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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ajanders" data-source="post: 700858" data-attributes="member: 3271">What the Cresian Army Looks LikeUnless the Cresians have become a warlike people, likely they've followed the tradition of most countries not threatened for generations and reduced the size of their army.Likely their standing force consists of the shapechanging warriors enhanced with buffing spells that came from the Jongan culture: a combination likely to be devastatingly effective in small-scale combat.Think about: try a group of, say, first level ranger werewolves backed up with bull's strength, barkskin, and a commander 1/1 ranger/bard to inspire courage.  Four of them could drive most mundane foes off in three or four rounds, and only the fast ones would be able to evade them.  Combine bestial senses with ranger tracking and nothing could escape them unless it could fly.When and if they try to raise a militia again, it'll likely be a little harder than it was, as hunting is no longer an integral part of their society.On the plus side, they've likely developed magical enhancements to agriculture and animal husbandry: the militia may not be skilled, but they'll likely be warmly dressed in wool from their friendly Dire Sheep and well fed on Plant Growth fertilized fruits, veggies, and grains.  (That may be why people go to war against them, in fact: jealousy at their high standard of living.)As they have a close connection with nature, I am of two minds about the development of cavalry.  They will either regard animals as creatures not to be casually abused by being thrown into war or as creatures to be allied with.Essentially, expect either no cavalry or elite priestly cavalry riding really exotic and nasty animals and beasts...like pegasi, or luposphinxes.  Or awakened animals like stags or boars.I'm frankly inclined to suggest the latter option myself: some people like Rose Priests, I like Stag Knights.  There's no scientific reason: I just think it would look really cool.But if you want another culture to conflict with, may I suggest we take a page from ancient history?  I vote for a culture based on psionics where the humans are ruled by the psionic gemstone dragons out of the MMII...complete with giant psionic monoliths to store psychic power.Working out how those two duke it out should be interesting indeed.</blockquote>

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