[MR] heavy archers

[Terry Buyers]

And since the rules don't 'allow' this form, there is just no accounting for those of us that learned to do this style in another kingdom, or before the inception of this entire 'authorization' game and still consider ourselves qualified to practice the form.

It is like the question of how many Hordesmen there are --- just enough, or too darn many, depending on what side of the equation you come down on.

                Taras

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: gormofberra at direcway.com 
  To: matthew howard 
  Cc: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org 
  Sent: Friday, November 28, 2003 10:38 AM
  Subject: Re: [MR] heavy archers


  Depends on your definitions...

  If you mean "How many folks are authorized in Combat Archery", then a quick look at the mol stats indicate that there were 182 authorized combat archers in Atlantia as of the most recent calculation.
  (700 Heavies, 438 rapier fighters for comparison purposes).

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  If you mean "How many combat archers are there who wear full armor, and expect to get hit to be killed, and expect to defend themselves with a backup weapon", then none, as it is against Atlantian rules.  There has been an experiment in Yeoman archery, which would do this as an optional addition to the standard CA, but it hasn't taken off yet, and is still very much experimental.