[quote=@rezay] Yes, but the point is that once warfare was going on, many things would be quick to learn. Humans are good at problem-solving. Sure, such maneuvers can be difficult in execution, but they're still fairly obvious (all of them have been used since pre-history, we can't really say how hard it was for humans to learn them). It all is really dependent on other factors— like the efficiency of the command structures used. Line formations were considered useful because of the limitations of technology at the time they were developed. When technology advanced and made them obsolete, they were abandoned in short order. The US constitution has survived for 230 years. The dead sea scrolls for over 2,000 years. Not saying there are a ton of them laying around, but they'd be sorta like fossils. If by chance a room with some books in them was sealed off sufficiently from the elements, it's possible something survived. Again, should ask the GM about it. [/quote] I'd like to ask, for all of those 200 or 2000 years those documents have survived, how many more papers and books do you think we've lost to time? How many of them do we not eve realize we lost? Those documents are the exception, not the norm and if there's just going to be a magical fix that some how everything the players need is magically preserved in good condition in someone's basement, that kind of takes the fun out of things. Its fun to have to adapt and not have everything given to you on a platter in advance.