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A kingdon without magic can survive in a war against a magical one?
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<blockquote data-quote="Utrecht" data-source="post: 149164" data-attributes="member: 1411"><p>Absolutely - wars between nations-states are fundamentally about the staying power of those nations. Typically the one that ends up winning the war is the one that is best able to fund the war.</p><p></p><p>That being said, it is important to understand that magic is simply another resource - like steel, horses, etc. - and all resources cost money to support/apply. Further, (IMO) Magic tends to be a very costly resource to apply - making it a powerful, but limited capability. Thus, you as a nation need to ask your self - do I spent my populances taxes on creating a battalion of Infantry or 2-3 wizards.</p><p></p><p>Some examples that could give the humans an overwhelming advantage over the elves. </p><p></p><p>- Central Control of Militaty - basicaly a General Staff - where as the Elves are a loose colection of Lords reporting to a Kings.</p><p></p><p>- Larger Merchant Class - This allows the Leaders of the Humans the ability to borrow a larger amount of money to fund thier war than the elves can draw on</p><p></p><p>- Larger Population - Obviously if both side take 10-15% of thier population out of the economy to fight - both economies will take a roughly similar hit, but the Humans army would be comparatively higher.</p><p></p><p>- Resorces allocated to mundance military purposes (the armies are equiped in leather rather than padded as would be normal)</p><p></p><p>- Enhanced Automation of agrarian activities (Allowing for more than 10-15% of the population to be called to arms)</p><p></p><p>- geographic positioning</p><p></p><p>- quality of Leaders</p><p></p><p>- Access to Mercenaries (again since the humans are not spending money developing magic, they have money to spend on other items - all things being equal)</p><p></p><p>Throughout Human history (so in a fantasy setting YMMV) technologicaly advanced (or by extension magically enhanced) nations do not always win the war. The country best able to fund and "out-last" thier opponents win the war.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Utrecht, post: 149164, member: 1411"] Absolutely - wars between nations-states are fundamentally about the staying power of those nations. Typically the one that ends up winning the war is the one that is best able to fund the war. That being said, it is important to understand that magic is simply another resource - like steel, horses, etc. - and all resources cost money to support/apply. Further, (IMO) Magic tends to be a very costly resource to apply - making it a powerful, but limited capability. Thus, you as a nation need to ask your self - do I spent my populances taxes on creating a battalion of Infantry or 2-3 wizards. Some examples that could give the humans an overwhelming advantage over the elves. - Central Control of Militaty - basicaly a General Staff - where as the Elves are a loose colection of Lords reporting to a Kings. - Larger Merchant Class - This allows the Leaders of the Humans the ability to borrow a larger amount of money to fund thier war than the elves can draw on - Larger Population - Obviously if both side take 10-15% of thier population out of the economy to fight - both economies will take a roughly similar hit, but the Humans army would be comparatively higher. - Resorces allocated to mundance military purposes (the armies are equiped in leather rather than padded as would be normal) - Enhanced Automation of agrarian activities (Allowing for more than 10-15% of the population to be called to arms) - geographic positioning - quality of Leaders - Access to Mercenaries (again since the humans are not spending money developing magic, they have money to spend on other items - all things being equal) Throughout Human history (so in a fantasy setting YMMV) technologicaly advanced (or by extension magically enhanced) nations do not always win the war. The country best able to fund and "out-last" thier opponents win the war. [/QUOTE]
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