[Ansteorra-rapier] death by cloak

[Chris Zakes]

At 08:55 PM 10/12/2007, you wrote:
>In a message dated 10/12/2007 8:32:17 P.M. Central Daylight Time, 
>dontivar at gmail.com writes:
>Okay, if it's a dumb restriction, why is it in the rules?
>Cloaks *are* legal to be thrown, otherwise we wouldn't be having 
>this discussion at all. A thrown cloak is extremely unlikely to 
>injure someone. If I throw a cloak at my opponent's blade and happen 
>to hit his arm, too, does that mean the marshals are going to call 
>me down for it?
><shrug> I have, upon occasion, wadded my cloak up like a ball and 
>bounced it off my opponent's chest as a distraction. It hits a lot 
>softer than a blade.
>I know of *one* incident where a "thrown" cloak had the potential to 
>injure someone. David Gallowgalss was fighting with his full length 
>wool cloak. At one point, he flipped it behind him and continued to 
>fight single-blade. Unbeknownst to David, the other end of the cloak 
>landed in a puddle and started sucking up water. When he flipped it 
>forward to parry, the cloak (now heavier by several pounds of water) 
>flew out of his hand, hit his opponent in the chest and knocked him 
>on his rear.
>         -Tivar Moondragon
>
>Cloaks can not be thrown because they are unsafe. There was once a 
>guy named Tivar that was killed by a wadded up cloak. I am surprised 
>that we can even bring cloaks anywhere near the field.
>;o)
>Pieter


Nope, sorry, wrong story. Here's what really happened:

I was fighting Little Conner. We were using cloaks. At one point I 
was holding my cloak in a somewhat rolled-up fashion, so that its 
diameter was about the same as my dagger grip. Conner violated Rule 
#1 (Never rush Tivar when he's carrying a dagger) and my instincts 
took over. I stepped back, and thrust my dagger-shaped cloak at his 
head. When my hand was about a foot from his head, I realized that I 
didn't *have* a dagger in that hand, and stopped the blow.

We both had a good laugh about it.

         -Tivar Moondragon
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