[Glorantha] Re: Imperial Bodyguard

Trotsky wrote:
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> It may be worth noting that, according to ILH-1, every one of the
> cultures described in that book teaches combat skills to all of their
> adults, since its a part of their respective cultural keywords. That's
> even more than the Orlanthi do, who only teach combat skills to men as a
> matter of course.
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I thought that might have been a simplification. The Heortlings were the only culture to have been lovingly detailed in two HW books of their own, and those refinements made it into HQ book.

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> any culture that trains *all* of its people (barring
> healers and other unusual individuals, presumably) to fight with sword
> and shield is well hard in my book!
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And hard to believe. In the real world, it seems only professional fighters had swords, because they are expensive and useful only for fighting. Daggers, spears, bows, javelins and wrestling seem more plausible for the general population, but not for the sub set of the population that becomes player characters. Received on Sun 24 Sep 2006 - 11:45:34 EEST