Should the world be a Low Fantasy setting?

  • Yes

    Votes: 63 70.0%
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    Votes: 27 30.0%

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the saxons did that with that with the vikings and they went away and came back with more men demanding more until it became a racketeering operation for a good while
Sure, but the vikings were not nomads, they came from a settled civ.
the nomad horde is likely going to collapse at the death of its powerful leader to infighting, at which case we could simply scatter those remaining who would try and demand things from us.

This is all a moot point however, since they already attacked us and thus forced us to retaliate.
 
Sure, but the vikings were not nomads, they came from a settled civ.
the nomad horde is likely going to collapse at the death of its powerful leader to infighting, at which case we could simply scatter those remaining who would try and demand things from us.

This is all a moot point however, since they already attacked us and thus forced us to retaliate.

okay just don't pay them to go away it ends badly
 
It works with nomads when they have been united by a great leader. Pay them off until their leader dies and then wait for his horde to scatter and deal with those that remain to demand more tribute.

I just don't want to be seen as a cash cow the best way to get rid of them in the long term is to make the fight not worth it
 
Sooooo
Threat assessment
Threat: Nomad Incursion
Location: Merintir HomeFront

Nomads
1. Leader is a Heroic Diplomat and a Genius Martial Leader. Threat Level increased from Moderate -> Large
2. Majority, if not all, of the nomad horde is mounted. Threat Level Increase from Large -> Critical

Merintir
1. Minor defenses already in place
2. Tech/martial hero already in position
3. Predicted military innovations via tech during time of crises

Athryrnians
1. Two martial heros
2. Ships for transport
3. Mountain passage to merintir still in progress (most likely the Merintir may either help us accelerate building to connect our empires for better organization, or not focus on the passage as the war takes priority.

Primary Priority
1. Enemy Hero

Secondary Priorities
2. The boars the enemy rides
3. Arthyrn-Merintir Relations

Killing the hero will drop the threat to manageable levels, and ensure that no unforeseen threat by an epic level hero is possible. Chance of Nomad Incursion retreating. If killing or assassinating is possible, proceed to do so with caution. Best to use all three heroes together for maximum probability and effect

Secondary is to see if we can secure any boards ourselves, mounted boar will be useful for all aspects of society, as well as allowing us to fight on par with the nomads, and gives us an edge against the forces south. If Domestication is possible, proceed.

The other secondary concern is that we should use this as an opportunity to ensure that the merintir are wholly tied together with us, no as vassals, but as true comrades. Upon construction of passage completing, and while reinforcements keep up onslaught in tandem with the merintir, a relationship molded not just by faith, but by blood, will ensure the merintir will be stalwart allies through the times.

Personal Notes:
We reallllly need to learn how to weaponize our cats sooner rather then later.
 
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Why is the martial/diplo nomad genius in martial, hero in diplo, attacking the vassal instead of the vassal's protector?

Cause no matter how I look the shit excuse of 'nomad' doesn't work. Nor does 'hard target'. The vassal is a soft target. The more challenging target worthy of the khan's time is the harder to reach vassal's protector. A khan shearing a wild stupid lamb, then killing it the same day, is no khan worth following.
 
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Because I doubt they know they are vassals
Does not compute. Nomad leader has genius hero diplo. Does diplo stat only apply to near targets, or only the easily found targets?

Cause if the vassal parent cannot be targeted for a sacking your theory implies nomad hordes will never try and raze vassal parent due to no knowledge vassal parent exist. With a genius martial why does his ambition go to such a soft target?
 
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Does not compute. Nomad leader has genius diplo. Does diplo stat only apply to near targets, or only the easily found targets?

Cause if the vassal parent cannot be targeted for a sacking your theory implies nomad hordes will never try and raze vassal parent due to no knowledge vassal parent exist.
Our vassals are the ones bordering the steppe, so they would be the closest target.

They don't need to care who the vassal is if they're not going to bother with diplomacy.
 
Just cause he's a diplo hero dosent mean he knows literally everything how would he know that who he's attacking is vassalized?
Scouts, infiltrated populace, ask the people you are going to invade if they have martial defences, and if they know of any powerful civilizations around to pillage.

Because the vassal is obviously a soft target that shouldn't be worth the spoils and slaughter for the rest of the nomads. Why would people follow a war leader who targets weaklings when the nomad horde was promised glory, wealth, and... a fight worth dying for?
 
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