with good cause - a skilled longbowman can fire three arrows into a target in the time it takes to load and fire a crossbow - who would allow those wandering around the city?
...Queitly and more accurately, too. :-)
A side question, does Emerikol have that pesky moral problem that the Europeans had -- it's OK to volley fire into a mass of the enemy, but targeting individuals is not ...? That one lasted right up through the American revolution, but died an ugly death once breech-loading rifled guns made everyone drop for cover and give everyone the accuracy to bust heads at 100+ yds.
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Date: 2006-10-15 08:04 pm (UTC)...Queitly and more accurately, too. :-)
A side question, does Emerikol have that pesky moral problem that the Europeans had -- it's OK to volley fire into a mass of the enemy, but targeting individuals is not ...? That one lasted right up through the American revolution, but died an ugly death once breech-loading rifled guns made everyone drop for cover and give everyone the accuracy to bust heads at 100+ yds.