[Ansteorra-archery] Red Pheons, Non-Cotact, etc.

Bob Dewart gilli at hot.rr.com
Tue Oct 15 20:02:57 PDT 2002


Who measures the 10 feet?

Gilli
Shoot more arrows.  You're bound to hit something.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eadric Anstapa" <eadric at scabrewer.com>
To: <ansteorra-archery at ansteorra.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:26 PM
Subject: [Ansteorra-archery] Red Pheons, Non-Cotact, etc.


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Catron" <meggiddo at netzero.net>
> >
> > Either you are a non-contact or light archer, then you must wear red
> > pheons. By wearing the red pheons on your helm, any unopposed fighter
> > who gets within 10 feet of you and you are dead!
>
> >
> > The other choice you have is to be a heavy contact archer, meaning you
> > have two choices - you take the hit or if you have the opportunity you
> > can yield just like any heavy fighter!
> >
>
> Actually once again ALMOST correct.
>
> There is no such thing as a "light" archer in Ansteorra.  All of our
archers
> are "Heavy" archers meaning that we are fully armored regardless of our
> level of contact.  "Light" participants are people who are not wearing
full
> SCA legal armor.
>
> In Ansteorra we have Full-Contact and Non-Contact participants on the
field
> but they are all fully armored or "Heavy".
>
> Non-Contact Combatants wear Red Pheons.  In Ansteorra these combatants are
> dead when an enemy is within 10 ft of them but that fighter does not have
to
> be unopposed.   As long as the enemy is within 10 ft of a Non-Contact
> participant they are dead even if the opponents are engaged with someone
> else.  There are some kingdoms that said the enemy had to be unopposed, or
> unobstructed, etc.  but those have largely slipped to the wayside because
it
> caused too  many arguments about what exactly "opposed"  or "obstructed"
> meant.  Don't bend the rules.  If an enemy is within 10 ft of you and you
> have a Red Pheon on your helm you are dead regardless of who is between
you
> and the enemy.
>
> "The overriding consideration for any Non-Contact participant is personal
> safety." (quoted from our handbook)
>
> Non-contact participants should strive to stay out of harms way.  If they
> are
> within 10 ft of an enemy then they are likely in harms way or could be
> before they had time to react.
>
> It is also worthwhile to remember that in other kingdoms different rules
> apply.  Some kingdoms are Non-Contact = Dead at 10 ft.   Other Kingdoms
are
> Touch Kill, some might choose to be 15 ft.    Our own handbook kinda
leaves
> things open for the use of something like "Touch Kill" if we wanted to
when
> it says:
>
> "Any Combat Activity that allows Armored Non-Contact participants upon the
> Field shall have a briefing from the Marshals prior to the start. All
> Combatants must be informed about the presence of Armored Non-Contact
> participants and about how those Armored Non-Contact participants may be
> neutralized/captured."
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
> Lord Eadric Anstapa
> Kingdom Archery Marshal, Ansteorra
> eadric at scabrewer.com
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