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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Trickstergod" data-source="post: 1852668" data-attributes="member: 10825">Idle "stuff."First off, the king won't necessarily be able to eradicate the orc hordes. The idea of a national army that readily obeys the king isn't one that will necessarily hold up. Chances are, the kings army is only as powerful as his barons or what have you, at least in a feudal system. Which is likely the case with hobgoblins, who aren't likely to be too involved in trade (nor to have extensive enough use of magic to get around some of the troubles that plagued our own middle ages - such as an ability to swiftly communicate with various lords and the like). Thus, the king will have to politic amongst all his vassals in order to get them to raise up an army, which can be a risky endeavor and won't necessarily be successful. Furthermore, there are plenty of cases of orc/barbarian hordes sweeping in and decimating civilized societies. The fall of Rome. The sweeping in of the Norse through Europe. The idea of a well-oiled machine for societies like hobgoblins or kings or what have you doesn't really hold up. Chances are, the various lords have quite a good deal of difficulty in taking care of the various agreements, contracts and so forth with their underlings, while also being careful to avoid some rival in their own kingdom from using this as an opportunity to accumulate more power. Sure, once the king or hobgoblin or whatever has their armies assembled, they may be the best on the battlefield due to greater understanding of tactics, but organizing that army in the first place is no easy thing. By the time it happens, all the army may be able to do is beat the orcs or what have you back but lack the ability to pursue them due to the damage already inflicted during the organizational period.</blockquote>

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