protector of the village? And if not, what do the villagers think the army will do to them the next time?As for the suggestions above, they only work when the enemy has absolutely no idea what magic is and when they put their most important and vulnerable assets on the outskirts of their camp or are just very stupid (letting a unknown, wandering priest into their camp in a world where priests are often powerful spellcasters...). Squirrel or not, you will not penetrate deep into a camp of 10.000 to wake up some spellcasters (don't forget, just because you are a squirrel doesn't remove verbal and somatic components from spells. And a squirrel squaking incantations and making arcane/divine gestures with its arms is very noticeable). Even invisibility will not let you wander into the middle of the camp because enough people will notice that someone is there.</blockquote>

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