Bryan Thexton:
>But remember, in the scenario it was a brawl, brought about by hot
tempers, and most involved knew at some level that the fight was
stupid, so cooling them down should not be so hard. The hollywood
convention would have had someone throw buckets of water over the
fighters. In glorantha they throw "rugs."
I would agree with Bryan's assesment of the convention. It is used to
break up brawls, not battles.
Ian Cooper
"Women as well as men were recruited to restrain combatants,
sometimes dampening their weapons by throwing clothing over them.
Peacemaking of this sort required srength and courage more than
negotiating skills...The clothing was more sign than substance, like
the bell signalling the end of a round, and it seems that the sign
was not without significant cultual force." - Bloodtaking and
Peacemaking by William Ian Miller