In THK, Prince Baelor suggests Dunk’s legal team use tourney lances rather than war lances. Is this genuinely a smart move, or GRRM pulling a weird fake-smart thing (like ‘light’ chainmail or all-black camouflage)? If yes, is this something people did more often (IRL)?

In order to allow for drama, GRRM has decided to ignore the rule (medieval jousts were highly regulated, more so than many professional sports today) that lances had to be “de mesure” (of an equal length as compared to a standard used by the organizer of the tournament).