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From: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Newsgroups: net.games.frp
Subject: Re: fumbles
Message-ID: <496@ttidcc.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 20-Jun-85 18:13:01 EDT
Article-I.D.: ttidcc.496
Posted: Thu Jun 20 18:13:01 1985
Date-Received: Sun, 23-Jun-85 02:19:10 EDT
References: <171@lzwi.UUCP> <467@ttidcc.UUCP> <572@umd5.UUCP> <484@ttidcc.UUCP> <181@lzwi.UUCP>
Reply-To: hollombe@ttidcc.UUCP (The Polymath)
Organization: The Cat Factory
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Summary: 

In article <181@lzwi.UUCP> nrh@lzwi.UUCP (N.R.HASLOCK) writes:
>
>Yes, you can hurt yourself with your own weapons.
>
>However, I do not believe you can do maximum damage to yourself by a
>fumble, with the weapon in your hand

Let's try this scenario:

Inexperienced fighter swings morningstar crosswise and down at opponent ...
opponent  manages  to  get  out  of  the way ... momentum carries the swing
through and around ... ball swings around ... crunch!

No?  Maybe not.  I've never tried it.

>P.S. I too have fought SCA style, I have also examined real plate
>and mail.

I concede superior expertise, having little practical experience with these
things  myself. (I did manage to thrash myself pretty well with a bull-whip
once.   I  don't  recommend  the  experience  to   anyone   but   hard-core
masochists).
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