Galder, one reason to discourage you from melee use is that you aren't much good with melee weapons! All your Combat Tricks are unarmed. As it is, though, you can carry a melee weapon as well as a sabre if you have Combat and Armed Combat Tricks. The idea is always that you can make use of whatever fighting skills you have, but you cannot just carry tons of stuff.
Whipping him with it would be an impressive repeal of the laws of physics!
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Takuan- the illusion would be on anyone observing Rand, which wasn't many people.
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"He spends his time up in the pleasure pits," says Mika.
You'd have to think of a good feed line, Rah!