Would CASTLES be useful against Magic and Dragons? FANTASY RE-ARMED

Of course castles are useful against enemy wizards and dragons. If you're a powerful archmage, you can throw castles at them.

how skyrim was made: "hey remember oblivion?" "AHAH, BUT WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS?"

"Line of sight teleportation" I imagined a guy launching himself into the air with a catapult, looking into the castle and then teleporting everyone inside :D

What about stone-shaping magic that radically reduces the cost and construction time of a castle? :)

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"Would CASTLES be useful against magic and dragons?" Me: Well, I'm sure it's better than having no castle at all.

Dragons would actually be a perfect reason why fantasy castles would have so damn many towers, and why those towers would be so tall. In fact, there are fantasy castles that seem to be nothing but a whole bunch of towers all shoved together! But this is actually a perfect defense against dragons! Each of those towers could have its own ballista!

Having nuke tier weapons does not necessarily make fortifications useless because regular weapons still exist and fortifications still work against regular forces. It's like the argument that walls don't work because ladders exist. The wall still works. That's why you need the ladder.

"Dragons happened" -Tywin Lannister(Game of Thrones)

I actually designed a castle that was designed "as if dragons existed" that attempted to repel them. Should I model it and send it to shad and would he consider reviewing it? Edit: After years of comments and none being made I have started remaking it to submit. It will have as much detail as possible and will take a month or two from now to finish! It the least I can do.

Simple strategy to castle design to dragon proof. Make it a castle IN THE SKY. And make it higher than dragons can go. International Space Castle. Also high enough and there will be little oxygen for dragon fire to work with.

"Do you think I look fat in that dress?" "hmmm .... What about Dragons?"

"This is my mothers funeral!" "AHA BUT WHAT ABOUT DRAGONS?!"

6:10 On the other hand, bigger creatures means you have creatures with much greater lifting strength, so if you put them to work actually building the castle you could make the walls out of much larger and heavier stones, thus have thicker and larger walls than what a human could build without the aid of heavy machinery.

Castles are still useful in separating the Dragon/Wizard from mundane support They force the commitment of special assets.

Is this where the famous, “But what about dragons?!” argument originated?

and thus a meme is born You've seen Lloyd's "because [people] had BRENs" You've seen Skall's pommel throws And now... shad's "AHA, but what about dragons?"

you are correct, it totally depends of the specific lore as to how effective castles are against magic and dragons, however I think that castles would still be of use seeing as how in most scenarios armies of solders are still the norm, magic and monsters are not always the attackers, and when they are they are often augmented by solders, and though you would need a secondary defence against them, the castle can still serve its original purpose. also there is the morale boost that defenders gain and enemy's loose, a large stone wall is daunting even if you can summon a fire tornado.

Do not underestimate human ingenuity. If dragon's and magic existed castles would be designed to compensate.

"This is Star Wars!" "Ah, but what about dragons?!" "We're not on Tatooine, Shad. It'll be okay."