[Ansteorra-archery] [Ansteorra-missile] New Archer Prepping for war

[Wesley Duke]

No basic sword and board armored combat auth is not required to use thrown
weapons and CA authorization is still a stand alone authorization the only
time a CA would need a basic S&B authorization is if they carry a sword as a
backup weapon.


Fearghus

On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 10:09 AM, Chuck Kaun <jack_a_lope31 at hotmail.com>
wrote:

>  Well, since we have all had our say and are probably just confusing the
> person who asked this, lets just finish with this.  Do you NEED an armored
> combat authorization?  Maybe, maybe not.  Would it be a good idea to get
> it?  Sure.  Why? Because this gives you more options on the field of
> battle.
>
> If you run out of throwing weapons and no one has thrown them back for you
> to re-use you can have a fishbat or a mace with a basket hilt hanging from
> your side as a backup weapon.  If you use a bow or crossbow and its gets hit
> with an arrow (thus rendering it useless) you can still do something instead
> of getting taken out of the battle in a non-res-battle.  It wont actually
> take that much extra time to get and will be worth it in the long run.
> Heck, even if you just pick up a shield and stand there for the guy next to
> you with a spear, its better than standing on the sidelines cause your
> crossbow is broke, youre out of ammo, etc.
>
> Either way, have fun, enjoy yourself at Gulf.
>
> Karl Thorgeirsson
>
> > From: pug at pug.net
> > To: ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org
> > Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 08:18:34 -0600
> > Subject: Re: [Ansteorra-archery] [Ansteorra-missile] New Archer Prepping
> for war
> >
> > > According to the current rules you have to be authorized in Armored
> > > Combat to fight on the field at all. Since archers are full contact
> > > fighters you are required to be authorized as a fighter before you
> > > become authorized as an archer. So the answer is still yes.
> >
> > This is not actually the case. They have to be an authorized combatant.
> >
> > This comes from an old reading of the rules that stated vaguely that
> > everyone on the field had to be an authorized armored combatant. If you
> read
> > that very strictly, you would think all combat archers had to get an AC
> > authorization, but if you look just a little bit deeper you will see the
> > folly of it. Aren't marshals allowed on the field? They are authorized
> as
> > well for the field in question.
> >
> > As others have pointed out, the new wording is much more clear that you
> have
> > to be authorized, but not with the vague 'armored combatant'
> restriction.
> >
> > No person shall participate in Official Combat-Related Activities
> (including
> > armored combat, period fencing, and combat archery) outside of formal
> > training sessions unless they have been properly authorized under
> Society
> > and Kingdom procedures
> >
> > Ciao,
> > Pug
> >
> >
> > _______________________________________________
> > Ansteorra-archery mailing list
> > Ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org
> > http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org
>
>
> ------------------------------
> Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. Get it now!<http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008>
>
> _______________________________________________
> Ansteorra-archery mailing list
> Ansteorra-archery at lists.ansteorra.org
> http://lists.ansteorra.org/listinfo.cgi/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.ansteorra.org/pipermail/ansteorra-archery-ansteorra.org/attachments/20080228/c16f506f/attachment.htm>