Re: Quarterstaffs: general info and fun stories

From: Adrian Smith <smudge1_at_...>
Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:51:07 +0000

> A friend sent me a link to a rather good article on
> the use of the Quarterstaff, and quite apart from its
> Issaries potential in Glorantha, it's a commonly
> mentioned weapon in a lot of generic medieval
> settings, and often misunderstood.
>
> http://ejmas.com/jwma/articles/2001/jwmaart_docherty_0501.htm
>
> If you get interested, I'd suggest reading the full
> George Silver document, but this is a more accessible
> summary. George will give you a +5 augment to your
> knowledge of the staff, as well as +10 to sword, but
> the +15 to "despise Italians" makes reading him quite
> hard going. Mind you, the accounts of the duels where
> one side had a rapier and dagger, and the other had an
> oar, or a tankard of ale, are quite fun. (Hint: the
> rapier man loses).

I seem to remember in the Wheel of Time books Mat Cauthon takes on two trainee Warders with his quarterstaff and beats them.

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