#7, RE: Weapons and Duels
Posted by drakensisthered on Oct-09-01 at 07:30 PM
In response to message #6
> >>Again, it hasn't come up - who the hell duels with a battleaxe? > >I would. A properly trained Axman can use his axe to hook, and disarm >or break weapon. Admittedly a battleaxe is more of an assault weapon >(it was meant to bash through plate armor), but duels of honor can and >did happen between Clansmen. > >If you ever followed the Hilander series one of the Immortals was >using an axe. > >> A bat'leth, maybe, if we had any Klingons... >> >>(Hmm. A teenage Klingon. There's something we haven't seen... ) >> > >-- >Of Course I'd probably show up to a duel armed with a Prussian Combat >Spade. Jest not. There's an RPG running in Sheffield where my characters wields a spade since an axe might get him in trouble with the cops, but a spade and a sledge hammer in a golf bag won't do more than raise a couple of eyebrows. Said shovel has wreaked a fair amount of havoc. drakensisthered
Concealed Weapon? I'm a builder, Guv. Don't mind the blood stains...
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