Re: Re: Last actions as played

From: con1453_at_...
Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 04:23:23 EDT


Isn't everyone forgetting ransoms?

They were a large part of losing combats in many historic eras, and certainly loomed large in RQ; did they all disappear with HW?

Also, don't forget religious sacrifice or ritual combat, not to mention victory parades.

Capturing people is usually more useful than killing them, for many societies.

Even chaos monsters -- broos, scorpion men, and vampires, among others have better uses for live enemies than dead ones.

And in at least one movie convention, the villains are always captured and escape -- as do the heroes.

And never forget taunting.

Jim Chapin

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