[Dragaera] The New Palace

[Philip Hart]

On Wed, 2 Jun 2010, Jon%20Lincicum wrote:

> However, if the bow-and-arrow have fallen out of usefulness in the 
> formal armies of the times, this means that the art of bow-making has 
> likely fallen out of common practice, and thus bows of any quality are 
> going to be rare, expensive, and their use unfamiliar to most of the 
> population. Why would a brigand buy a 50 imperial bow when a 3 orb 
> throwing knife or flashstone will do the same job and be easier for him 
> to use?

Even if nobles inexplicably prefer to use flashstones to hunt deer, I 
can't imagine Teckla do.  To say nothing of Easterners, and Eastern 
armies during the Interregnum.  I'm pretty sure you're going to be 
stuck with "The Cycle doesn't like it" as an explanation.