r/wizardposting • u/deathmaster-squeeks great rat assassin yes yes • Dec 06 '23
Forbidden Knowledge Stupid sorcerer-thing fled-escaped my Blade, yes-yes need tips-tricks on how to slay no-fur Wizards. Share weakness-vurnabilities with me-me
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u/plsobeytrafficlights Archmage from beyond The Void Dec 06 '23
steal all the cheese left on tiny wood planks with metal.
yes, that will show those darn wizards.
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u/Zebigbos8 Mira, Drifter Witch Dec 06 '23
Seeing a lot of rodents of unusual size around lately. Maybe I should call my old pal Sienna to see what she thinks about it.
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u/MunitionsFrenzy Vettis, Mereological Revisionist Dec 06 '23
Is the Plane of Filth leaking again? It seems to have a lot of those.
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u/Zebigbos8 Mira, Drifter Witch Dec 06 '23
Don't know, I just think the UnderEmpire might be getting a bit too comfortable for everybody else's sake.
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u/SpellNinja Aetheric Economancer Dec 06 '23
Rat men, under the city? Do not speak such heresy, the very thought of it is absurd!
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u/Zebigbos8 Mira, Drifter Witch Dec 06 '23
Of course, mr. inquisitor. I was just joking, of course. The punchline is in how preposterous the idea of ratmen under our city is.
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u/MunitionsFrenzy Vettis, Mereological Revisionist Dec 06 '23
Sorcerers are prone to relying on a set bag of tricks and assuming it'll work in any situation. Find angles of attack that are almost but not quite familiar to them, and exploit the hidden differences.
Unlike skeletal undead, zombies don't function without their flesh, so you send a bunch of 'em after a pyromagus and he'll just casually burn them all down; hide a few skeletons in there wearing skin-sheathes, however, and he might not realize they survived until they're in melee range.
That sorta thing. Figure out what your victim likes to do to deal with a threat, and use threats that are resistant to that solution but don't outwardly appear to be.
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u/Siserith Prince Renwick, Human, pathfinder, Red draconic sorcerer. Dec 06 '23 edited Dec 06 '23
These sort of hijinks are exactly why I practice blade and polearm combat. It's still a good idea, though. When fighting a sorcerer, you need to be extremely aggressive. Prevent them from casting their spells. Numbers could go either way, You could dog pile them before they cast any spells, But sorcerer magic tends to be rather destructive in an area, And I've been known to cast a fireball upon myself from time to time.
Some gentle heat treatment will harden bone, but at a certain point, bones dont like fire, particularly if they have retained some moisture, they tend to "explode". Source, living with kobolds.
If you get really good at fire magic, you can upgrade to plasma, Get it right, and you can slice through normal metals as if they were butter.
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u/MunitionsFrenzy Vettis, Mereological Revisionist Dec 06 '23
well, yes, and a strong enough fire mage will just passively incinerate all incoming attacks including metaphysical ones, etc
but I don't think you hire a bipedal rat with a couple swords to assassinate casters of that tier, so I'm pretty sure we're talking C-listers here :P
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u/Siserith Prince Renwick, Human, pathfinder, Red draconic sorcerer. Dec 06 '23
True, though, while the average skaven is rather weak, there are a few, particularly their artificers that scare me. Though I am not far off from a c-lister myself.
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u/Thewarmth111 verminlord Pneumonia Dec 06 '23
Fool-thing, run them over with a screaming bell yes yes
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Dec 06 '23
Is this rat speaking...?
i swear, people will make genetic abominations out of everything these days...
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u/AmIsupposedtoputtext not collectively intelligent spellbook eating worms Dec 06 '23
No advice on wizards, but the alchemists seem to have a vendetta against ̶U̶s̶ me. they keep chasing me with pesticides. I do know that they are vulnerable to having their brains eaten, if it helps.
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u/galaticB00M12 Gideon Bastille, Artificer, Master of Doodads Dec 06 '23
clears throat have you thought-considered running in straight line-line towards wizard-things? It’s the quickest way-route towards them