Board Thread:Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20150131101228/@comment-17114085-20150131162942

SkyrimsShillelagh wrote: (I do not think it is tyrannical.  In war times since before Christ the peasants were drafted into the arm forces.  There are a thousand different from which I can draw.  Also, this is a fuedal society, i would not lose my work force or suffer food shortages, the woman would just go to work.  Frankly, I was eager for a massive war.  Regardless I will not argue, however, as this rule is most likely for balancing reasons.  I will remove my previous posts and redraw the offensive.) (It is pretty tyrannical. And I said that you can draft peasants to refill your ranks or even get a temporary boost in soldiers by forming a militia, but not anywhere near 8000 people. I know it is the feudal system, but this is TES so the world isn't as sexist as it was IRL. Woman already work just as much as men do and in very similar jobs, if not the same jobs. So by drafting all the men that work you are getting rid of more than half your workforce. The woman won't be able to fill their jobs as they already work. So that is why you'd have food and resource shortages. And yeah it is mostly for balancing reasons, or else everyone would have to just draft their citizens and have equally large armies.)