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11-22-2006, 11:35 PM #51
At 02:44 PM 11/22/2006, Andrew Tall wrote:
>Noted on the wolves and worgs. Don`t orogs have some sort of lizard
>as a horse equivalent?
There are giant lizards amongst them here and there in BR
products. The leap between keeping them in pens and riding them
isn`t terribly far. It is a little debatable how well a low-bodied,
strangely gaited, difficult to train mount would work in battle, but
if anyone could make it work on a regular basis it`d be orogs.
A sidenote about the cruelty of humanity versus that of other
races. Yes, human have been extraordinarly cruel in real world
history, and in comparison to the cruelty exibited by the various
races in BR humans look pretty bad. However, it should be noted that
the races of BR (including humans) have a somewhat idealized and
sanitized history. Slaughter from time to time, but not the same
level of abject horror we see in the real world on such an alarming
basis. My point is that such a comparison is essentially inapt not
because the facts are incorrect, but because in the fictionalized
world to which it is being compared things have been purposefully toned down.
Gary
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11-30-2006, 12:12 PM #52Originally Posted by Andrew Tall
Originally Posted by Andrew Tall
I agree that my use of the vikings was a rather poor example. They were in fact more merchants than barbarians, who mainly raided poorly defended settlements and monastaries close to the waterways, and often engaged in commerce. However, they were not strangers to a bit of random rape and murder. They are actually credited for at least pert of the reason for the development of the feudal system - the Saxons and Franks needed a mobile rapid deployment force to counter these warriors who appeared and dissapeared almost like ghosts.
Originally Posted by Andrew Tall
I see goblin raids and wars as one of two options; either as political and commercial raids, where the goal is to prove ones worth as a ruler while bringing back goods and slaves. Or, as population control measures, happening every other generation or so, whenever the numbers of goblins have reached a too high level for the realm. -Every once and again, these two may be compined for a Great Horde-invasion.
Your Risk-analogy is briliant.
Originally Posted by Andrew Tall
Originally Posted by geeman-Harald
Today, we were kidnapped by hill folk never to be seen again. It was the best day ever.
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