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<blockquote data-quote="JohnRTroy" data-source="post: 1098098" data-attributes="member: 2732">The key thing is &quot;elite&quot;.&nbsp; High Level Clerics should be rare.&nbsp; While they might be involved in major battles, it is also likely that such major battles would have guys on the other side, and thus they would probably cancel each other out.Cleric and Mages, along with rare creatures like beholders and dragons, are like high-powered archers--well trained, but they don't cause enough changes that would invalidate a castle.&nbsp; Same with the creatures.&nbsp; You might see more advanced construction of castles to take this into account--to protect from air raids nets and hooks are used to entangle flying creatures.&nbsp; (This was all touched upon briefly in Living Fantasy by Gary Gygax).Technically a safe can be cracked with Dynamite--doesn't mean all safes are invalid.&nbsp; It's only when the protections don't provide enough protection anymore should something else be tried.&nbsp; In our world, gunpowder and canonballs pretty much removed the castle from pratical implementation--remember that guns were used by commoners with little traning.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="JohnRTroy, post: 1098098, member: 2732"] The key thing is "elite". High Level Clerics should be rare. While they might be involved in major battles, it is also likely that such major battles would have guys on the other side, and thus they would probably cancel each other out. Cleric and Mages, along with rare creatures like beholders and dragons, are like high-powered archers--well trained, but they don't cause enough changes that would invalidate a castle. Same with the creatures. You might see more advanced construction of castles to take this into account--to protect from air raids nets and hooks are used to entangle flying creatures. (This was all touched upon briefly in Living Fantasy by Gary Gygax). Technically a safe can be cracked with Dynamite--doesn't mean all safes are invalid. It's only when the protections don't provide enough protection anymore should something else be tried. In our world, gunpowder and canonballs pretty much removed the castle from pratical implementation--remember that guns were used by commoners with little traning. [/QUOTE]

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