--- Seth Terashima <sethterashima at gmail.com> wrote: > I'm pretty sure the weapons in _Dragon_ were bows and arrows. However, > iirc when Khaavren and co. trick their pursuers into believing they're > being ambushed by an army, someone mentions a archers. > > Perhaps bows and arrows existed then, but were made largely obselete > by sorcerory's increased power when the orb returned, and hence Vlad's > apparent ignorance. We've had this discussion on the list before; it keeps coming up. I think Steve has said something about the Dragaerans' having developed their society in jungle, where the limited visibility makes bows impractical (but Amazonian Indians use them!). I don't think we've ever come to a satisfactory answer. -- mark by hand www.cracksandshards.com __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Meet the all-new My Yahoo! - Try it today! http://my.yahoo.com