Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 27 | 13 | It may be View more quotes about thrown">thrown but in battle this is seldom done. |
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 27 | 10 | The glaive combines the features of the stabbing spear and ax. |
| 27 | 11 | It can take a man's head off, but, in the thick of battle, shoulder to shoulder with one's fellows, one would seldom have the opportunity to employ it with such an end in view. |
| 27 | 12 | It is used more to stab and slash. |
| 27 | 13 | It may be thrown but in battle this is seldom done. |
| 27 | 14 | Certainly it lacks the lightness and fleetness of the javelin and the weighty penetration of the typical Gorean war spear, familiar on the continent. |
| 27 | 15 | It can function, rather as the heavy staff, though bladed, both defensively and offensively. |
| 27 | 16 | Rather, too, as the pike and halberd, it may be used both to break an enemy's ranks and, when necessary, to keep him at bay. |
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The glaive combines the features of the stabbing spear and ax.
It can take a man's head off, but, in the thick of battle, shoulder to shoulder with one's fellows, one would seldom have the opportunity to employ it with such an end in view.
It is used more to stab and slash.
It may be thrown but in battle this is seldom done.
Certainly it lacks the lightness and fleetness of the javelin and the weighty penetration of the typical Gorean war spear, familiar on the continent.
It can function, rather as the heavy staff, though bladed, both defensively and offensively.
Rather, too, as the pike and halberd, it may be used both to break an enemy's ranks and, when necessary, to keep him at bay.
- (Rebels of Gor)