What is War? (Part 1)

A guide for all y'all who don't know how to run or write a war. Part 2 has a battle guide, don't worry.
/ runesmith
I always feel like I missed an error, but hope the vids good my guys

[@Runesmith]

Oddly, I got a lot of heat for supposedly hinting at some current political state. I have never seen the news, and was not aware that we had politicians. The hypothetical situation I created was based on the Egyptian pyramids and their creation, nothing more. Thank you

[@Great-Runas]

Makes sense

[@44Tuckster]

If you don't want heat then just dont. A forced political jab only makes your content worsen

[@Axolotl42]

What forced political jab? He clearly just said the situation was based on the Egyptian pyramids. Why you gotta bring politics into this?

[@44Tuckster]

@@Axolotl42 Egyptians didn't have elections and they didn't build the pyramids in deceleration of a national emergency. But fine deflect the criticism by calling it heat and taking the piss instead of address it and trying to improve

[@wastucar8127]

Honestly I found the Egyptian pyramid references very funn

[@dorkydangerous6553]

War has changed, it's no longer about factions, alignments, or racial stats. It's an endless series of proxy encounters fought by murder hobos and npc's.

[@reddragon9064]

what you talking about War, War never changes

[@dorkydangerous6553]

@@reddragon9064 fight me.

[@reddragon9064]

@@dorkydangerous6553 lol that a joke cause if not mine was it a fallout quote

[@fabipower1]

@@reddragon9064 idiot

[@3nertia]

That's actually how it's always been. Knights and peasants for the right to pay taxes to their king/queen heh

[@wateroflife8955]

Well son, when two people hate each other very much. . .

[@InquisitorThomas]

And that's where baby comes from.

[@benjaminworton8784]

more lack thereof

[@nightshadowdarkthenomad6023]

And that’s why we have the second admendment

[@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527]

Ben_W10 Well not necessarily.

[@benjaminworton8784]

@@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527 shhh

[@spaceninja7687]

"Imagine Hitler on a black dragon...Imagine magic Hitler" -actually I think Hitler would try to fly the whitest dragon out there or the most Aryan he could find.

[@shadosnake]

He would be a high elf too

[@tylerdetert5459]

White dragons are ironically the weakest of the chromatic, but the most ferocious and beast-like.

[@bredt2750]

@@shadosnake he would make gnome extermination camps too

[@halismeful]

@@tylerdetert5459 I'm pretty sure that just helps the metaphor.

[@charlottewalnut3118]

Space Ninja Nah green dragons for gassing his enemies

[@InquisitorThomas]

I'm sorry Logan, but if you bring a 9th level spell and a Dragon to a battlefield and the enemy doesn't, then you clearly deserved to win, the enemy was obviously stupid.

[@chimerazeta1714]

It's true, I was the dragon

[@kyara7032]

It's true, I was the wizard.

[@RxtohTheMighty]

Sorry guys, I was the Gunslinger that shot both of them

[@chimerazeta1714]

@@RxtohTheMighty but my wizard knows abjuration and I'm a black dragon so I have piercing resistance :)

[@samza360]

That's all well and good until the Empire of Map-Paintia uses the fact that you used a 9th level spell and a dragon as an excuse to turn you and your spoils into free real estate

[@grantmitchell6738]

“We’re a us, not a you” - Shakespeare

[@RandomPerson-xf9yn]

r/iamverysmartlywooooshed

[@odiwalker3973]

Normal people: "Lol who would want to start wars because of bananas?" United Fruit Company : *heavy sweating* 1900's US Marine Corps: *heavier sweating*

[@blazer168]

Sad but true

[@lucase.crusader1196]

Idk about bananas but i'd kill everybody for my coffee.

[@voidstrider801]

Wars have been had over spices, it's not that absurd to suggest it could happen over a fruit. It is funny though.

[@mandalortemaan7510]

The U.S. Government : *heaviest sweating*

[@NearlyH3adlessNick]

Wars have been started over a _bucket...._ Bananas actually have some tangible value! War doesn't seem so crazy when you look through history at some of the other things we've killed people for

[@limbersauce8360]

Reasons for a war of expansion: 1:To get more land, so the ruler can brag about it's size 2:BANANAS

[@LunarTales]

B-A-N-A-N-A-S

[@poisonedoak6563]

Rulers bragging about the size of their bananas

[@romeochavez1111]

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banana_Wars *Banana War flashbacks*

[@therisenhunter7864]

don't forget tee

[@adamkaris]

The Risenhunter who’s talking about golfing?

[@caityreads8070]

"Imagine magic Hitler." So, Voldemort?

[@IrvingIV]

👏

[@CodfishJoe]

But with dragon

[@evannibbe9375]

Kamryn Turner Yeah, J.K. Rowling forgot to limit the number of spell slots people have, and so had to substantially reduce the power of their spells or have additional hand-waves to limit the number of times things like the Fidelius Charm and Cursed Fire were used.

[@XPtoLevel3]

Logan, this is a great and informative video. To those who are upset over the "Political Jokes"? Trust me guys, I know Logan. He's not making political jokes to be political, if anything he's trying to make you laugh. Sometimes, and I know it sounds crazy, we make jokes to be funny... and not to be political. Who are you to decide "yeah you deserve people to be angry at you because I can't handle humor". Get over your personal stances and enjoy some entertainment. We're not here to offend you.

[@XPtoLevel3]

also, for FUCKS SAKE IT'S A VIDEO ABOUT WAR??? THAT'S PURE POLITICS!

[@thelittleredhairedgirlfrom6527]

Pin this so more people can see

[@Nionivek]

I know this is a bit late but "Political" isn't the same as "Partisan" (everything partisan is political, but not everything political is partisan). I normally wouldn't bother because I understand your sentiment... But far too many don't know the difference and are confused that a discussion on the importance of education isn't an invitation to talk about class warfare. Now if you will excuse me I have to get Schmobama to stop putting children in cages while drone bombing their parents, You know typical Egyptian things.

[@jackacid1210]

Thank you! People should see this comment more, you should pin it.

[@g0oberdm417]

@@XPtoLevel3 It's okay dude, there's a good subset of any community who actively seek out controversy and thereby have a reason to criticize the individual (whether justified in reality or not). The people who actually like Logan (which are like, the 99.99% of the viewers) we know he's making jokes and being non specific :))))

[@wetzel4806]

So, if I've understood correctly: Hitler studied the occult to try and get war dragons, Donald Trump is a Sith Lord planning on making a Lazer firing wall, and bananas are the only just cause for war because they're going extinct.

[@Nyives]

Dingle Flump *

[@kevinaustin51]

Get your D F’s right geese *Squawk*

[@Scortch-lo3xy]

yep

[@ventexovakon2178]

...I want a laser border wall now.

[@smile-tl9in]

@Michael Fox in other words a megalomaniacal dictator worshiped by millions of morons and made one of the biggest fuck-up of his universe that pretty much doomed his empire. Got it. Don't worry about your lawn. Start cleaning your house

[@John-doe955]

Instructions unclear, invaded Russia during winter.

[@marten5270]

Are you mongolian though

[@theapexsurvivor9538]

Just bring a jacket and maintain supply lines, if you start in the winter you can keep expanding for much longer than if you start in summer.

[@tatersalad76]

Oof

[@g0oberdm417]

This has happened too, French and German soldiers are rolling in their graves.

[@dylandarnell3657]

Russia: Ha ha, look at these idiots invading in the winter. Russia: _invades Finland in the winter_

[@shandaniel2999]

I’m hoping you cover mass combat rules and how to run it.

[@d4s0n282]

yeah lol

[@danielhanson2417]

Shan Daniel rule number.1 DON'T

[@jerrin1528]

Have a wave attacks after a round and reduce minions and foot soldiers health to 1. Still have the players roll a damage die because that will show how many minions killed in a turn. Make turns last 15 seconds instead of 6 so it makes sense that you killed so many in a small period of time. Have each soldier miniature be worth five soldiers in a compact unit and when ever it attacks, make 5 attacks by that unit.

[@user-tp5ox8zj6u]

Strongholds and Followers has a free section with warfare rules

[@202mc4]

Just play some free wargame rules (such as Kings Of War or the 9th age and use the players as heroes (obviously converting d&d stats to wargame stats)

[@theposhdinosaur7276]

8:09 "Imagine magic Hitler" OKAY I WILL (I apologize in advance) Name: Adolf Hitler Race: Human (variant) Feat: Inspiring leader Alignment: Chaotic Evil Background: Soldier Class: Sorceror, draconic blood-line (green) Level: 10 Stats (point buy based) Str 10 Dex 14 Con 12 Int 10 Wis 12 Cha 16 (+4) Cantrips Poison spray (obviously) Message Friends Create bonfire (You know why) Mold earth (ya know, to dig em mass graves) Mage hand (so he can heil at range) 1st level spells Chaos bolt (lunacy) Charm person (propaganda) 2nd level spells Darkvision Detect thoughts (paranoia) Mind spike (to track the "Tabaxi") See invisibility 3rd level spells Fireball (artillery strike) Gaseous form (seems more fitting than fly) 4th level spells Greater invisibility 5th level spells Cloudkill (signature move) Dominate person (more propaganda) Necromancer build is also acceptable for army of Nazi zombies.

[@shukuala9502]

His draconic bloodline must be white though

[@jamesistryingok]

Never in my life have I seen the fucking greatest and absolute worst character created.

[@lordodysseus]

Imma use this for one of my characters.

[@imgonnasneezeachoo]

You know, I wasn't sure why you didn't pick BattleMaster but I see now this is terrifying and now must be fought with a level 20 Way of the Hand Monk

[@dylandarnell3657]

This is horrible. I'm leaving a comment so I can use it next time I run a game.

[@johncrawford3321]

Don’t know what it is, but I know one thing. War... war never changes.

[@atomicbamboo2453]

Memes, memes never change.

[@Pfeifenkraut]

Shit, too slow.

[@danielgordon84]

Unless you’re in Metal Gear. In which case... War...has changed.

[@Pyreleaf]

Daniel Gordon If you were to, say, bullshit your way to crafting an iron golem that can BRRRT with magic missiles and shoot fireballs out it's ass, would that count as a fantasy metal gear?

[@Niemandzockt]

I used to think the same thing.

[@samza360]

War? Huh! What is it good for? Territorial expansion!

[@Volvith]

"... Because usually, if you're the only one riding into battle on a dragon, casting high level spells, you're a war-criminal." Me: Well, you are if you leave witnesses. :D

[@frankg2790]

History is written by the victor and if you have a fucking dragon and the other guys don't, you cannot lose unless they have a ballista or a trained marksman with an arrow made for killing dragons.

[@botondhetyey159]

@@frankg2790 I prefer Matt Colville's take on this, which is that in the end, it takes numbers to hold the line. If you have an army and a dragon, and the enemy has an army, sure, good. If they have an army, and you only have a dragon, you may burn 100s alive, but sooner or later, your dragon will die, not by a single dragon killer superman, but just by thousands of tiny cuts.

[@rolfneve]

@@botondhetyey159 except by all means it doesn't. If you have a dragon, you could easily just roast (literally) first the people commanding the army, and then the front lines. Lines don't tend to hold when someone just saw their mate and 60 others being instantly vaporized. Routing was historically how most armies lost

[@teathesilkwing7616]

@@rolfneveyou’d have to find and reach the leaders, in which time + the time before the death is realized, your dragon got free acupuncture by a huge amounts of arrows. Or a few hit you and you fall and splat.

[@shandaniel2999]

What is war! Baby don’t hurt me, don’t hurt me no more!

[@MCYonazz]

But then it's war, so... baby do hurt me?

[@alexlawson4173]

Hit me. Hit me harder.

[@starringvincentprice]

What is War? Baby they hurt me.... They hurt me... I’m no more What is War?

[@kevinaustin51]

Love is war

[@danieldosso2455]

Why does love always feel like a battlefield?

[@catcocomics1601]

Imagine Wizard Hitler running around nuking 6-year-old wizard-wannabes and stealing their wands on a Roblox Harry Potter server

[@Ender13123]

Me trying to go to sleep "It's okay, Magic Hitler isn't real" (From the shadows) "I cast ze fireball!!!"

[@arashparthian_112]

Ender13123 I cast poizon cloud

[@ocularorb4021]

no he'd cast cloudkill

[@zerobrain4764]

He should have just casted fire bolt, commeners have 1d8 hp or 4 on average.

[@Toven_WaveWatcherFi]

It's only a war crime if you lose.

[@jamesistryingok]

Logan: I'm going to teach you how to wage war Kim jong un has entered the chat

[@jamesmclean8901]

Lol

[@goosetheendtable8984]

Humanity: Runesmith: Welcome to a video where I teach you how to wage war!

[@thehalberdier4774]

"Who help you with Californian rent." You have my utmost sympathies.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

People are really good at advancing technologies with war potential. In any setting that has high level spells and dragons, they would probably be almost exclusive to war!

[@silverstar7843]

Imagine Magic Hitler on a Black Dragon. The best final boss in a fantasy setting. Period.

[@camerongunter6232]

Silver Star I believe a White Dragon would be better suited for him and his Aryan bias

[@Pink_Noodle]

Albino black dragon, there we did it

[@patrickgambill9326]

This may be dark, but another possible motivation for war, may be a distraction. Perhaps an unpopular king wants to distract from questionable domestic policies. They may also target political enemies during a draft. This could lead to an interesting villain

[@wriestduke8043]

Tsar Nicholas the Second is an example of this

[@zerobrain4764]

@@wriestduke8043 Im pretty sure it was because people hated him so he tried to wage a war so he can look good.

[@wriestduke8043]

@@zerobrain4764 yeah, thats what i was saying. Tsar Nicholas waged war with Japan to try and distract his population from how shit of a ruler he was, and lost.

[@racekitty]

Using unconventional tactics to the enemy makes you a war criminal but to your people you're a war hero it's a matter of perspective really heck all wars are a matter of perspective

[@frankg2790]

Not to mention that history is written by the victors.

[@marcospatricio8283]

Well, Hannibal wasn't considered a war criminal for using unconventional tactics to trick, flank and encircle enemies (he's still a war criminal, but because of other stuff). Neither was Rommel (i mean, he was a nazi, so there's probably some war crimes in there, but the reason behind them isn't flanking people really well). Nor Caesar (who ALSO commited war crimes), or Scipio... My point is... Everyone is a war criminal.

[@imgonnasneezeachoo]

@@marcospatricio8283 Same thing goes for basically every leader too. Every (or most) president(s) is in a sense, a war criminal.

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

1:20 A great example of this is what happens to Sabrina Glevessig in The Witcher 2, she singlehandedly won a battle by calling down a storm of fire, but decimated her own side's forces as well, and was burned at the stake for it

[@NachoBran_CandyCabbage]

Is it bad that my first thought after reading the title of this was "Space Marine!!!" shouted in an Austrailian accent?

[@InquisitorThomas]

I thought "WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR??? Huhuhuhuh"

[@202mc4]

WEH ARE SPESSH MUHREENS! AND WEH SHULL KNEW NO FEHUR!!

[@Unk0wnHope]

Something to note about invasion wars, is that the advancing force must leave behind some of their soldiers after each successful siege to occupy the town/city, meaning that their forces diminish regardless of casualties as they advance. This can mean the invadee can leave only skeleton guards at each checkpoint the invaders occupy to conserve their strength to repel them at their capital, when the invaders have left most of their men behind.

[@ssimpson3288]

WAR is a stat in baseball that stands for Wins Above Replacement. It's an attempt by the sabermetric baseball community to summarize a player’s total contributions to their team in one statistic. For example: My Wizard has a WAR of 8.7 because he carries the rest of his party on his back.

[@wefen18]

OH GOD!!!!! I'm A TABAXI. I DON'T WANT MAGIC HITLER ON AN ANCIENT BLACK DRAGON TO KILL ME!

[@felisleo101]

Good to see another Visalia-D&D player making good. Keep up the good work, Runesmith. 👍

[@techattack6803]

Can't wait for the rest of the series. This should be really helpful for one of my projects. Thanks in advance, Logan.

[@OurCelestialAnatomy]

Love your stuff man. All of your videos have helped me so much as a new DM.

[@djinnglebells241]

I just started watching your videos and they are pretty good, just so you know my personal opinion your videos that don't have a very heavy tone like this one and are kind of comedic are better then the ones that feel kind of heavy like your planes video, just keep doing what you are doing.

[@NonApplicable1983]

Sieges and raids are a lot more common than battles in full scale war because they’re much less risky for everyone involved. Any competent commander would try to avoid a battle unless they’re absolutely certain they will win or they have no other choice. The easiest and more reliable way to win a war is to take your enemies’ territory (by taking their castles) and deprive them of their resources (by taking their crops).

[@larmoth401]

I can't remember their name but there was a well regarded Historian who said that when talking about Historical warfare it's more efficient to talk about the reasons peace happened than it is why war happened.

[@evannibbe9375]

larmoth401 Yeah, mostly the real reason is to solidify support behind the leader, and in cases where the King fights in the front lines (like Pharaoh and the Chiefs of Celtic tribes did), be remembered in the stories of the common people.

[@Lucasfghjsokfdkjheu]

I love the names you chose, dude!

[@nargenhargel9233]

War, hoo What is it good for? Absolutely nothin yeaaaah

[@Paul-A01]

As you can clearly see in this video, it's good for lots of things.

[@harrytattersall86]

I'm a new DM nad this series is really helping me write my homebrew campaign for my party. You the man, Logan.

[@notionofchivalry3002]

You forgot to mention the most common war today the unforgiving Console wars

[@chimerazeta1714]

Love the Star Wars reference...saw it coming as soon as you said Rebellion. Literally anyone: Look! Rebels! SW Fans: WHERE

[@buttersquids]

Listen here mate It would be insane to suggest that you don't want to commit a complete extermination of the Tabaxi race Like wtf man

[@evannibbe9375]

I believe that Magic Hitler will gain the support of Reddit in eliminating the furries.

[@StarWindEnergin]

Your videos on these subjects are so damn helpful as a DM I can't even express it properly in words. Thanks for making them.

[@anonymouscrab2013]

I can hardly wait for part 2! Nice work

[@arandomzoomer4837]

Yay I love war! Man I remember that time my leg rotted off from gangrene after a spear wound, it was a blast and it really built character!

[@Ignensis]

"Keep politics out of the most political activity there is plz" ^big brain commenters

[@triyuga]

These tactics vids are my fav in your Library.

[@gratuitouslurking8610]

For anyone curious, 'I want to kill all Tabaxi' is in part how Dark Sun became such a nightmare plane.

[@Arthiel7]

Ma'man, please, make an entire world history channel and narrate it like that! With your comments and analogies of course! I would watch it... nay, I would MEMORIZE it all! :D Brilliant stuff as always!

[@hastur2587]

This was great I’m about to go into a campaign about a huge turf war and this might help

[@AzraelThanatos]

You also have punative wars similar to raids that are relatively common when split like that. Basically, one side gets fed up with being raided and don't have the resources to hold or just don't want the other sides territory, so they stomp in, burn it to the ground and salt the earth...essentially what Rome did to Carthage

[@LoveyTheDon]

This was so great and thorough, thank you!

[@Lukos0036]

Magic Hitler on a black dragon loses to magic Churchill on a giant bottle of brandy, Magic Roosevelt on a giant wheelchair, (too soon?), magic Stalin on a giant gulag, and magic France on a flying baguette.

[@plasmaballin]

Isn't "Hitler on a black dragon" just what GoT season 8 turned Daenerys into?

[@marcospatricio8283]

No, silly! She's hitler in a wyvern!

[@prestonjones1653]

"Imagine Hitler on a black dragon. Imagine magic Hitler." Well now I know exactly what sentence to NOT describe D&D to my synagogue friends with.

[@2ndThought_]

You make great content. Keep it up! :)

[@baldrodinson3380]

So please enlighten me. This video? *_What is it good for?_*

[@omegagilgamesh]

Some people tell me that 90% of wars are caused by religion. I'm of the opinion that in 90% of those wars, religion was the excuse, not the reason. If a king wanted to expand and control a certain region, do you think the peasantry would fight and die because their king wanted them to? Leaders always needed to give more reason than that, so they would find something more convenient, such as different religions as the reason, different ethnicities, blame their neighbor for some crime committed against them, so on and so forth. A good example is the 1954 coup d'etat of Guatemala, which was backed by the CIA. The reasons/excuses given were because the current president, Jacopo Àrbenz, was planning to align the country with the Soviet Bloc, of which the was very little evidence. What IS known, however, is that the United Fruit Company (UFCO) was the one who lobbied the Eisenhower administration with these claims, and that Àrbenz was trying to pass labor and agrarian reform in Guatemala. UFCO had a virtual Monopoly on fruit, transportation, and exportation in Guatemala, so these reforms very much threatened them. Add to this that the director of the CIA, Allen Dulles, was a board member of UFCO, his brother was both Secretary of State and owner of a law firm that represented UFCO, and Ed Whitman, principal lobbyist for UFCO, was married to Eisenhower's secretary, they had a LOT of both the ears of and influence over the US government.

[@TacDyne]

You need more thumbs up for stating reality!

[@lkcdarzadix6216]

@Church of Walterany reason to start a war

[@sandstorm7147]

I love these names so much

[@djsalad5752]

0:00: Sun Tzu, probably

[@CasEavey]

This is like the 4'th time I've seen this video and honestly, it's still the same video. War never changes

[@pandawithagun1207]

Please do a video on demon hierarchy I really want to make a warlock pact of the fiend and knowing how demons work would be very helpful

[@sblinder1978]

That was a chilling conclusion

[@RxtohTheMighty]

"Think of magic Hitler" Freaking Drow dude...

[@sadlad5258]

In that case it'd be Magic Hitlette

[@soderium6729]

But a drow has black skin and white hair and since that is very un-aryan our Fuhrer shall not accept such demirace /s

[@xo-1320]

@@soderium6729 you do know there is a black version of Nazism right?

[@user-vm9xz4kv9z]

@@xo-1320 you know it's a joke right?

[@rexgar0092]

Great video. Informative and made me laugh.

[@samoelcerv4798]

With this ....i learned a ton .... will be easy to create world ..... will be realistic Thank you for your info

[@whensomethingcriesagain]

Okay, Dingle Flump got me

[@honooryu5374]

8:05 I knew some day I would hear that sentence. I actually heard a similar, but it was sailor moon magical girl Hitler.

[@fakename3168]

What do you think about a game where the PCs are gorilla fighters in a civil war that have to plan out attacks on patrols and set traps to weaken their targets to level the fights against stronger opponents? Sorta like the events in don’t escape 4

[@Fenriswolfer77]

"Imagine Hitler on a black dragon." His name is Ashnard and technically this dragon is still a human being.

[@wesleybrock315]

Well I want to give you heat for suggesting that high level magic wouldn't see use. That's just not true. If anything the presence of magic would be an accounted for aspect of war and military tactics in Faerun or whatever DnD context would look more like modern warfare and less like Medieval. Both armies would field mages seeking to neutralize the opposing sides magic. Mages would be used like artillery and mass formations would be rare given how vulnerable they would be to side artillery. Covert actions and mobility would be important to victory and shock troopers meant to rush headlong into battle would like be outfitted and trained to survive magic attacks. i could even see elite shock troopers being given anti-magic field projectors.

[@brandonk8948]

I really want to play a campaign where the group is in charge of placing a new king on the throne and three musketeers medieval-style face-off opposing forces from other lands attempting to overthrow the established monarchy. Be so much fun role-playing that scenario with a group who knows how to character backstory and create intriguing plots that could lead to betrayals or war outcomes.

[@Its-Just-Zip]

So I guess our d&d world wizards are weapons of mass destruction now I like this

[@prome3439]

Im currently RP'ing a Homunculus who is on the brink of making WW1 with his newly acquiered Elven Empire. His motiv: Geneticaly egnineered communism and peace for everyone. How? Killing and resurecting everyone. And just around 2-3 ingame weeks before it kicks of, i get this Video recommended! A blessing^^

[@ryan-cochran]

Hi I'd like to thank you I'm making my first game and after watching like 164 of your videos I am ready

[@peterrasmussen394]

What is war? Baby do hurt me. Do hurt me. Always.

[@nerdlingeeksly5192]

And the video comes full circle now we know why everyone hated that one mage on a Dragon, he's got a shaddy past.

[@robbomegavlkafenryka6158]

0:39 Economics and Alliances are two big ones too.

[@matthewholmquist8870]

What is war!? Oh baby, don't hurt me Don't hurt me No more

[@SladePate]

Thank you Logan, very cool!

[@LampseekerForevermore]

As a level 20 noble sorcerer I managed to use the meager army of my home kingdom and the ability to true polymorph myself into a green dragon (because his draconic ancestor was green), to conquer the majority of the map

[@vigilantsycamore8750]

"Religious wars are most often based on an argument between two radicalist groups of two different religions" 17th Century Europe: "Hold my Reformation"

[@magnusdallas4447]

I love these names

[@gabriel300010]

2:45 indeed. the farmers win all the time, specially against big empires. doubly so if they farm rice.

[@connierule3902]

At 7:53. That's not what ruffles feather. That'd just rub them the wrong way. If you wanna ruffle feathers you gotta go for the Kenku.

[@Heimdall209]

According to Clausewitz, war is actually a logical affair, where it is the socially sanctioned means of conducting violence in order to acquire material, territorial, or political gains. So this makes this video an embellishment of this fact. Also very fantastical.

[@Jarulf4477]

I know this is quite late to post on an old vid but if you're interested in a bonkers example of religious wargare, look up the Ikko-ikki in Japan.

[@Runesmith]

Thanks for the watching of video www.patreon.com/runesmith

[@peepeefart]

Is that Octopath Traveler music in the background? Yes!

[@X4nthem]

RS: "What is War?" me internally: "baby, don't hurt me"

[@shaldlay2478]

when a D&D video is more informative than an actual history class

[@kylepessell1350]

Strangely enough, I'm about to start a campaign where I'm on a warpath against 'Elf Nazis' that have apparently been a secretive evil force for a long while in this world. They occasionally cause trouble just to remind others that they are still around. Their last 'occasional trouble' burned down the temple that was my character's childhood home and caused them to take an Oath of Vengeance.

[@thedamnguy2896]

Ah yes, the kingdom of sample text. Truly wonderful

[@Germanil]

ROMESPAIN WILL RULE THE WORLD!

[@MCYonazz]

¡Glory to Romespain! ¡Viva el caesar!

[@psmt1234]

FOR THE GLORY OF ROMESPAIN AND ITS ETERNAL GOD EMPEROR!

[@lubulordofkhone4491]

"war therefore, is an act of violence intended to compel our opponent to fulfil our will" -Carl von Clausewitz

[@The_Somewhere_Monarch]

Fun Fact: over the last 10,000 years only 7% of recorded wars were caused by religion. (Source Encyclopedia of Wars volume 5)

[@pontusvongeijer8986]

This video violates my feeling of safety. It encouraged me to think about magic Hitler and now Im litterally shaking in fear. :(

[@202mc4]

Just to be sure: you're ironic, right?

[@pontusvongeijer8986]

202mc Yupp. It is however quite hillarious that you feel you need to ask. (Im not saying its unreasonable to ask, my point is more that its funny the internet is such a place that warrants your question.) :)