--- Joy Jennifer Nicholson <jjnichol at MIT.EDU> wrote: > > On Wed, 17 Nov 2004, Jerry Friedman wrote: ... > > > Why do you think they don't use bows and arrows? Something I can't > > > remember? (Quite likely.) Just that Vlad wasn't familiar with them > in > > > _Dragon_? > > > > That, and various places in the Vladiad where a quarrel or arrow > > through someone's throat would simplify matters, and Paarfi's failure > > to mention them in various places where they would be apropos. Hm. You probably also noticed what the dog did in the night. > "Dragon" mentions a weapon called "spear-throwers" (iirc) which were not > widely used. One of his messmates had to tell Vlad what they were. > Perhaps the bow and arrow wasn't yet invented. As long as we're all guessing while AWB, I remember them as "javelin throwers" (I don't think that one's taken yet), and I was pretty sure they *were* bows. That's the bit in _Dragon_ that I was thinking of when I said Vlad wasn't familiar with bows and arrows. Jerry Friedman __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com