Foot-Lists

A foot-list is organized like a joust, except that its entrants fight on foot, and are not restricted to the nobility (even when the joust is).

Since melee weapons are deadlier than blunted lances, some tournament organizers prefer not to have foot-lists; the chances of a fighter dying are pretty high, and organizers are not required or expected to have a high-level priest on hand to raise some peasant warrior who dies in a competition.

Prizes often consist of weapons and minor jewelry, usually not as expensive or fancy as those awarded to the jousters.

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