[Ansteorra-rapier] gauntlets and rapier

[Chris Zakes]

At 12:43 AM 10/11/2007, you wrote:

(snip)

Dore:
> > The purpose of this rule ... is to reduce incidents of fighters
> > just hanging on to the blade and perhaps wrestling over it.
>

Robin:
>That seems backwards.  The only wrestling over the blade allowed in 
>the rules, and the only wrestling I've seen, comes from the attempt 
>to twist it.  Disallow that, and the wrestling is gone.

I'm not so sure about that. If we're fighting and you grab my blade, 
even if twisting it in your hand doesn't injure your hand, I'm still 
going to be trying to get control of my blade back. Tugging and 
twisting (i.e. "wrestling for control") are the obvious ways to do that.

         -Tivar Moondragon
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