Nature vs Nurture
Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2008 9:17 am
The final showdown. At last we will have an answer.
The battlefield is a three mile wide basin of black sand, surrounded by impassable rocky outcroppings. Randomly placed throughout the basin, with high frequency, are innumerous huge sharp shards of broken glass, some as large as six feet tall and none any smaller than two feet tall, coated in poison, thick and strong but not unbreakable. These shards occur with such frequency as to allow straight line passage for no more than thirty feet in any direction, at any point. Also, ten foot tall geysers of flame erupt at random from fixed points that are noticable if looked for for but not obvious. Moderately hot ash falls from the sky perpetually, and the sky is overcast with dark, angry clouds, full of ash, but not rain. The air is hot and dry, and still.
The combatants may have any weapons of their choosing from the categories of: Asian weapons predating the japanese feudal era, instruments used by the spanish inquisition, or adapted weapons that were formerly farm implements including but not limited to instruments used currently in primitive agriculture that are hazardous in some way, but not formally recognized as weapons. No modern farm machinery, and no gunpowder. Siege engines appropriate to the two eras listed are also acceptable.
The combatants may be interpreted in any way, so long as they are representative of either a definition of the terms prescribed, or a common understanding of the usage of those words.
No medical attention is available of any kind for the combatants, or for us.
Begin.
The battlefield is a three mile wide basin of black sand, surrounded by impassable rocky outcroppings. Randomly placed throughout the basin, with high frequency, are innumerous huge sharp shards of broken glass, some as large as six feet tall and none any smaller than two feet tall, coated in poison, thick and strong but not unbreakable. These shards occur with such frequency as to allow straight line passage for no more than thirty feet in any direction, at any point. Also, ten foot tall geysers of flame erupt at random from fixed points that are noticable if looked for for but not obvious. Moderately hot ash falls from the sky perpetually, and the sky is overcast with dark, angry clouds, full of ash, but not rain. The air is hot and dry, and still.
The combatants may have any weapons of their choosing from the categories of: Asian weapons predating the japanese feudal era, instruments used by the spanish inquisition, or adapted weapons that were formerly farm implements including but not limited to instruments used currently in primitive agriculture that are hazardous in some way, but not formally recognized as weapons. No modern farm machinery, and no gunpowder. Siege engines appropriate to the two eras listed are also acceptable.
The combatants may be interpreted in any way, so long as they are representative of either a definition of the terms prescribed, or a common understanding of the usage of those words.
No medical attention is available of any kind for the combatants, or for us.
Begin.