ANSTHRLD - Re: Herald authorization

[tmcd at jump.net]

This is from Sir Kief, reprinted with permission.  I thank him for his
sane and convenient policy.

Even though I don't set foot on the list field, and I have no
authorization card, I still plan to be cautious near the field, as
fighters do occasionally come to the ropes.  I plan to keep an eye on
the combat constantly -- as a field herald, I have to anyway, to see
when there is victory -- and I think anyone, authorized or no, ought
to do the same when in reach of the list field.

    ---------- Forwarded message ----------
    Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2000 12:09:19 CDT
    From: Kief av Kiersted <sirkief at hotmail.com>
    To: tmcd at jump.net
    Subject: Re: Fwd: Herald authorization

Heilsa Good my Brother Daniel...!

You did ask:

>>Please clear something up for me.  Does a herald have to have
>>an authorization card, even if he never steps on the list field
>>and makes all calls from outside?
>>
>>DdL

If the herald never enters the field then they do not have to have an
Authorization Card.  The AC is necessary for those folks that put
themselves "in harm's way"...even in a manner that would practically
never bring them into combat range.  Entering the field of combat or
the melee field on "official" business entertains a slight risk of
injury even between bouts or, in the case of melee, between battles.
The AC insures that (hopefully) the herald, waterbearer, et cetera has
been informed of when they can enter the field and what the basic
marshal's commands are all about.

I do hope that this explains my position on the AC for many of our
non-contact participants.

Wæs Þu Hæl kinsman...!
Kief - EM Ansteorra
"Better the Hammer than the nail..."

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