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Message: <blockquote data-quote="sword-dancer" data-source="post: 187858" data-attributes="member: 1491">Hello SHARKInteresting as usualPoint to the timelineIf you go to the 3000-4000BC i think this early BA IIRC.I would say/ druidic/shamanic magic, maybe uncut and uncontrolled but powerful, not necessry level related.Think on rituals with the spirits of thel, plants animals.Like Father Oak, The Wolf, the maiden of the well, nymphs etc.Small godessess , spirits could be the representatves of the great mother in her three forms, or the consort or such.The shamans would negotiate with the spirits holding rituals, guiding the spiritual needs of their people and such.And the powers of the spirits could be great, if a few 1 st lev Shamans/druids made an plea to help to the river lord to drown the invading army, which magic-user  could hope to stop with magic the great river drowning thousands.Mabe the shamans must make a great sacrifice maybe the kife of a few of them. More to not misuse this power.Or the spirit of the forest or such.The political organisation would be mostly small communuities tribes clans, great families, in an greater group of culture and faith, with the high druid or such who would appoint a leader in time of danger as war and immigration.The druids/shamans of such a greater communitie would gather regularly for council and rituals and sacrifices.The old sacred customs will guide this people.Two handed weapons will be a raritiy.delete blacksmith and mining on the skilltable, a smith would hold with awe in the community(Fear/respect) posibilly the smith would also be the adept of the communitie.Specialist Artisans would be a rarity smiths, and a few others.Mostly someone in the community would be a farmer/herder and also an artisan of something carpenter, barrelmaker, fletcher, waggonmaker.Cloth and shoes would be most likely produced in every household great family, the spinwheel would be in every household. Forest dwellers wouldn`t use much horseman it would be a rarity.EquipmentGreataxes wouldn`t be used by many the main weapon would be spear and shield(a necessity), the heaviest armor the chain shirt, a scarity.It gives a tactic by the housecarl, varangian guard to use a great or waraxe twohanded by one man backed up with spearman, The axewielder would open the line and the spearman follow up and defend him.Later time Germanic tribesThe longsword could be a wepon of the nobility and the rich(mostly the same) and their chosen henchmen.Those who had many thralls and could work more fields.Their priests could bless their weapons against foreign foes to do more damage or be poisoned.</blockquote>

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