[MR] Cuan's notes on Pennsic 32

[Syr Otto von Schwartzkatz]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gorm of Berra" <gormofberra at yahoo.com>
> Your grace,
>
> I have a question about one piece of this expeptionally informative and
useful
> post, from the POV of an Atlantian CA:
>
> --- Arthur Donadio <dukecuan at hotmail.com> wrote:
> > COMBAT ARCHERY.  ALL ATLANTIAN ARCHERS FALL UNDER THE PENNSIC CONVENTION
FOR
> > "MEDIUM ARCHERS".  This means that Atlantian archers must have WHITE
PHEONS
> > ON THE HELM, and be armored according to SCA minimums with a full
gauntlet
> > or hockey glove on the bow hand and a half gauntlet on the string hand.
> > Medium archers are killed by a touch.  There will be heavy archers at
>
> As I am reading this in combination with the standards, there *appears* to
be
> no difference in the armor standards between medium and heavy archers,
except
> for the pheons on the helm.  (If I am missing something, I would
appreciate it
> if someone would point out my error, as it is factoring into my planning
for
> the War).

This is true. As a matter of fact, other than hand protection, there is not
difference between the armor requirements for heavy fighter, combat archers,
scouts and siege engine crew at this year's Pennsic War.

> Given this fact, and the fact that a number of our Atlantian archers are
also
> authorized in other weapons forms (and therefore could potentially benefit
from
> the Heavy Archer's ability to draw a backup weapon), would it be
permissable
> FOR THOSE ARCHERS WHO WISHED TO to follow the Heavy Archer conventions?

As I recall, from last year, Tnek had made the statement that, although they
are not allowed in Atlantia, any Atlantian combat archer, that is also a
heavy fighter, could operate as a "heavy archer" at a war that allows them.
Tnek, is ths still the policy?

> I have no wish whatsoever to eliminate the benefit for those who wish to
don
> the pheons and yield to a touch, but if there are those who wish to go all
the
> way, may we?  If it would be a problem, I understand completely, but I do
not
> see on first glance how it would be.
>
> In Service,
>
> Gorm of Berra
> Atlantian Archer, among other things.

Otto