Fw: ANST - To hit or not to hit Combat Archers

[Keith Hood]

>
>Greetings,
>
>My name is Lord Fearghus MacKenna. I was one of the fighters in a
>wheelchair at Three Kings. I response to the above about someone not
>wanting to hit the less abled archers, I say while I may call you 
friend
>off the field on the field my aim if you will excuse the pun is to put
>an arrow in a place that will be the most effective.  I am not only a
>combat archer but i fight heavy from my chair. While I may not be the
>best fighter and will probably never have the oppertunity to become a
>Knight, my sword can ruin your day just as quickly as a shot from a
>super Duke. This is to say whether I have a sword and shield or a bow 
in
>my hand I ask no quarter and if given the opportunity I will reach out
>and touch someone. I especially hope to have the chase to show this to
>our Trimarian brothers at Gulf War.
>
>Lord Fearghus MacKenna
>Archery Marshall Elfsea
>Central Regional Archery Marshall


Namu Yamato damashi - banzai!

Well spoken.  Battle is battle, not dancing.  Any who arm themselves and 
go onto the field knew the job was dangerous when they took it.

However, I know other people have different views.  The risk a person is 
willing take is strictly an individual decision, and if a person chooses 
to try to reduce or eliminate the chance of being hit, that's fine.

Going by the rules (as I undestand them):  White diamonds on an archer's 
helm means the archer is non-contact (not non-combatant) and is not 
supposed to be struck.  Heavy fighters MUST use only touch-kill 
techniques with them.  Archers without such markings are fair game and 
are liable to be clobbered just as if they were sword-and-board 
fighters.  The 10-foot-death-range thing is not a rule.  It is a widely 
accepted convention, but it is not required.  It is the *archer's* 
choice whether or not to yield if a heavy fighter just gets close enough 
- he is perfectly within his rights to run and try to get far enough 
away to get back into action.

Acting more charitably than the rules require is a noble thing, and 
using touch-kill techniques on archers is highly commendable.  Most 
archers, including me, will accept it because they realize the attack 
could have been made full-force, and we'd rather be tapped out than 
broken.  Even though I equip myself so I can switch to heavy weapons, I 
will accept a touch-kill attack if I am caught with bow in hand.  But, 
heavy fighters are within their rights to go loaded for bear against 
archers who are not marked for non-contact.  In the final analysis, 
archers without white diamonds must look to their own safety.


      Tomonaga


-- 
A long bow and a strong bow,
And let the sky grow dark.
The nock to the cord, the shaft to the ear,
And a foreign king for a mark!

        -- Stolen from "The Song of the Bosonian Archers" --
               By Robert E. Howard, who should be
                 the patron saint of Ansteorra


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