SC's vs Thugs

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Boron said:
There are some exeptions. Illithids can luck e.g. with their paralyze mind blow, Jotuns can also be lucky and kill a SC.
Then there are some troops with alternative attacks, like web+poison from the machaka spiders.
Ulm arlabests can also luck, pythium hydras maybe too.

I was wondering when someone would mention those exceptions. I hadn't thought of Machaka's spiders, though, nor about national troops with magic weapons and high attack. Nice catch.
However, I do disagree on the point of the hydras. And a true SC should always have either the protection or the Air Shield to survive an army of unenchanted crossbowmen, even on a bad day.

As for the 100 black knights, most SCs would have some combination of fear, Breath of Winter, Soul Vortex, etherealness, Mirror Image, Mistform etc to survive melee combat with a few of them, and chase or kill off the rest before they can use their lances.

Still, "most SCs" is not "all SCs", and I'm willing to grant that a few of the combat monsters I'd term "SCs" would still be taken down by large amounts of higher-end national troops, unless specially kitted to counter knights/jotuns/spiders/whatever. Point taken.