[Ansteorra] Questions regarding slings & Tavern Fights

[Bill Tait]

Engenulf, I still haven't committed the Ansteorran book to memory... Give me
a week :)

Vincenti beat me to the thrown weapons range safety issue, but my
explanation involved Orphans and Nuns (tm) in danger when passing by a
novice slinger. :)


By all means, try to get the Society rules changed. I would suggest to you
though that it will not happen. You'd be asking to allow a cord, potentially
travelling at a quick rate of speed, which can easily enter a legal helm
opening to be allowed on the field. That in itself will kill the idea right
at the beginning. Add that you'd be asking for a rule change that will add a
very small number of people to the field. In 12 years fighting, I've only
met one slinger, and 3 others who used staff slings (this in a Kingdom with
240+ authorized CA).

If you want to use a missile weapon that requires "more skill" (quotes to as
not to offend their users), pick up a combat handbow. To become truly
effective with a handbow takes a good deal longer than with a crossbow.

Of course, that my biased opinion :)

William Arwemakere - handbow wielder since 1999, had a crossbow, one of
JP's, it was nice :)



On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 6:48 AM, Tim McDaniel <tmcd at panix.com> wrote:

> On Fri, 29 Jul 2011, Chris Zakes <dontivar at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> As a broad generalization, if you make the "weapon" out of soft
>> materials--typically foam and duct tape, maybe a golf tube for
>> stiffening--then the only limits would be your own imagination, and
>> the only restriction is that you want something that will kill your
>> friends, not hurt them. They'll still need to be inspected by a
>> marshal.
>>
>
> I Have Heard that, in the early days, someone tried a flail made from
> some sort of rod + plastic chain + a Nerf football, as they thought
> Nerf would be soft enough.  As I heard it: wrong, the crack-the-whip
> effect made it hit very hard, and because it was on the end of a
> chain, it wasn't very controllable.  And so (the tale ended) they
> banned all flails, nunchuks, and their ilk.
>
> Have I indicated strongly enough how hearsayish the story was?
>
> Daniel Lindocolina
> --
> Tim McDaniel, tmcd at panix.com
>
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