Book 33. (1 results) Rebels of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 27 | 15 | It can function, View more quotes about rather">rather as the heavy staff, though bladed, both defensively and offensively. |
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Book 33. (7 results) Rebels of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 27 | 17 | If the Pani had access to the lofty kaiila I would not doubt that the glaive would be designed additionally, like the halberd, with its hook, to dismount a rider, putting him at the mercy of the dagger. |
| 27 | 18 | On the continent, street contingents, raised in times of need to supplement a city's standing troops, commonly make do with knives, clubs, sharpened poles, and stones. |
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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.
If the Pani had access to the lofty kaiila I would not doubt that the glaive would be designed additionally, like the halberd, with its hook, to dismount a rider, putting him at the mercy of the dagger.
On the continent, street contingents, raised in times of need to supplement a city's standing troops, commonly make do with knives, clubs, sharpened poles, and stones.
- (Rebels of Gor)