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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dr. Strangemonkey" data-source="post: 2322926" data-attributes="member: 6533">Yea but France at Agincourt is pretty much the definitive example of medieval kingdom that was not working well, particularly at mobilization, so 25,000 or less is probably a good number for a kingdom similar in size to France that is in an active state of civil dissarray and foreign occupation/adventurism.  Even with their superior warcraft I think that's the only thing that saved the English from an extremely short and sharp war.And, man, I will only tentatively give you a pass on the Mongali thing because I have not yet considered the comparative benefits of magic and DnD ecology for civilized versus nomadic cultures.And yes 40,000 for a 'March' army with a similarly sized reserve near the capital would be the standard model.  In terms of population I'd say England qualifies as a large and prosperous medieval state, A, and, B, I do tend to think in terms of the demographics of far earlier periods of the middle ages.Otherwise very very good, though I am giving you a pass on the Mongali thing.  I'm pretty angry with FR about it too.  It's always irked me that everyone else gets upgraded by magic but the Mongols have to come in with nothin but flesh.  Though you're much better off given that the Mongol empire has been around for 300 years already by the time of the defeat.</blockquote>