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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oofta" data-source="post: 7237780" data-attributes="member: 6801845">Why are the orcs charging directly into the line of fire?  There are a lot of ways to kill a spellcaster.  The top 10 off the top of my head?<ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Spread out and approach from all sides</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Send in the goblins to take the brunt of the attacks, have the rest charge in the second (or third or fourth) round.  If the caster sets up something like a wall of fire, just wait them out</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Use ranged attacks</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Have one orc firing an arrow - as soon as he's done he drops prone and a second orc covers them both with a heavy tarp providing cover</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Have them carry over-sized shields as they approach, when they see the caster wiggling their fingers, they drop to the ground and hide under the shield (similar to the last one but with a move and readied action)</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Dig tunnels</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Siege engines.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Orcish tanks, something like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonardo%27s_fighting_vehicle" target="_blank">this</a>.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Snipe and harass, never letting them sleep.  </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Cause a cave-in to trap them (indirect attack)</li> </ol>Ultimately the goal is to not face the wizard head on in an open battlefield.  Much like it was semi-suicidal to charge into machine gun fire, letting a wizard fireball more than a handful of orcs is not good strategy.</blockquote>

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