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<blockquote data-quote="Ixal" data-source="post: 8436230" data-attributes="member: 7030132"><p>Its ok if you do not want this scenario in your game. But saying "humans will invent something" can be countered with "dragons will invent something".</p><p>It all depends on the technology available and before the invention of gunpowder aerial defence would be quite hard, simply because of the strength required to shoot upwards, coupled with how inefficient farming is and the lack of mobility and communication for humans.</p><p>To protect crops you would essentially need greenhouses which in turn would require high quality glass in large quantities which simply would not be available. Likewise putting a ballista every 200 feet and manning them day and night would not be feasible either because of the space needed for farming. We are talking miles upon miles of farmland to support a single city.</p><p>Having underground crops like carrots and potatoes might minimize the damage from fire as might water crops like rice, but in a typical European diet wheat will be one of the main crops and is very vulnerable to fire, same with corn.</p><p></p><p>No idea how you get the idea that flying higher than the range of ballistas (at best 300ft, probably even less) will be a problem for the "typical" dragon. Not to mention that there are ways to cause fires without swooping down like dropping heated rocks on the field and houses.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ixal, post: 8436230, member: 7030132"] Its ok if you do not want this scenario in your game. But saying "humans will invent something" can be countered with "dragons will invent something". It all depends on the technology available and before the invention of gunpowder aerial defence would be quite hard, simply because of the strength required to shoot upwards, coupled with how inefficient farming is and the lack of mobility and communication for humans. To protect crops you would essentially need greenhouses which in turn would require high quality glass in large quantities which simply would not be available. Likewise putting a ballista every 200 feet and manning them day and night would not be feasible either because of the space needed for farming. We are talking miles upon miles of farmland to support a single city. Having underground crops like carrots and potatoes might minimize the damage from fire as might water crops like rice, but in a typical European diet wheat will be one of the main crops and is very vulnerable to fire, same with corn. No idea how you get the idea that flying higher than the range of ballistas (at best 300ft, probably even less) will be a problem for the "typical" dragon. Not to mention that there are ways to cause fires without swooping down like dropping heated rocks on the field and houses. [/QUOTE]
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