>
> >Not practical in the bush? It never did Robin Hood any harm in
> >Sherwood Forest! > >
> >* for the historically pedantic, 'Forest' used to mean 'Royal
Hunting
> >ground', so it was probably mostly open meadow...
>
>... Although there were enough Englishmen
> who used the long bow in hunting that I'll not argue with Wulf too
much.
>
Just remember that in most of the english history for which there is
much in the way of written references, england was already largely deforested.
A lot of hunting was done in meadow and along hedgerow.
Even the forests were mostly fairly open, as can be seen by the
tendency of hunts to ride through them on horses. This openness no
doubt a combination of being mature hard wood forests (that don't
have all that much undergrowth in the first place), and the forests
being taken care of (dead wood removed, etc).
All of our Gloranthas will vary. I'm merely proposing that one valid
vision of Sartar has much more feral forests in which the bush is a
real factor. Of course, the elves use longbows because the bush
actively gets out of the way for them!
Of course, it is best not to go too far into this discussion, or it
will lead right back into the "how big is Sartar?" "how big is the
typical tula?" and "Just how dense is the population, anyway?"
questions after a while....so I'll shut up now.
--Bryan