In a message dated 11/17/2004 6:36:16 PM Eastern Standard Time, jerry_friedman at yahoo.com writes: > > 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. As I read it I was imagining the javelin throwers as cross ows.....I didn't look for the quote, but I think Vlad mentions somewhere that there were smaller ones...either that or I let my imagination run away w/ me again and I think that's what should've been there. I don't know.....sometimes I swear I'm blonde (which I really am and realized you guys can't see that so the joke isn't funny to you). -Crystal