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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kweezil" data-source="post: 882607" data-attributes="member: 681">It's still a smaller* and more highly-trained force than the immense armies of, say, the Napoleonic era, or the archetypal fantasy medieval army with its feudal levies.  *per head of available populationBut it has cut their numbers down and changed the dynamics of warfare. Magic does the same to the D&D battlefield.Dispel/counterspell isn't automatic and requires that you see the other caster, ie. be within 120ft and have an active see invisibility, given the most common caster defences. What about the other casters? What about magic items? What about non-human creatures? There are counters for every plan, but this all changes the dynamics of battle and with all the high-damage magic and abilities that could be flying around, the average War1 is a dead man walking. I didn't mean that all D&D armies are special forces, but that they're more like modern infantry - better trained (War1 for recruits, War2-3 for regulars who've seen some action, War4+ for NCOs and vets), better equipped, more mobile (smaller unit size), more flexible and more survivable (unit cleric with a wand of CLW).</blockquote>