[quote=Ellri]
We'd suggest an era before crossbows become all that common, and before any form of gunpowder. If institutions like Knighthoods still exist as armored knights, then crossbows can't be all that widespread, for while a longbow takes years to master sufficiently to take on armored knights, a crossbow takes much less time.
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So far it seems like I'm tripping over myself chronologically.