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Message: <blockquote data-quote="gizmo33" data-source="post: 2281206" data-attributes="member: 30001">Early morning ritual?  Whaaa?  Maybe you're talking about Conan O'Brian.  Oh yea, like when the Frost Giants...er...um.  Or when the ape on the island of statues...er.those pirates... uh.  I can think of a grand total of ZERO times any of Conan's adversaries ever survived long enough to teach him anything about fighting - or that such knowledge was referenced in the descriptions of any of the fights.  Of course I don't recall every detail of every story - I look forward to someone who's read the books to contradict me on this.  Hmmm.  Practice = training.  Your psionic attack has stunned me.  So if he's not training in the novels, then your knowledge of his career prior to the books must be based on your conversations with him in email?  There were some Conan short stories regarding his adventures in his "youth" (ex. where he was called a "thief").  I recall nothing explicit about periods of training during this time, or morning jogs or whatever.  I remember one point where a fellow thief ("Taurus", I believe, was the name I skimmed over) had some advice for him regarding the hiding of guard's bodies.  Not something he went out and "practiced" later. But I suppose I should stop dignifying your generalities with specifics from books you say I never read.  I wouldn't be surprised if you posted something about the time Conan was taught to fly a fighter plane by some old ace.  If I were a slaad that's what I'd do.  The only thing I've done too quickly is write "training" when I should have said "something like the training that is required to advance in level in 1e" (though I thought it was obvious from the context).  Now I'm having to argue about early morning meditation as a result of my carelessness in posting.  My "skimming" that you're refering to is actually the source of the only counter-argument of any relevance that you have on this subject.   My best guess is that you've inadvertently put on a Ring of Contrariness.  Rather than continue to post the only facts on either side of this issue, I'll just continue the dialog with myself and I'll let you know if I manage to change my mind.</blockquote>

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