ES - Elfsea Defender Chivalric Tourney
The Hermit
blakrose at swbell.net
Wed Jun 14 12:48:01 PDT 2000
personally----I think it sounds like a good idea
Cian
arthur starkey wrote:
>
> baron at elfsea.ansteorra.org wrote:
>
> Galen here...
>
> I've been talking for some time about what I want to do
> for the chivalric tourney at Elfsea Defender. I want to
> toss out the ideas I'm presently working with, and get
> the barony's feedback on them, especially the fighters'
> opinions.
>
> In period, a tourney would last more than a few hours, or
> even more than a full day. They would last up to a week,
> with different scenarios being tried on different days.
>
> In Ansteorra, there have been very few efforts to re-
> create a tourney of the high middle ages (say 12-14th
> century), and none that I am aware of that were part of a
> baronial championship event that included other
> competitions. Most familiar to Elfsea fighters is
> probably the Tournee de Lyonesse, held for several years
> by Bjornsborg, which in turn was a descendent of the
> earlier Tournament of Lions. The Li! ons tournies
> simulated different tournament days by seperating the
> tourney into rounds. All combat was assumed to be fought
> _a plaisance_, that is, with blunted weapons. To be
> killed or wounded by SCA standards meant to be
> incapacitated for the remainder of the "day", so you had
> to wait until the next round to fight. (However, there
> was a round fought "a outrance" with sharpened weapons,
> to settle affairs of honor; wounds taken in this round
> were retained throughout the tourney.) Fighters hired
> heralds and made great shows of their performance on the
> field. A herald might even provide a "play-by-play"
> account of his patron's fight, highlighting his patron's
> best moves and chivalry, of course. And the day started
> with a march of precedence of the fighters, to present
> them to the Baron of Bjornsborg, Sir Jan.
>
> Within the context of Elfsea Defender, there simply isn't
> time in the schedule to do as much as we'd ! like, but we
> can do a smaller version of it, to give us all a taste.
>
> I'm thinking of starting with a march of precedence of
> the fighters and their consorts, in which the fighter may
> provide his own herald to announce him, if he wishes.
> The Baroness will preside over a ladies pavillion, who
> will bestow largess on the fighters that catch their eye.
>
> Challenge Round
> Then the field would be open for challenges. For 45
> minutes, fighters could accept or give challenges and
> fight them out on the field. Wounds would be retained
> throughout the round, slain fighters would be out until
> the next round. Multiple fights would be fought at the
> same time.
>
> Limited Blows Challenge Round
> The second round would be also be 45 minutes, and run the
> same way except you have a limited number of blows: 3
> blows with each of the traditional "weapons of chivalry"
> sword, mace (or axe, depending on your persona), spear,
> or d! agger. Challenge as many fighters as you can, but
> you can't throw more than 12 shots total during the
> round. Perhaps you'd challenge a fighter to all four
> weapons, or choose a different opponent for each weapon.
> This sort of limited-blows combat was commonly done in
> period tournies. If you haven't done it, you'll find it
> to be a very challenging sort of combat. As before,
> wounds are retained through the round, and killing shots
> take you out of the round.
>
> Defenders at the Barrier
> In the third round the former Defenders of Eflsea would
> defend the barrier against any and all comers, for 45
> minutes. Challenge them alone or en mass. Wounds will
> be retained through the round.
>
> Grand Melee
> Finally, the ladies pavillion will choose a Lord
> Challenger, and then the Baron will choose a Lord Tenant
> and his team. They will lead the sides of a grand melee.
>
> After this, the Baron will consult with the prior
> Defe! nders of Elfsea to choose which participant is most
> worthy to become the new Defender of Elfsea.
>
> How's it sound? Do you love it? Do you hate it? Do you
> want to tweak it a little? A lot? This _is_ the time
> for negative commentary. (Positive, too.)
>
> Please be gentle!
>
> - Galen Elfsea
>
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> What obout including an Archery round where the opponents shoot at the
> combat sillouette targets we have used in the past? A challenge or
> two could be in progress at the same time the other challenges are
> happening.
>
> Just a light hearted suggestion
>
> Artair Macmora
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