[ANSTHRLD] question about augmentation

[Jennifer Smith]

Sara wrote:
> I think what Aaron actually said was something like "a
> Black Star on a gold field," and I'm assuming that was
> a suggestion, not a mandate (you know, since the Crown
> can't mandate the form an augmentation takes).

Likely. :)

> Nonetheless, I think we'd like to try to make the gold
> field/Black Star thing happen. We were sort of
> picturing it as a canton, though. Does this bit that
> Emma quoted preclude that?:
> 
> RfS VIII.7 states, "If [the augmentation] has the
> appearance of being independent armory, for example a
> charged escutcheon or canton, then it is independently
> subject to the normal rules of armorial conflict."
> This means that the augmentation must be checked for
> conflict as if it were a separate piece of armory.

Nope, it's still doable. Assuming no conflict issues, anyway, of course!
(ie, if you have "a black star on a gold canton", then it'll be checked for
conflict as if THAT were the sole piece of armory.)

> If a canton won't work, what are the options for gold
> field/Black Star as an augmentation in some form? If
> there aren't any, are there other options? Like adding
> an argent or Or "Black Star" somewhere on the device?
> Ooh, can we add a Black Star on a gold base, thereby
> covering up the argent base already on the device?
> Heehee! That would be awesome.

Memory says his field is black, right? So if a solid gold canton with a
blackstar has a conflict (which it probably does, darned stars&suns),
normally I'd suggest using the actual kingdom badge (with a letter of
permission to conflict) and have it be a gold canton with a black
border....except that you couldn't distinguish that from the field. :)  

My net is currently down, so I can't easily conflict check possibilities,
but there are lots. Usually people want something designed so it's obvious
to the casual viewer that an augmentation is there. I'm sure we can figure
something out that he'll like. I'll brainstorm ideas tomorrow when my net
(hopefully) will be working again.

-Emma