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<blockquote data-quote="Errant" data-source="post: 2795683" data-attributes="member: 1926">Thats pretty much the way I see it too. I can easily see battlefield command groups including adepts armed with wands of Dispel Magic for counterspelling, but even allowing for Andargor's spell selections you're unlikely to have enough caster of high enough level to protect an entire army. Your fireball throwing wizards is really just highly mobile artillery and artillery has always been murder on close formations.If you're holding to traditional population spreads, wizards will chew up a lot of troops but when you're fielding tens or hundreds of thousands of troops in a big battle (not unusual by real world historical battles I think) a few hundred taken out by fireballs probably won't be the deciding factor.Plus, if I was commanding an army of thousands, my PC-type elite forces would&nbsp; not be in the main formations, they'd be the ones moving throw the lines targeting the enemy PC-type elites, with the fireball throwing types very high on the hit list.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Errant, post: 2795683, member: 1926"] Thats pretty much the way I see it too. I can easily see battlefield command groups including adepts armed with wands of Dispel Magic for counterspelling, but even allowing for Andargor's spell selections you're unlikely to have enough caster of high enough level to protect an entire army. Your fireball throwing wizards is really just highly mobile artillery and artillery has always been murder on close formations. If you're holding to traditional population spreads, wizards will chew up a lot of troops but when you're fielding tens or hundreds of thousands of troops in a big battle (not unusual by real world historical battles I think) a few hundred taken out by fireballs probably won't be the deciding factor. Plus, if I was commanding an army of thousands, my PC-type elite forces would not be in the main formations, they'd be the ones moving throw the lines targeting the enemy PC-type elites, with the fireball throwing types very high on the hit list. [/QUOTE]

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