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2156: Re: [MUD-Dev] Mud Games

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From: clawrenc@cup.hp.com
Newsgroups: nu.kanga.list.mud-dev
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 97 17:24:56 -0700
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Organization: Kanga.Nu
In <341c17c9.72728107@relay.mnsinc.com>, on 09/08/97 
   at 08:28 AM, caliban@darklock.com (Caliban Tiresias Darklock) said:

>This assumes a formal joust. In actual combat, killing or hobbling
>the mount is the grim and efficient method of unhorsing your
>opponent. It is still, however, met with some distaste by most.

The historical ledgers of peasantry being paid to go out and hamstring
or gut the opponents horses during a battle would seem to contradict
this, as would the heavy chest armours for chargers.

Against an agile opponent armed with a knife, a heavy armed and
armoured knight on horseback has little chance.

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