[Ansteorra] Rita update
medicfem at aol.com
medicfem at aol.com
Sat Sep 24 20:37:55 PDT 2005
Ah, Hum....
Would Chirurgeons have to be swift-water rescue divers?
Concerned about finding new instructors,
Lady Caley of Lancashire
DKC - Training
-----Original Message-----
From: davidjhughes.tx at netzero.net <davidjhughes.tx at netzero.net>
To: ansteorra at ansteorra.org
Sent: Fri, 23 Sep 2005 17:09:02 GMT
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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