[Ansteorra] Marshalling pole challenge

[Elaine Starkey]

sorry.  if the lumbering ox fell on me and breaks the staff, perhaps it 
would make me feel better lying there all crushed on the ground if said good 
gentle had oaken stakes through his or her .....(insert favored anatomy bit 
here)<G>

ryah, who swears we are on our way to pillow fighting in bomb suits


> <delurk>
> Suppose you are on the field, marshalling with a nice oaken staff.
> Suppose a combatant stumbles and falls against you, and the staff
> breaks. Suppose what happens next when the combatant lands on the
> nice, fresh, sharp, oaken stakes.
>
> That's why marshalling staves (and banner poles and anything else
> that ends up in a "live" combat area) are required to be made of the
> same material as our weapons. :-)
> <lurk>
>
> Michael
> brought to you today by the number "7" and the letter "W"
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