Just one last thing . . .

[Asinjin]

As the Barbarian leaders make their presence known, Rubius takes the opportunity to pepper them with arrows.

Asinjin joins Rubius and targets the same leader with arrows.

[whitesword]

Asinjin joins Rubius and targets the same leader with arrows.

Rubius kills three leaders in his first two rounds. Asinjin finishes another off.

[Asinjin]

Next tactic to slow them down, mess them up.  Asinjin is going to create 3600 square feet of dolorous motes in front of the gate, leading up to it.  This is when the first group gets close.

there are 36 motes, so everyone is going to have to make a bunch of saves.  I understand that the anti magic is going to shield them, but they are not all covered, and fewer now that some groups are spread out.  Every time one enters, it will fail its save and stop.  It will snap out of it when a anti magic hits, but that won't be enough time for it to move and get out before it is re-effected, at least in some cases.  The running fields pass over in less than a round.

It should create a log jam that slows them notably.  Also, it will eventually weed some out in the motes after all the fields pass.

[whitesword]

Next tactic to slow them down, mess them up.  Asinjin is going to create 3600 square feet of dolorous motes in front of the gate, leading up to it.  This is when the first group gets close.

there are 36 motes, so everyone is going to have to make a bunch of saves.  I understand that the anti magic is going to shield them, but they are not all covered, and fewer now that some groups are spread out.  Every time one enters, it will fail its save and stop.  It will snap out of it when a anti magic hits, but that won't be enough time for it to move and get out before it is re-effected, at least in some cases.  The running fields pass over in less than a round.

It should create a log jam that slows them notably.  Also, it will eventually weed some out in the motes after all the fields pass.

I’m having trouble picturing how that looks. The gate is 30’ wide and the army is advancing south parallel to the city wall. Do you have them in a line like a wall perpendicular to the city wall? Or in a line  in front of the opening like a gate?

[Asinjin]

Asinjin has another idea, as they are likely nearly at the wall, the icefian soldiers at this point.  He thinks to Ari, who needs to ask the king:

~would you like a blizzard?~

[Asinjin]

I’m having trouble picturing how that looks. The gate is 30’ wide and the army is advancing south parallel to the city wall. Do you have them in a line like a wall perpendicular to the city wall? Or in a line  in front of the opening like a gate?

A 60 x 60 box in front of the open gate.

[whitesword]

Asinjin has another idea, as they are likely nearly at the wall, the icefian soldiers at this point.  He thinks to Ari, who needs to ask the king:

~would you like a blizzard?~

The response you get is no- the Snowserpent thrive in snow storms. It will hamper us more than it does them.

[whitesword]

A 60 x 60 box in front of the open gate.

The motes are not as effective as you’d hope against the barbarians. As they approach the opening they form into a column (so that they can pass through the gate).  It exposes them to more fire from the city’s defenses, but as the column is only five or six men across almost the entire column is in the anti magic shells. Those that fall are simply trampled to death by their fellows.

How long to the motes last?

[Asinjin]

The motes are not as effective as you’d hope against the barbarians. As they approach the opening they form into a column (so that they can pass through the gate).  It exposes them to more fire from the city’s defenses, but as the column is only five or six men across almost the entire column is in the anti magic shells. Those that fall are simply trampled to death by their fellows.

How long to the motes last?

18 rounds

[Asinjin]

The response you get is no- the Snowserpent thrive in snow storms. It will hamper us more than it does them.

What about the wugs?  Won't it incapacitate all of them?

[Asinjin]

The motes are not as effective as you’d hope against the barbarians. As they approach the opening they form into a column (so that they can pass through the gate).  It exposes them to more fire from the city’s defenses, but as the column is only five or six men across almost the entire column is in the anti magic shells. Those that fall are simply trampled to death by their fellows.

How long to the motes last?

Benlin Cometfalls the first group to get to the gate edge, that creates another field of difficult terrain right at the gate as well as killing whoever leads the charge.

[whitesword]

What about the wugs?  Won't it incapacitate all of them?

You’re probably asking the wrong person that question.

[Asinjin]

Once the first hundred or so barbarians gets through, Asinjin puts up a wall of stone (read from scroll) forty feet long, ten feet high and four inches thick.  Anchored on either side against the existing wall (since the gate opening was 30 feet, that should be five feet on each side.

[Asinjin]

You’re probably asking the wrong person that question.

Ari, you tell me if you want the Blizzard to cover the area (3600 foot radius).  It will basically bring the battle to a halt as you can't see and a foot of snow drops each round for 18 rounds.  Wugs would take 1d6 subdual each round.

Note that like control weather, this is not subject to anti magic.

[Asinjin]

Benlin Cometfalls the first group to get to the gate edge, that creates another field of difficult terrain right at the gate as well as killing whoever leads the charge.

Also note, that the lantern archons are floating 30 feet above the gate and begin blasting away as soon as the barbarians arrive.  That's a total of 60 +2 ranged touch attacks dealing 1d6 each.    They are extraordinary attacks, so anti magic doesn't help.  Likely 30 hit each round because they are touch attacks, so 30d6 damage to barbarians.  Should knock out a few each round.

Once the wall is up, they find and swarm those that got inside.