No I don't. I said it was silly _if regarded as a cult ethos_. Let me rephrase that -- "a geas is not a cult ethos".
> This misses a point about fighting with spears [...] your left leg will
> be the one nearest the enemy in combat
So having it unarmoured is a good thing? If was was missing the point before, I suspect I'm five miles past that particular motorway exit by now.
Besides, IIRC you can equally end up with any given limb armourless.
> Presumably there is some mythic justification - Yelmalio
> having bits of his armour pulled off in some Godtime fight?
Exactly. Specifically, the Hill of Gold. And guess what mini-HQ new Yelmalian initiates go through?
Slan,
Alex.
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