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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Haltherrion" data-source="post: 2811123" data-attributes="member: 18253">The norse were thwarted by the native americans (Skraelings? sp?). Arguably it was disease more than technology that allowed later Europeans to dominate but even if you go for the technology theory, I would think that the Norse experience suggests that if you have more comparable ability (as determined by magic in this case), it would be a more level playing field.I think the biggest difference in the end between the different society types would be the population level each type allows. Agrarians can be much more dense, make many more of anything including casters, adventurer bands, and larger warbands (aka armies  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D"  data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> ). But with the right terrain and enough casters, I could imagine hunter-gatherers holding off agrarians, especially if the latter comes across a big sea in smallish numbers.I think you could make a good case that the HG might have more casters (at least of the druid/cleric/shaman variety) than agrarians. Might even things out a bit.</blockquote>