ANST - Gulf War Archery...Clarified Rules....! (...or a miscommunicationfixed)

[Paul Mitchell]

Actually, Johan, I think Daniel's joking in the post quoted
below.  

- Galen

Alan J. Boertjens wrote:
> 
> This is a ridiculous ruling...
> 
> Any archer on the field should be subject to other archers fire as
> well as catapults, ballistaes, etc...
> 
> The original premise for the 10' radius kill, was in response to the
> former weapon-length radius kill rule.  Since a pike was 9' long, they
> imposed the 10' radius kill rule.
> 
> By this argument the NO-HIT-ARCHERS should be 'killed' when they get
> within bow-range radius from any other enemy archer, lets say 60 yards.
> In similar fashion, setup a catapult-range radius kill zone as well.
> 
> This would be a FAR more logical rule based on the current radius-kill
> rules.  Having archers that are 'untouchable' by other archers is
> ridiculous!  If the archers don't want to put on minimum armour
> requirements, then stay off the melee field and attend the IKAC field!
> 
> ~Johan
> 
> >  From: Tim McDaniel <tmcd at crl.com>, on 1/29/98 9:27 AM:
> >  On Wed, 28 Jan 1998, Joe Wolf <WolfJ at bisys.com> wrote:
> >  > Sir Kief wrote:
> >  > >
> >  > >1.  NO HIT ARCHERS: These folks will be marked by WHITE
> >  > >DIAMONDS...! Don't hit them under any circumstances.
> >  >
> >  > Kief... will these archers be subject to fire from enemy
> >  > archers??
> >
> >  "I'm not Kief, but ..."
> >
> >  No, they are not subject to fire.  If you're not using
> >  Baldar Wire-Guided Heat-Seeking Blunts (software release 3.2
> >  or later -- that's when they finally debugged the white
> >  diamond recognition artificial intelligence) you can't shoot
> >  anywhere near them.  Even if there's one white diamond
> >  archer in front of a clump of 20.  At least the new war
> >  rules require them to warn you of their presence, with the
> >  mandated "nyah nyah, I'm rubber, you're glue!" cry.
> >
> >  If you hit a white diamond by accident, you must immediately
> >  take off all armor and report to Mistress Severa (hint:
> >  she's not a peer).
> >
> >  Hope This Helps!
> >
> >  Daniel de Lincolia
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