- This is a typical D&D-style fantasy world,pretty like world of Toril————and their spellcaster powerful like 3E era.
- a Magocracy society. various powerful mages constitute the various rulers,regardless what title they had. they are also the vital core force in war———their primary combat methods are similar to modern special forces(or,the Adventure parties), utilizing decapitation tactics to eliminate powerful enemy being, or using divination spells to assist in making strategic and tactical decision.
-Their regular army possesses technology comparable to that of 17th-18th century Earth. they have Tercio regiments, arquebuses, muskets and black powder cannons—much like the Empire in Warhammer Fantasy. however, they are commanded by a group of powerful mage-commanders who wield incredible magical powers: teleportation, invisibility, the ability to launch fireballs to destroy hordes of enemies, control and detect the people's mind, and the ability to foresee the future.
-Due to cost issues, the vast majority of those mundane troops do not have any magical equipment, and they are expected to be able to deal with a variety of different enemies: orcs, goblins, undead hordes (usually zombies and skeletons), sometime huge dragons(heavy armored fly unit that can breath fire,acid or electric and cast powerful spell), and even devil/demons from hell/abyss (of course, they must be weak, low-level devil/demons).
-about their form of war,in my imagine:
the commanders,those high-rank mage-lords formed main battle forces, operating independently from their weaker/mundane troops. these forces typically consisted of a small group of powerful high-level mages who used teleportation or flight to carry out decapitation strikes, attempting to eliminate the enemy's mage-lords or similar powerful entities.
Weaker mage nobles, unable to use teleportation or flight for battlefield maneuver, they usually commanded golems and hordes of undead (because undead were much cheaper than golems) to fight similar weaker but numberous enemy units. in battle, they would summon various creatures to fight and unleash AOE attack such as Fireball and cloudkill to destroy enemy units while also protect their mundane troops from enemy AOE attack.
The mundane troops composed of ordinary commoners,although still pretty specialized, primarily focused on long-range fire support and logistics. they were mainly artillery and arquebusiers, while also responsible for transporting various supplies. when the enemy approached, they were more inclined to flee than fight until death(it was also common for their mage commanders to use enchantment school spells to keep their morale high and fight to the very end.). they were absolutely necessaries but still played a supporting role.
NOTE:Many people would cite Warhammer Fantasy as an example, but given the diversity of enemies they would face, I suspect their organization and tactics would be quite different from those on Earth (for example, enemy mages could unleash fireballs, and dragons could breathe fire that could instantly destroy any densely packed formation of mundane soldiers).
- a Magocracy society. various powerful mages constitute the various rulers,regardless what title they had. they are also the vital core force in war———their primary combat methods are similar to modern special forces(or,the Adventure parties), utilizing decapitation tactics to eliminate powerful enemy being, or using divination spells to assist in making strategic and tactical decision.
-Their regular army possesses technology comparable to that of 17th-18th century Earth. they have Tercio regiments, arquebuses, muskets and black powder cannons—much like the Empire in Warhammer Fantasy. however, they are commanded by a group of powerful mage-commanders who wield incredible magical powers: teleportation, invisibility, the ability to launch fireballs to destroy hordes of enemies, control and detect the people's mind, and the ability to foresee the future.
-Due to cost issues, the vast majority of those mundane troops do not have any magical equipment, and they are expected to be able to deal with a variety of different enemies: orcs, goblins, undead hordes (usually zombies and skeletons), sometime huge dragons(heavy armored fly unit that can breath fire,acid or electric and cast powerful spell), and even devil/demons from hell/abyss (of course, they must be weak, low-level devil/demons).
-about their form of war,in my imagine:
the commanders,those high-rank mage-lords formed main battle forces, operating independently from their weaker/mundane troops. these forces typically consisted of a small group of powerful high-level mages who used teleportation or flight to carry out decapitation strikes, attempting to eliminate the enemy's mage-lords or similar powerful entities.
Weaker mage nobles, unable to use teleportation or flight for battlefield maneuver, they usually commanded golems and hordes of undead (because undead were much cheaper than golems) to fight similar weaker but numberous enemy units. in battle, they would summon various creatures to fight and unleash AOE attack such as Fireball and cloudkill to destroy enemy units while also protect their mundane troops from enemy AOE attack.
The mundane troops composed of ordinary commoners,although still pretty specialized, primarily focused on long-range fire support and logistics. they were mainly artillery and arquebusiers, while also responsible for transporting various supplies. when the enemy approached, they were more inclined to flee than fight until death(it was also common for their mage commanders to use enchantment school spells to keep their morale high and fight to the very end.). they were absolutely necessaries but still played a supporting role.
NOTE:Many people would cite Warhammer Fantasy as an example, but given the diversity of enemies they would face, I suspect their organization and tactics would be quite different from those on Earth (for example, enemy mages could unleash fireballs, and dragons could breathe fire that could instantly destroy any densely packed formation of mundane soldiers).
