ARN - Advantages

[Chris Backus]

No lurking?  Okay, I'll put on my large brimmed hat and come into the
light....
----- Original Message -----
From: Brent & Susan Rachel <hbrache at texas.net>
To: <ansteorra-rapier at Ansteorra.ORG>
Sent: Tuesday, August 10, 1999 1:21 PM
Subject: ARN - Advantages


>
> Boy, the goals thing sure died fast, didn't it.  I guess Ansgar and I just
said all there
> was to say. ;-)
>
> Here a new one for you.., ND I WANT MAXIMUM PARTICIPATION HERE..., NO
LURKING! ;-)
>
> If an opponents weapon is longer than yours, do you consider this to be an
**UNFAIR**
> advantage?

It's not an unfair advantage.  A long blade will often be slower and can be
beaten by someone who plays well inside.  While every new fighter seems to
decide that case is invincible, a good dagger wielder can beat case through
judicious use of the inside game.
>
> Do you see it as just a **regular old** advantage like a sabre bell?
>
> Do you see it as **just another difference** between weapons, each weapon
having it's own
> inherent advantages *and* disadvantages?

Yes.
>
> Is a 40" weapon in the hands of a short person and advantage over a 35" in
the hands of a
> tall man?

Maybe.  Is the short person trying to play the same snipy range game the ape
armed man may be?  Or is he already skilled at getting into a postition
inside the other man's guard?  The short man may just be cancelling an
advantage he'd already gained through training.
>
> Will Sandy find out that her mother is secretly dating Dr. Jorden, the
very doctor who
> just gave her husband a vascectomy?

Is that dropping an expensive vase?
>
> Kazimir Petrovich

Stephen Hawkins
Cadet to James Navarre
Wastelands
>
>
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