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Eh... we've seen from Tod's Workshop that arrows fired by 150 pound longbows can penetrate plate armor and helmets, even when they hit the metal at an angle. So the giants are still going to get hurt by arrows, especially if they are shot in the chest area where their organs are. Giants would...

Really depends. How common are superpowerful people in the setting? How replaceable are they? How long (and at what expense) does it take to train up new ones? What are the values of their cultures? If the high powerlevel warriors can wipe out huge swathes of armies, then war could become...

One thing I haven't seen touched upon much is how difficult it is to maintain control/discipline over your forces depending on where they are from, which can have varying levels of bad consequences. Militia seem prone to getting extremely... passionate, or vindictive, especially if your being...

Does this apply to navies as well? Mainly speaking up to the 18th century here). If an expansionist empire like Britain favors heavily gunned warships for battle, with their ships having upwards of 60, 80, and sometimes 100+ cannons to ground anything to dust. Whereas smaller nations (ie the...

The logistics of army equipment is incredibly overlooked. IIRC Europe didn't really begin producing a lot of plate armor until the iron mining industry was capable of mining and refining enough iron - and in high enough quality - for the workshops to be able to afford a "decent" amount of iron...