[b]@Everyone[/b]:  I'll get an OOC up Friday or Saturday and start accepting apps.

[@conscripts]:  I plan on having each player bring 500-1000 men a piece.  I'll probably land on 500.  Alaric will field an army roughly the same size each battle.

[@thecrash20] and [@bright_ops]:  I was having problems deciding on how much fantasy I wanted to allow.  Did I want a high/Tolkien fantasy world, or did I want to take a more grounded approach?  The grounded approach is easier to manage: infantry and cavalry, and we all know the limitations of mankind.

When we start to look at fantasy races we see the superior elven races, strong, resilient dwarfs, and bloodthirsty orcs, etc.  They bring in a number of factors that might confuse/overwhelm me.  You also have to consider things like giants, dragons, griffons, pegasi, etc that could change the entire scope of the RP.

Magical spells are okay for me to a certain extent.  When mages use magic like artillery that works well.  But then I fear people will try to use mind control, one-hit spells, etc that could - again - change the scope of the RP.

I would be willing to allow elves, dwarfs, etc and some magic depending on the scale of the request.  I can't have dwarfs with impenetrable armor, or elves with arrow-deflecting magic, etc.

EDIT:  But it should be understood the world is in a 'time of men' stage, so elves/dwarfs are probably less powerful than they were long ago, similar to Lord of the Rings.

[@seriousarmour]:  My roster would not be complete unless I had a fellow Fett fan.  Welcome aboard!