----- Original Message ----- From: "Noah Stacy" <nstacy at cinci.rr.com> To: <dragaera at dragaera.info> Sent: Monday, November 22, 2004 9:11 AM Subject: Re: Some guesswork on archery being obsolete by the time of The Phoenix Guards > FRIEDA2133 at aol.com wrote: > >> >>My guess is one of the useful tasks an accomplished sorcerer could do in >>the Imperial Guard was an anti-arrow spell. This anti-arrow spell was >>figured out in the last Athrya reign. > Similarly, what I've been thinking as I've lurked about watching this > thread, is that the ranged attack that archers provided could be just as > easily provided by a sorcerer's corps. Not only that, but sorcerers could > almost certainly deliver more devastating firepower than just a bunch of > pointy sticks--I'm thinking here of say 100 sorcerers all casting > something along the lines of the D&D fireball spell. Of course, this leads > into the offensive/defensive sorcery arms race that's been discussed > before... > > Latakia the Lemur Why not a spell to break the bow string under tension? or a spell againsed stored energy, a little chaos goes a long way. Carl http://cparkes.actewagl.net.au/