Blood of the Fold Navy

[Tyndmyr]

To those of you who have read the Sword of Truth series...one of my campaigns went wildly off the rails due to too many of us reading it. Now, we have a greyhawk like setting dealing with a Blood of the Fold style army invasion. We'll almost certainly lose and need to rely on gurrilla warfare. Round robin DMing, and my turns coming up...

Anyhow, I need to figure out how a navy would work in a magical world by people who are sworn not to use magic(very few exceptions exist). Numbers are not a problem. They're happily willing to sacrifice waves of bodies to acheive their goal.

Now, it's a bit easier with melee types, since mage slayer and stuff provide ways to take out mages once positioning is acheived, and numbers help with that...but ships...dunno. Any thoughts are welcome.

[arguskos]

Clever use of ballistas and mounted weapons seems called for here. I mean, put a Fighter with Mage-Slayer and a net into a catapult. Have him throw the net and stab someone as he lands on them. Ta-da! Anti-mage catapult on a boat, sans magic.

Use grapeshot catapults against flying targets. Launch flaming attacks against opposing boats. Employ a band of guerrilla warriors who dive off your boat and hack into theirs under the waterline. Lots of fun stuff you can do with naval combat.