A sharp weapon having a setting like that sounds pretty fantastical to me. I'm not a very nitpicky person when it comes to fictional logic since, you know, it's fictional.
And I am positive those characters are always stinky. Research shows that they did not, in fact, have deodorant in the 1600's.
And I am positive those characters are always stinky. Research shows that they did not, in fact, have deodorant in the 1600's.
What it boils down to is the silly SC logic allows this. I understand looking to realism, but careful not to get to nitpicky about something meant to be for fantasy.