Re: Arrows and bolts, flesh and blood

On Tue, 10 Mar 2009 18:48:18 GMT, "Michael W. Ryder"
<_mwryder@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


One article in a very old issue of Dragon magazine mentioned that the
Mongols used loose silk undershirts to protect against arrow wounds. The
shirt would enter the wound along with the arrow and allow easier
removal of the arrow and help stop extra damage and bleeding. I am not
sure how this would be used unless you wanted to lower the damage of the
wound and maybe eliminate the effects of some of the special arrows you
mentioned.

the silk keeps (mostly) the arrow from doing any more damage on the
way out ie tearing out little clumps of meat. an important note was
the mongols would boil silk shirts as late as they could before
fighting which would help reduce infections from the crap pulling into
the wound by the arrow. some charming folk used to let their arrows
steep in the latrine before use. infections from piercing attacks
like arrows are a major concern which fantasy games tend to completely
gloss over.
.

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