>From: Bryan Maloney <bjm10_at_cornell.edu>
>
>Would it be unreasonable to posit a combination of Stygian and "Saint"
>style worship somewhere in the Lunar Empire?
If you haven't seen them already, Nick Brooke's extensive Malkionism pages
have the House Zemady campaign detailed, and their sect is a Lunarized
Malkionism.
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>>Certainly I can't think of a Gloranthan reference to archers winning a
>>battle (such as Agincourt), but I'd be surprised if Dara Happa doesn't
>>field some archers.
I think one has to note that meterologically, England and northern France
(the only places where archers DOMINATED) are pretty darn calm. It makes a
*huge* difference if you are shooting in a prevailing 1-2 mph wind vs 10mph
winds. Japan, India, etc all had very significant archer forces, but I
don't really think they commanded quite the position the "Longbowmen" did,
but this too might be simple historio-cultural blinders.
I think this is worth considering.
In Glorantha, Genertela is subject to pretty high average winds for most of
the year (except really only earth season, when people are busy bringing in
crops!). Now in this context, one might think that societies that live
entirely in sheltered areas (say, for example forests....like the
Aldryami...logical connection there...) or perhaps Fonrit (where the winds
are pretty moderate most of the spring) might have developed strong
bow-using forces.
The fact is that the calmest part of Glorantha during "war season" (Fire)
is east of Magasta's pool.
That said, I would also suggest that would be an explanation for large
complements of slingers in Genertelan armies (better in wind),
short-missile troops (short ranges are less affected by wind) and
crossbowmen where technologically possible (Loskalm? Safelster?).
>RPGs rules were generally extensions to skirmish game rules when they
>came out. A lot of Wargamers liked identifying with the combatants and
>boiiiinnnnng, RPGs were born. Now, this isn't to say that traditional
>Wargamers won't enjoy HW: They probably will, but not for the combat
>system as most would have a laugh at the level of abstraction in HW for
>small unit actions.
>
There's a question - there used to be a lot of discussion about the
WarHamster rules for simulating larger scale combats - how would this work
in HW (pardon me for being a wargamer):)
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