[Ansteorra] Proposed Complete Participants Handbook

[Donnchadh Beag mac Griogair]

I spoke yesterday to Sieur Jean Paul about that, and there will be a 
ranged weapon engagement amendment forthcoming.  The 12' distance 
mentioned in the new rules only pertains to whether an archer will be 
considered part of a unit or line.  We will still be able to fire from 
farther back.

You are correct that there are no longer non-contact combat archers. The 
following sentence can be removed from section VII.D.3.c:
"However, non-contact combat archers may protect themselves from attack 
if necessary."

If you see any other references to non-contact combat archers, please 
list them by section so they're easier to find and fix.

In Service,
Baron Donnchadh

Mike Wyvill wrote:
> Having briefly read sections of the Proposed Complete Participants Handbook (specifically the sections mentioning Combat Archery) I must pose the following question:
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> Is it the intent of the Kingdom to restrict Combat Archers to an range from between the length of a bolt or arrow (usually more more than 28") and 9 feet in order to engage opponents in a melee? That I cannot engage a foe unless I place myself within range of a glaive? Section 1.III.A would certainly seem to indicate that very thing. That would mean that as a Combat Archer I would not be able to engage anyone while in the towers at Bordermarch or if I was on the Curtain Wall by the Sally Port. I could not engage a unit assembling behind the front line in a melee as I did to House Rhoadd at the bridge fight this year at BAM or engage the defenders of the castle at Gothic when they stepped back from the walls. Any unit that cannot strike me is same from my arrows? 
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> Also there are several mentions of 'Non contact archers' in the Appendix relating to Combat Archery. My understanding is there are no non-contact archers in the Society. 
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> YIS
> Engenulf de Vienville
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