[Ansteorra] Rita update
Donita Len Schubert
SCHUBERT_DONITA_LEN at Lilly.com
Sun Sep 25 07:00:35 PDT 2005
But, my goodness, would the list babes have to don swimwear?
Isn't period swimwear's main ingredient, er....um.....skin?
Might attract new fighters........
Toryn
"davidjhughes.tx at netzero.net" <davidjhughes.tx
Sent by: ansteorra-bounces+schubert_donita_len=lilly.com at ansteorra.org
09/23/2005 12:09 PM
Please respond to "Kingdom of Ansteorra - SCA, Inc."
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
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Subject: Re: [Ansteorra] Rita update
Stefan li Rous wrote:
> On Sep 22, 2005, at 5:39 PM, Baronman at aol.com wrote:
>
>> I may have to scuba dive for my armor in order to fight or change my
persona
>> to begger.
>> Bors
>
>
> Hey, there you go! A new tournament style. Underwater armored combat. A
mix of the medieval and modern world! Compared to regular scuba diving,
you wouldn't need a weight belt. Sure would change some SCA fighting
styles, though. That extra water resistance would sure slow things down.
Might give a big advantage to spears over swords or even maces.
>
Short thrusting spears, or thrusting swords like the gladius iberius would
be my recommendation, longer weapons would suffer a real penalty in
lateral or rotary movement.
> And no three or four hour courts, since your air wouldn't last that
long!
With tanks, sure, but some of the new rebreather setups have impressive
duration.
David Gallowglass
>
> :-)
>
> Stefan
> --------
> THLord Stefan li Rous Barony of Bryn Gwlad Kingdom of Ansteorra
> Mark S. Harris Austin, Texas StefanliRous at austin.rr.com
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