monkeypoacher

oh snap

PM Leowarrior to added to the list of people allowed to post. Make sure he tags your forum name, not your minecraft name. Until then I apologize but it stays hidden, as per the rules of BRs. 

ok i am added unhide post pls

One moment :) 

Unhidden. Have a great day!

Dude. What the ****.

(begin blog post)

This is Maximilian plate armor, which was developed in the early 16^th century in response to the predominance of pike-and-shot warfare. People roleplay it on LoTC because it lets their character be virtually invulnerable to enemy swords (”your thrust bounces off my gorget”). Its actual battlefield purpose, if there was any, was to stop pikes from penetrating a rider at high velocity during a cavalry charge. It was heavy, impractical for hand-to-hand combat, and very, very expensive. Lighter armor made of cloth and chainmail (with metal helmets and cuirasses to protect vital bits) would have been used by footmen, who didn’t need to worry about a pike flying into their face as they charged toward the enemy.

Meanwhile, the 14^th century saw cannons (towed or even handheld) used in sieges. Since the late 1200s, the Chinese had been using guns in skirmishes with Jurchen and Mongol raiders. The Mongols for their part, after conquering China, probably spread knowledge of gunpowder to Europe, Iran, and Arabia through their conquests. There’s no reason LoTC should ban the development and use of rudimentary firearms. I’d argue our setting is less accurate, and less fun, as a result of the “techlock.” 

I think that synthesizing period-accurate and anachronistic elements to make our fantasy setting more fun is good, and we should do it more often. There is no reason that descendant history has to mirror real-life history. There is no reason we should strive for historical accuracy on a server with immortal elves and magic. If we race to the bottom trying to ban everything that isn’t “medieval” we’ll deprive ourselves of creative freedom. We’ll punish well-intentioned players for trying to roleplay. Repeal techlock pls

doesn’t matter, tythus and telanir don’t want guns, so no amount of logic will give you them

bootlicka

I'll giv u 2k minas to anwer:

Wen wuz delcration of indepent sined?

itz vury hrd

fr I wanna be a pretty princess

yep dm me

I wonder how long the warclaim will go for lol

no i think it just ruins the fun of the game

don't want to have to interact with people oocly (please fill out #region-requests, #steward-requests, and #citizen-door-requests to join our community! pls thanks) to rp because it's awkward and immersion-breaking, even event pings ride the line between being a quality of life improvement and an obnoxious OOC intrusion on muh rp

@monkeypoacherpreach

we use teamspeak exclusively, reach out for more info

i'm ruined. my kitten is invisible on discord she isn't returning my calls

what is your discord sir

Zachahadey, Stratonis and maybe ferdaboys can all hook you up. Afterwards, I can help you find a job! Let me know, sophia#6666. Add me and I can get you a discord link!

orc or halfling xoxo

i got an unplayed harrenite brother lol

silver elf.

yo if you need someone to talk to about any of your problems, I am here to extend my help and friendship, find me in discord, ayoou#2499

shut up! ^ shut up!

join the rest of us

no offense to anyone on lotc's end i hope, just trying to format muh post

wtf is invision

Invision is like the bloodborne of community management software. Fighting through an entire two-stage boss fight just to get my columns to span equally. 

thanks king 😩

I agree. I've got a friend who has been trying to apply and keeps getting rejected. he's gotten really frustrated. He's not a bad writer. his worst sin is being unfamiliar with all the lore.