Posted by Nepenthe(IMM) on October 25, 2000 at 11:06:23:
In Reply to: My two cents posted by Borimor the Great on October 25, 2000 at 07:54:56:
Honor doesn't come in here.
As a Battlerager you're supposed to be this mighty warrior type. Adjust this slightly for non RBW's, but you're still supposed to be a respectable physical combatant.
I'm not sure if you've ever watched heavyweight boxing, but Mike Tyson doesn't hold his opponents down while his three best friends kick the poor guy. Is this because boxers have a code of honor? It's because of the rules of boxing, I suppose, but why are those rules there? Because the match is supposed to show who the better/stronger fighter is.
Most Ragers should think they're tough guys. They should be proud of how tough they are. Combat is a way of showing off to the world that they're as tough as they think they are. (It's also a way to kill mages. It's not just one-dimensional.) If you're in a bar and some guy picks a fight with you, would you fight him alone or would you get all your friends to gang him down? Now, maybe you'd pick the second, but I think you could fairly expect people to be calling you a total puss for years to come. . .and last I checked none of us were professional warriors with some kind of warrior ethic/pride. If that's true in our culture, where survival is (thankfully, I'd be dead in a week) not based upon your ability to physically kick ass and take names, how much more true would it be in a primitive village of warriors where (theoretically) admission is only for the strong/mighty/worthy?