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Old 08-05-2014, 08:01 AM   #13
Polydamas
 
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Default Re: Is The trope that wizards can't use armor just an arbitrary limitation?

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Originally Posted by whswhs View Post
Elric of Melniboné. Sheelba of the Seven Eyes and Ningauble of the Eyeless Face.

Bill Stoddard
And quite a few Robert E. Howard enemies and third parties. Dr. Karadur of Mulvan was too old and frail for armour, and Harold Shea didn't wear armour either ... but early L. Sprague de Camp seems to have got his fencing from the likes of Egerton Castle rather than Alfred Hutton.
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