Realism; Strength is not important for swordsmanship(?)

[DanHoward]

Originally Posted by Gerrard of Titan Server

PS: As a historical fact, I find this particular fact to be absolutely fascinating. For example, when we dig up bones from European battlefields, we can tell who the English longbow archers were, because their back and arm bones were deformed in a very particular way, which was the result of very specific and extensive strength training for longbow use.

Those skeletal deformities are not a result of strength training but were caused by actually using the bow.