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Re: What do peasants carry around in your town?
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Fri, 5 May 2000 15:20:32 GMT
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In article <Fu2A3r.4Hn@lugnet.com>, Shiri Dori <shirid@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Why aren't bows and arrows OK? I'd think they're easier to handle than a
> crossbow, not to mention that a lot of peasants knew how to handle them
> (doesn't mean they're any good at it ;-)
Only gripe I've got with a bow and arrow is that there's always an arrow
nocked and drawn. Peasants may have known how to use a bow and arrow,
but they generally didn't wander through town with an arrow ready to
let fly. :)
I'd like to see bows without pre-nocked arrows, come to think of it... :)
-JDF
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J.D. Forinash ,-.
foxtrot@cc.gatech.edu ( <
The more you learn, the better your luck gets. `-'
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| (...) Well, they're easier to make than a crossbow, certainly - and cheaper. Crossbows are probably easier to hit things with, but they're big and heavy and not something you'd want to carry around all day. (...) True. On the other hand, I regard (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I agree to all the above. (...) You mean the pitchforks? (or is there a rake I'm oblivious of?) (...) Hm. I had a thought that some peasants might be leading a horse, not riding but leading one. Not that I know how that'd work... I saw we need (...) (25 years ago, 5-May-00, to lugnet.castle)
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