Morale in battle

From: James Turner (j.a.turner@abdn.ac.uk)
Date: Thu 02 Dec 1999 - 11:39:28 EET


>To return this discussion a bit to Glorantha, Col. David
>Grossman in his excellent book "On Killing" ......

Is that the same guy that said most ancient battles
consisted of:-
Two armies meeting
Men on each side shout, taunt and strut around
One side bottles it and starts running
Other side runs after them hacking them to pieces.

Seems to me that anything you can do to effect your
opponents morale in battle is a good thing.

Details of mass battle style magic are a bit sketchy
(aren't they?) but the Lunars must have a good start with
their mind altering magic and things like the bat.

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James Turner
j.a.turner@abdn.ac.uk

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