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<blockquote data-quote="Errant" data-source="post: 2799960" data-attributes="member: 1926">Well of course there are differences. If I sounded as if I just viewed wizards as artillery that was only bad presentation. Wizards are certainly much more mobile than even modern mechanised artillery, but on average I think once you start getting large bodies of troops (read thousands of them) clashing on a battlefield those that can throw offensive spells like fireball are going to be called upon to do just that. Isn't it the goal of a battlefield commander to break or destroy the enemy battleforce? Is there a better way to demoralise and slaughter the enemy's common soldiers than deploying spellcasters (of all types) hurling deadly mystical forces around?Do you commit all your wizards (&amp; by wizards I mean any spellcaster able to wield destructive AOE spells) to fire support? No, those with other skills/spells you deploy in whatever way takes best advantage of their particular abilities. But even a wand of fireballs in the hands of an junior wizard can break an enemy charge or line of defense. Are they vulnerable and limited? Yes, but so is artillery. I think there are too many similarities in their possible effects on the battle field to discard the analogy just because they are some differences.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Errant, post: 2799960, member: 1926"] Well of course there are differences. If I sounded as if I [i]just[/i] viewed wizards as artillery that was only bad presentation. Wizards are certainly much more mobile than even modern mechanised artillery, but [i]on average[/i] I think once you start getting large bodies of troops (read thousands of them) clashing on a battlefield those that can throw offensive spells like fireball are going to be called upon to do just that. Isn't it the goal of a battlefield commander to break or destroy the enemy battleforce? Is there a better way to demoralise and slaughter the enemy's common soldiers than deploying spellcasters (of all types) hurling deadly mystical forces around? Do you commit all your wizards (& by wizards I mean any spellcaster able to wield destructive AOE spells) to fire support? No, those with other skills/spells you deploy in whatever way takes best advantage of their particular abilities. But even a wand of fireballs in the hands of an junior wizard can break an enemy charge or line of defense. Are they vulnerable and limited? Yes, but so is artillery. I think there are too many similarities in their possible effects on the battle field to discard the analogy just because they are some differences. [/QUOTE]

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