Red Wizard

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@Lord Coake: That sounds just dandy :) Consider yourself allied!

@AegonVI: Sweet! And to answer your question: The Empire, spanning over so much land and people, became unstable as it struggled to keep all the different peoples and cultures in check. Conflicts over religion, government, speech, customs, taxes... In the end, when a few dissident provinces suddenly became many, the Empire could no longer sustain itself and collapsed. Is that an acceptable answer?

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I'm going to accept Cryos. It covers a large area and has a huge population, but a very small army (in comparison to it's size). An idea would be to throw some kind of injustice in there (a million people don't all get along, there should be some kind of injustice or conflict going on). I am however reserving that canal for Rare, since he claimed it first.

Kant also looks good.

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@Fallen Muse & TheSovereignGrave:

First about the rarity of magic - we don't have elves and we don't have numenoreans (who aren't really humans with their longevity and shit). Even if you count all of those other fellows you just brought up, how big a percentage of the entire population of their respective countries do they represent? I want mages to be unique and legendary (I must've written it several times by now), not uncommon and boring like in ES or its likes. I don't see the problem with conforming to this.

Second about the magic vs tech idea: I've never stated that a nation can't have both magic and tech. The cardinal rule was more tech = less other stuff.

Maybe we should restrict population size to technological development? Renaissance era = small nation, medieval era = medium nation, ancient era = large nation. Is that a viable idea?

From the ashes of an Empire [OOC]

@Batarian Batman & TheSovereignGrave: The OP states that magic is rare (as in Gandalf-rare), and that technology can range from stone age to renaissance era stuff.

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Batarian Batman said
Is this rp still open for new nations?

Absolutely.

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As it stands right now, we could go north over Avalaysia if need be. We've both got desert peoples, we can handle a little caravaning :)

IC for Nation RP

There's still room for more! Check it out, the link is just 2 posts above! :)

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@Fallen Muse: Your nation and mine are bordering, and it just so happens that your northeast border is quite close to Tammarid, the largest trading hub in my nation. You need some of my exports, I need some of yours. Our nations should trade :)

@Lord Coake: What do you think our history should look like? We're both successor kingdoms of the Ta'hamurg. There should either be intense rivalry or an alliance between our peoples.

@Jonesy: We're not neighbors but... I think a trade agreement could be mutually benefitial, don't you?

@RavenxVoid: Waiting for you to upload your NS! :)

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Titanic said
Would how about 30, 23 are just people with basic healing knowledge, nothing else. 7 are like average combat magicians compared to the rest of the world. When you said rare I didn't think they were that rare.

30 are too many. How many magicians are there in middle earth? Gandalf, Saruman, Sauron, Galadriel... There are a few more, but they're not institutionalized, they're unique and legendary. A handful (max) per nation is adequate, like the 7 combat magicians (who could also have healing abilities).

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@eemmtt: And who makes them? Surely, a magician would have to. Some kind of artificer, perhaps?