In view of this discussion, it occurs to me that the Jenoine (or the two random ones Vlad first meets) are "more than nine feet tall" so Vlad's pushing a dagger into one's head is rather odd. Say he's 6 feet tall (do we know anything about this?), and say a Jenoine's chin is 8 feet off the ground, I can see this, but only if Vlad is on tippy-toe standing on the Jenoine's feet, which seems unlikely since the J just turned around at the time and has long arms which it presumably swings around when turning... On Sun, 4 May 2003, Gametech wrote: > > <snip> > > > > All of a sudden, instead of seeing the flippant, poised, casual smack in > the > > face I'd always pictured in my head when Vlad hits someone, I'm seeing a > > little monkey desperately jumping up and down and swiping - like a little > > kid who wants to touch the top of a doorway (did you do that when you were > a > > kid?) > > Admintantly I was quite short as a kid as well and that afflicted me also. > > > *strikes post of tragic woe* Gametech, you've ruined my hero in my own > eyes > > - how do you feel? ;) > > Well you see now how I could feel a little cross when the thought struck me. > This is my theory to why Vlad uses so many weapons (or extensions if you > want to look at it that way) It also make me think that most of the hand to > hand technique Vlad has is more engineered towards defense (as many martial > arts are). > > - This Sig is still a waste of your time. > >