Matt Jennings <attjen at gwu.edu> writes: > I think that most of the duel/fighting descriptions in PG and 500ya do a good > job of showing how both hands (poinard & sword) are generally used for attack > and defense in the Dragaerian style. That is, except for Bruce Le... excuse > me, Aerich. Hmmm; I suppose there's something to that. > Khaavren does seem to exhibit the mentality of an epee fencer (which if memory > serves is what skzb himself said he used to do) in that he won't necessarily > go for the kill, but contents himself with making little hits & scratches, > until his opponnent makes a mistake or gets frustrated. Saber, as I remember it. But that same style can be applied in saber, so.... > In the Vlad books, it is more difficult to see how he does what he does... but > then Vlad cheats. He'd be silly not to. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b at dd-b.net / New TMDA anti-spam in test John Dyer-Bennet 1915-2002 Memorial Site http://john.dyer-bennet.net Book log: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/Ouroboros/booknotes/ New Dragaera mailing lists, see http://dragaera.info