With some degree of intrigue, I have always liked the idea of firearms and chemistry being incorporated into the traditional high fantasy trope, I think Warhammer Fantasy did this rather well. I've always wanted to envision how firearms and industrialization would play out in a fantasy setting. I'd like to entertain discussion about this and gain your insight regarding thoughts, concepts, ideas or experiences. This is a sort catch-all area of discussion, spanning anything between steampunk to modern fantasy.
I will start with my inspiration and ideas -
I was heavily inspired by the Russian streltsy of the 16th and 17th centuries and their tactics surrounding the "Gulyai-Gorod" or moving forts - basically mobile fortifications that were set up in the field. My personal faction in Tyranoth is heavily based on the Byzantine/Roman Empire particularly the eastern roman empire and is a bit infantry heavy for that reason, and as the timeline in that universe advanced I became perplexed with how to introduce firearms.
In the streltsy I found my inspiration, lightly armored foot troops that were capable of setting up a formidable front as they roamed, instead of Bardiches these troops use tridents in two distinct formats - Tall tridents that double as pikes and short tridents that double as javelin's, they carry swords akin to Kriegsmesser blades and use various patterns of muskets, a typical retinue is also likely to carry a small cannon with them. They mobilize in wagon forts in the march.
I'm excited to share my ideas with you, see yours and see what you think !
I will start with my inspiration and ideas -
I was heavily inspired by the Russian streltsy of the 16th and 17th centuries and their tactics surrounding the "Gulyai-Gorod" or moving forts - basically mobile fortifications that were set up in the field. My personal faction in Tyranoth is heavily based on the Byzantine/Roman Empire particularly the eastern roman empire and is a bit infantry heavy for that reason, and as the timeline in that universe advanced I became perplexed with how to introduce firearms.
In the streltsy I found my inspiration, lightly armored foot troops that were capable of setting up a formidable front as they roamed, instead of Bardiches these troops use tridents in two distinct formats - Tall tridents that double as pikes and short tridents that double as javelin's, they carry swords akin to Kriegsmesser blades and use various patterns of muskets, a typical retinue is also likely to carry a small cannon with them. They mobilize in wagon forts in the march.
I'm excited to share my ideas with you, see yours and see what you think !
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