Re: Emotions

From: Andrew Barton <AndrewBarton_at_...>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:24:55 -0500

Bryan:
> When mighty heroes clash, I hate to think that
> the winner could end up being decided because he had slightly better
> armor. (highly enchanted armor which augments his combat, sure, that
> is fine. Mundane equipment? blah).

This would only happen if they were equal in all other respects, surely? I don't see this as a problem. Westerns are the only genre where we often get loving and detailed descriptions of a character's weaponry, but it's reasonably common to read of a hero dying because he got careless over a mundane detail. The one that comes to mind is Falco's brother in Lindsey Davis's series, a mititary hero who died because he forgot to tighten the chinstrap on his helmet.

Or for a mundane failure in preparing a magical defence - Achilles Heel.

Andrew