Book 17. (1 results) Savages of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 1 | 1113 | Two View more quotes about further">further advantages of the small bow that might be mentioned are its maneuverability and its capacity to be concealed, say beneath a robe. |
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Book 17. (7 results) Savages of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 1 | 1110 | A skilled warrior, in the Gorean gravity, can fire ten arrows into the air, the last leaving the bow before the first has returned to the earth. |
| 1 | 1111 | No Gorean weapon can match it in its rate of fire. |
| 1 | 1112 | At close range it can be devastating. |
| 1 | 1113 | Two further advantages of the small bow that might be mentioned are its maneuverability and its capacity to be concealed, say beneath a robe. |
| 1 | 1114 | It can be easily swept from one side of the kaiila to the other. |
| 1 | 1115 | In this type of combat, incidentally, it is not unusual for the warrior to shield himself behind the body of his racing kaiila, and, circling the enemy, rise up, suddenly, to fire over the animal's back or, sometimes, from beneath its neck. |
| 1 | 1116 | A heel over the animal's back and a fist in its silken neck hair, or an arm thrust through a leather throat loop, provide the leverage needed for these feats. |
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A skilled warrior, in the Gorean gravity, can fire ten arrows into the air, the last leaving the bow before the first has returned to the earth.
No Gorean weapon can match it in its rate of fire.
At close range it can be devastating.
Two further advantages of the small bow that might be mentioned are its maneuverability and its capacity to be concealed, say beneath a robe.
It can be easily swept from one side of the kaiila to the other.
In this type of combat, incidentally, it is not unusual for the warrior to shield himself behind the body of his racing kaiila, and, circling the enemy, rise up, suddenly, to fire over the animal's back or, sometimes, from beneath its neck.
A heel over the animal's back and a fist in its silken neck hair, or an arm thrust through a leather throat loop, provide the leverage needed for these feats.
- (Savages of Gor)