HazmatMedic

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While there are early predecessors such as the Roman-era lorica segmentata, full plate armour developed in Europe during the Late Middle Ages, especially in the context of the Hundred Years' War...

No. No plate armour. That's not pre-500 AD. It's barely even Medieval, more used in the Renaissance era

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The capital population is also quite large. One city holding the population of Modern Day Scotland - that won't fly in such a time period, considering you have more people in one city than some of us have in our entire nations.

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So Boerd said
Concede the point about speed, however circulation remains. The giraffe, while being two feet taller, has four legs and too much blood pooling in the lower legs is a constant concern, as is extreme lower leg blood pressure. The Lorenvolk are even more vertically oriented with a higher heart and almost as tall, and while weighing half as much as a giraffe, has two legs. Shouldn't keeping blood pressure down be a chief concern?

I know people said I shouldn't take tips from games, but I always saw the Lorenvolk as being like the Giants from Skyrim - Slow strides and slow swings, but able to walk far distances with less steps and really powerful.

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ASTA said
A military comprised of highly-trained soldiers clad in 'outdated' steel armor that utilize powerful shoulder-mounted ballista, with said ballista firing bolts that possess tips laced with unstable solid and chemical explosives that detonate on impact with a target.

In a 5th century RP.

ASTA makes a valid point, I'm afraid. That does seem a bit far.
If you need pointers for armour, remember that Roman Armour was made of a mix of steel, iron and bronze plates overlapping each other. Steel was really expensive in those days, though, so it might be worthwhile to buy iron or bronze armour.
And the shoulder mounted ballistas with explosive tips - no. Crossbows with normal crossbow bolts, yes, but not shoulder-mounted ballistas, and NO explosive arrowheads.

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Darkraven said
I have questions. How fast will time pass in this RP? Also, how will population growth be handled? Do we just add a certain percentage to the top? Will there be random events?

There won't be a set time-per-post, and to make things a bit easier, messages and the like.could be sent a few days before the most recent post, as long as it is reasonable.

Also, modern population growth is roughly 1.4% per year, but population took a massive hike in recent years (relatively speaking), so I was planning on having population growth being negligable.

Random events can and will happen. Storms, natural disasters, barbarian attacks and other lovely surprises lie in wait.

As with all things, I'm open to suggestions and improvements.

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I know. I'm not accusing you of anything, I'm simply justifying my reasoning.

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Of course. I'm just getting at it from all angles. I understand that, on average, some creatures are not as good at fighting as others, but exceptions do exist.
I just don't want any "I win because my creature is stronger" malarky. You can be outdone by weake creatures.

I should also warn any slavers out there that it is harder to take someone alive. You need to control your attacks and fight carefully, as you don't want either creature to die.

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True, in general humans are weaker than Lorenvolk, but it makes no differance in terms of race - a creature who is as powerful as a Lorenvolk will be as hard to take down, regardless of whether it is human, elf, Tarix-na or otherwise. You could say some creatures are born with more skill naturally, but if someone can match that skill, it's fair game.

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Alfhedil said
You also forget the all important "What" you are fighting, as this is an RP with varied species that differ from humans in several regards. I honestly wouldn't expect a human to be capable of going up against a Lorenvolk of equal skill and come out alive, nor would I expect a Tarix-Na to go up against a human of equivalent skill and come out alive.

Depends on what you mean by "equal skill"
If a Tarix-na had the strength of a human, the same equipment, the same training, the same reason to fight, etc. and went into a duel on even ground and neutral weather, then i'd say the odds were 50-50.
In the same way, a human that was completely equal to a Lorenvolk in all but size, the human stands a fair chance.

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Sauron The Dark Lord said
I am incredibly interested in this roleplay, as of the current moment, is it still open?

Yes. A few more nations are always welcome, as long as there is land available.