[Discuss] Allowing duels with jousting skill

[Jim Chadwick]

I can see two of the best jousters get into an argument and want to fight to
the death.  Instead of lances, they go for swords?  Seems non-intuitive.

On 12/20/06, Matt Runyon <m.runyon at comcast.net> wrote:
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> > On 12/18/06, *Jim Chadwick* <heychadwick at gmail.com
> > <mailto:heychadwick at gmail.com>> wrote:
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> >     Hello,
> >
> >     I just joined the list as I wanted to know about being able to
> >     duel with the jousting skill.  Much weight is given to those
> >     characters that improve their sword skill, but little seems to be
> >     given to those that develop jousting.  The swordsman gets the
> >     added defense against infiltrators.  He can also act asinine
> >     wherever he goes and simply threaten anyone who speaks against him
> >     with a duel to the death.  If you character wants to focus on
> >     jousting, there is little reward for it.  You may win at
> >     tournament, but you get little other in game rewards.  It may be
> >     true that there were few historic duels to the death via jousting,
> >     but that doesn't mean it can't be that way in Battlemaster.  Have
> >     whoever is challenged to a duel to the death gets to pick either
> >     sword or lance.
> >
> >     -Jim Chadwick
> >
> Makes sense.  I seem to recall several traditions where the challenged
> party got to pick the weapons fought with.  This way, even if you were
> the best around with a sword, you'd still have to be careful about
> challenging, as the other guy might be better with a lance.
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