ANST - Field Personnas?

[Faramond Darkfox]

>>>>>Remaining true to your period regarding armor and weapons,  
>*and* being competitive or even excelling on the list and war field  
>-- can it be done?<<<<
>
>A lot of it depends on your persona, also. It's a lot easier for  
>12th to 14th century European personas to be "true to their period"  
>than (for example) a 8th century Celt (who would never wear that  
>much armor) or in my case, a 13th century Mongol (who's preferred  
>tactic was to shoot the enemy with a bow at range) For many of these 
>cultures, "Tournament combat" would be a completely foreign  
>concept. What I like to see (and what I am just beginning to try to  
>do myself) is someone who captures the "feel" of what their persona  
>would be waering/fighting with IF they were put in a "tourney"  
>situation. To paraphrase Sir Penadaren, I don't care if it IS  
>period, but I want it to FEEL period....

   I understand the "8th century Celt vs. 12th to 14th century European 
persona" thing.  I think if you had a early Pict personna hte loin cloth 
would not be considered enough armor to wear on the field.



                                   Faramond Darkfox

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