> -----Original Message----- > From: FRIEDA2133 at aol.com [mailto:FRIEDA2133 at aol.com] > Sent: Sunday, November 21, 2004 3:12 PM > To: dragaera at dragaera.info > Subject: Re: Bows and arrows > > Hi, > > Hmmm, maybe an anti-arrow spell had been modified to work > on javelins and the "much smaller" javelins from "javelin > shooters". Seems to me an arrow would be a twig when > being compared to a javelin and not just "much smaller". > It wouldn't take much to make arrows useless in battle. A brisk, and unexpected, wind would suffice, though that would probably not affect javelins as much, owing to weight and a lack of vanes. If they're strong enough though a sorcerer could probably knock around a flight of arrows enough that a good 80% of them won't have a chance in hell of hitting anything useful. That assumes your sorcerers aren't busy deflecting fireballs and whatnot. > Note that in Chapter 10, page 157-158, Vlad's unit in > Morrolan's army does not have shields. Fornia's army > has shields. > > Okay, maybe it is because Vlad's unit was light infantry. > Or maybe it is because Sethra likes to fight a defensive > war and shields are not needed if you have a good > sorcerors corps. >From _Dragon_ pg 158: [Vlad] "So, what do we have instead of shields?" [Virt] "We're light infantry. We have javelins and the capability to maneuver quickly." I suspect it's just Vlad's company that lacks shields. That is, assuming his is the only light infantry company, which may be a bit of a stretch.