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What if the Roman Empire conquered the Forgotten Realms?
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<blockquote data-quote="Thomas Bowman" data-source="post: 7493533" data-attributes="member: 6925649"><p>No they couldn't, and Faerun is a much larger continent that Europe, I don't think the Romans could conquer all of it, the only thing that gives them a chance is the Time of Troubles where the gods are cast down and walk the Earth. I think the Roman Gods instead of being cast down are brought into being by the worship of the Roman soldiers in the legions, some of those soldiers worship other gods as well such as Thor and Odin, if they've been recruiting some barbarians. In doesn't really matter of the Roman legions achieve great victories, as far as the Roman Gods are concerned, this invasion is their chance to make inroads, initially they'll be on the side of the Roman Legions, but as time advances they will increasingly pick up worshippers from the natives of Faerun, they are in competition with the Faerunian dieties. So even if the Roman legions are defeated, they will still be there, and that is what's most important for the Roman gods, other than that a few victories would help their cause, it would help them recruit more worshippers. I think the Roman generals are smart enough to attack the weak points first. Because there is magical chaos going on at this time, this reduces the effectiveness of the wizards and clerics arrayed against them. The Faerunian Deities are walking on the Prime Material Plane, and the Roman gods have their avatars as well, they haven't yet accumulated enough power on their own to rise up to the Outer planes yet, so in this situation they are roughly on equal terms.</p><p></p><p>The idea is to make it interesting. The Romans would take the first towns and villages by surprise and use their superior numbers to overcome the knights mounted on horses, and the archers with longbows and crossbows. They will probably capture some weaponsmiths who are capable of making more of these weapons. I think the Romans will start out slow, they will take a few towns and stop, while they try to gather intelligence on their immediate surrounding area. As you know they Sword Coast is a bunch of city states, Waterdeep being one. The Romans probably would not like the Orcs much, and would probably send their legions after them, and maybe win some support from the various towns and villages threatened by them. The Romans would then have to learn how to use the new weapons they captured and adapt tactics for them, the only question is how much the other powers are going to feel threatened by them and how quickly they will mount a counter attack.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Thomas Bowman, post: 7493533, member: 6925649"] No they couldn't, and Faerun is a much larger continent that Europe, I don't think the Romans could conquer all of it, the only thing that gives them a chance is the Time of Troubles where the gods are cast down and walk the Earth. I think the Roman Gods instead of being cast down are brought into being by the worship of the Roman soldiers in the legions, some of those soldiers worship other gods as well such as Thor and Odin, if they've been recruiting some barbarians. In doesn't really matter of the Roman legions achieve great victories, as far as the Roman Gods are concerned, this invasion is their chance to make inroads, initially they'll be on the side of the Roman Legions, but as time advances they will increasingly pick up worshippers from the natives of Faerun, they are in competition with the Faerunian dieties. So even if the Roman legions are defeated, they will still be there, and that is what's most important for the Roman gods, other than that a few victories would help their cause, it would help them recruit more worshippers. I think the Roman generals are smart enough to attack the weak points first. Because there is magical chaos going on at this time, this reduces the effectiveness of the wizards and clerics arrayed against them. The Faerunian Deities are walking on the Prime Material Plane, and the Roman gods have their avatars as well, they haven't yet accumulated enough power on their own to rise up to the Outer planes yet, so in this situation they are roughly on equal terms. The idea is to make it interesting. The Romans would take the first towns and villages by surprise and use their superior numbers to overcome the knights mounted on horses, and the archers with longbows and crossbows. They will probably capture some weaponsmiths who are capable of making more of these weapons. I think the Romans will start out slow, they will take a few towns and stop, while they try to gather intelligence on their immediate surrounding area. As you know they Sword Coast is a bunch of city states, Waterdeep being one. The Romans probably would not like the Orcs much, and would probably send their legions after them, and maybe win some support from the various towns and villages threatened by them. The Romans would then have to learn how to use the new weapons they captured and adapt tactics for them, the only question is how much the other powers are going to feel threatened by them and how quickly they will mount a counter attack. [/QUOTE]
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