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<blockquote data-quote="Imperialus" data-source="post: 5320080" data-attributes="member: 893"><p>Good point on dropping the "Come up with a reason" part. I think I'll do just that.</p><p></p><p>A few more elvin weapons are on the to do list. The elves aren't a huge influance on the campaign, it's still largely human centric but a forest with a number of elvin clans in it is all that separates Normark (where the PC's will be starting) from the Hobgoblin empire of Gral-Shirath so they will be early allies. Also swapping out the longsword bonus makes a lot of sense.</p><p></p><p>Stirrups do exist, but like the coat of plates they are a relatively recent invention largely imported from the south where the terrain is better suited to cavalry anyhow. Also complicating things is the fact that the quality of horseflesh hasn't caught up to the level that D&D assumes it is at. Heavy Warhorses are unheard of, and most cavalry rides on lighter mounts serving as skirmishers and running down routed foes. The light lance is becoming fairly common, but the medium lance is something of an oddity in the north, thusfar only being seen in the retinues a few noblemen who have traveled from the south to aid the northern kingdoms in their war and a heavy lance is probably still more than a century away.</p><p></p><p>Part of the backstory for the campaign is that the human nations were caught off guard by the appearance, and then expansion of a whole mess of hobgoblins who were driven across the mountains to the north. As such military technology, which had remained fairly static for several centuries suddenly underwent a revolution in response to the new threat but it means that many technological advances haven't yet been fully realized.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Imperialus, post: 5320080, member: 893"] Good point on dropping the "Come up with a reason" part. I think I'll do just that. A few more elvin weapons are on the to do list. The elves aren't a huge influance on the campaign, it's still largely human centric but a forest with a number of elvin clans in it is all that separates Normark (where the PC's will be starting) from the Hobgoblin empire of Gral-Shirath so they will be early allies. Also swapping out the longsword bonus makes a lot of sense. Stirrups do exist, but like the coat of plates they are a relatively recent invention largely imported from the south where the terrain is better suited to cavalry anyhow. Also complicating things is the fact that the quality of horseflesh hasn't caught up to the level that D&D assumes it is at. Heavy Warhorses are unheard of, and most cavalry rides on lighter mounts serving as skirmishers and running down routed foes. The light lance is becoming fairly common, but the medium lance is something of an oddity in the north, thusfar only being seen in the retinues a few noblemen who have traveled from the south to aid the northern kingdoms in their war and a heavy lance is probably still more than a century away. Part of the backstory for the campaign is that the human nations were caught off guard by the appearance, and then expansion of a whole mess of hobgoblins who were driven across the mountains to the north. As such military technology, which had remained fairly static for several centuries suddenly underwent a revolution in response to the new threat but it means that many technological advances haven't yet been fully realized. [/QUOTE]
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