[Ansteorra] ransoming

[Jean Paul de Sens]

Stefan, I've done several deeds that had Ransoms, the battle of the 30,
Deeds at Gulf Wars, private deeds of arms with brother knights.

In general, the idea is to make the item valuable via it's significance, not
it's cost.  Also, the deeds were ransoms are given and taken usually have,
ahem, expanded rule sets which encourage a higher level of violence to begin
with.

That intensity level can be very welcome for limited activities, and usually
most participants are aware of the difference between these deeds and
standard tournaments or melees.  Finally, the participation in the deed
itself tends to be the reward, not the ransoms.

Jean Paul



Qui mieux fait, mieux vault.


On Sat, Oct 22, 2011 at 3:54 PM, Stefan li Rous
<StefanliRous at austin.rr.com>wrote:

> So any ideas how to make it work?
>
> I've seen tokens being passed on to the victor of a bout, whether roses or
> something else, but that is just a token. Can it be done without encouraging
> rhino-hiding and such?
>
> Stefan
> Taking this to the Anstoerra list as well, as I'd like to expand the pool
> for reasonable ideas.
>
> ==================
> Oooh. ransoming...I like it!!
>
> Kate.
>
> From: eule at ecpi.com
> To: bryn-gwlad at lists.ansteorra.org
> Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2011 14:35:50 -0500
> Subject: Re: [Bryn-gwlad] Something interesting...
>
> I wasn’t saying they never fought off their horse (quite common in later
> period)….just pointing out that all, with the exception of a few, don’t in
> the SCA.
>
> Some other interesting factoids:
> -          “tournaments” were exclusively fought on horseback
> -          “passage of arms” were fought on foot
> -          What the SCA generally “recreates” are passages of arms where
> the point was to best your opponent and earn renown…not kill them (with, of
> course the exceptions of our “wars”…which should include much more ransoming
> than we do)
>
> Eule/Steve
> Unus sed Leo
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