Puncha
February 4, 2007, 09:43 AM
Consider a 1600s or Early 1700s situation.
A well trained swordsman armed with a cutlass or sabre steps out into a 12' wide alley from the backdoor of some merchants shop. It is at least 60' on either side to make it to the main road. The main problem here is that 4 thugs on opposite ends of the alley (2 on either side about 30' away from the swordsman) have noticed him (and his money pouch) and decide to rob him. If the thugs are of typical size and strength for the time period and are armed with knives and small clubs, will the trained swordsman be able to prevail based on having the better weapon and having more skill?
Will the situational outcome change if the potential victim was a trained axe fighter with a tomahawk sized axe and there were only 3 similarly armed thugs instead?
A well trained swordsman armed with a cutlass or sabre steps out into a 12' wide alley from the backdoor of some merchants shop. It is at least 60' on either side to make it to the main road. The main problem here is that 4 thugs on opposite ends of the alley (2 on either side about 30' away from the swordsman) have noticed him (and his money pouch) and decide to rob him. If the thugs are of typical size and strength for the time period and are armed with knives and small clubs, will the trained swordsman be able to prevail based on having the better weapon and having more skill?
Will the situational outcome change if the potential victim was a trained axe fighter with a tomahawk sized axe and there were only 3 similarly armed thugs instead?
