ANST - A bit on weapons

Chris and Elisabeth Zakes moondrgn at bga.com
Fri Feb 18 15:06:34 PST 2000


At 04:22 PM 2/18/00 -0600, you wrote:
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>> From: owner-ansteorra at ansteorra.org
>> [mailto:owner-ansteorra at ansteorra.org]On Behalf Of Keith Hood
>> 
>> Some things you mentioned I can't address. But...
>> 
>> >3) If we are considered to be wearing open-faced helms, so 
>> > that we should take any thrust to the face that would have
>> > touched the  face, why do we just shrug off incidents of our own
>> > shield bashing into our face  hard enough to >rock us?
>> 
>> Because shields aren't normally made with sharp cutting edges 
>> like the weapons that knock them into our faces.  <G> Unless you've
>>  done something REALLY wrong in making your shield, in which case
>> you deserve  whatever you get.  <G>
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>agreed ... but a more reasonable explanation would be that shields
>are not allowed to be used as offensive weaponry (i really miss the
>old days ... grin)


You must have lived in a different "old days" than I did. Barring a few
experimental items like Sir Riccardo's shield with the thrusting tip out
one side, shields have never been used as offensive weapons in Ansteorra.

	-Tivar Moondragon
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