From: darvall <madamx_at_ns2.mikka.net.au>
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>Donald R. Oddy
>>I don't know where you get the idea that Heortling society is more likely
>>to create heroic individuals than Dara Happa.
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>Its not. But it is certainly more likely to produce the type of sword
>weilding hero to which you have constantly alluded. The Heroic Lunar Taxman
>(Ivex Devouring Dog?) >is unlikely to ever become the prince with 10w3 in
>leadership and 15w2 in swordplay,<.
>Your point about the time needed to develop skills is taken, but daily life
>in Heortling society develops those skills as a matter of course. You plow
>with a spear in one hand, especilly in these interesting times.
Then why are there weaponthanes (specialists in combat) ? These people are better than the average farmer because they have concentrated their efforts on learning those skills rather than the more generally useful farming ones. Those individuals who show apptitude for weapon skills will usually become weaponthanes rather than farmers. Doesn't mean they won't do any farming but they won't be Heroic farmers.
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