they're not really any better than any other warrior in melee because the way they're used is basically getting out of them to melee or quickly riding by smashing heads, which gives ppl a chance to kill our ponies and is thus dumb.
I'm totally not back, and I imagine it's caused by a minor conflict with Harmony, which wants us to be good neighbors. And letting thousands die to plague because "My magic! MINE!" doesn't fit well into that.
*Looks at several month to year long land routes.*Who's to say we are not?*X file sound track
or we are all dwarves 2 feet in height, and thus travel slowly. Soon the druids will come to our lands with their gods and kill recklessly, forcing us to live under the hills and travel through rings of mushrooms.
Actually, the big challenges with the Warding Ritual are:
Cart archers are a desire of mine too, we just don't have the support base for them to be effective in war yet unless we decide to go nomadic.
...Do you think that if we spread the knowledge to everyone they'd all try to do the same megaproject after taking the immense stability and econ hit they are likely all taking?
Actually.....
Okay lets see factors for and against giving out the ritual to others(IC edition, OOC edition just says "fuck the DPs):
I don't think so. Trade routes are on foot over rough terrain here. Getting anywhere is a pain.
No, but they'd be able to mitigate the hit to their ruling and priestly classes by implementing the innoculation on a few dozen to a hundred people rather than going for universal treatment. Every noble must rub sick cowtits.
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[X][Sacrifice] Large(-3 Econ, +1 Stability, ???)
Actually, the big challenges with the Warding Ritual are:
It works. Unlikely to pass due to the leading vote, but you are correct in it being something that works.
still hits -4
just drop harmony, and you're golden
Every time that has been suggested AN has ignored said suggestion, thus fueling my theory.
Without an immediate stability boost, this action alone can break us, you know?
Huh, it could be AN's way of simulating the holistic shaping of actual cultures, where people often as not went with their gut feeling as to what was "right" or not. By not giving us time to discuss and optimize our options, and instead leaving us to scramble around, throwing out ideas until a couple of them gain enough momentum that everyone else falls in line (interestingly, a couple of times this has actually people bandwagoning against an undesired alternative that had pulled ahead).Every time that has been suggested AN has ignored said suggestion, thus fueling my theory.
Yes, that is my theory. I formed it when it was asked what would happen if we somehow ended up building a wall in the lowland settlement but not building the lowland settlement. The answer was along the lines of, 'The people got confused in their orders then.'
