I think i will get some sort of telescope because its a law that you need binoculars in a boat that you plan to take out to sea here in sweden.
But then again i will need a radio and some other modern gear as per the law.

Iodo - Yes that is exactly right

So i watched all of the lord of the rings movies and hobbit movies to see if i couldve missed anything and i found one dude using a monocle.

Thank you havent completely finished my character yet so im having a hard time writing the rest.

Tank you Taurinor^^

Would a telescope been used in the middle-earth?

"The history of the telescope can be traced to before the invention of the earliest known telescope, which appeared in 1608 in the Netherlands." - Wikipedia

thank you TaylorSteiner:)

Taurinor tank you for the info and i found Some thoughts on scouts and spies in pdf form for 50kr(5 dollar) so will just print those so that i have it in my hand.

Happy birthday! May your heart be blessed and your day happy!

I do have some ideas for my persona, i know he is gonna be a beorning that grew up with a family of rangers thats watching the inlet to the baranduin river so that no pirates can sail up to the shire. I know most of the terrain is going to be ocean with islands near the south coast line and the clim...

I started to look into medieval texts about hunting to see if i could get some ideas and info from them but i only found texts about hunting with dogs and birds.

Thank you so much.

Greg - Found it last week for 5000kr(550 dollar) and i will probably make it a sprit sail with a bom.

I was wondering if somebody knows any western martial arts that talks about stealth or camouflage?
I know it is briefly metioned in VEGETIUS’ EPITOME OF MILITARY SCIENCE, but that is more in passing when he talks about ambushes and raids.

Thank you that helps alot:)

So i started to look for hema manuals online because RangerofAngmar pointed out that Talhoffer's medieval fighting manual might have some techniques that works for spears and came across a site with free pdfs for all sorts of books. Here are some of the ones i found interesting. https://kupdf.net/do...