[MR] heavy archers

[Charlene Ratliff]

I had to put my two cents in.

There are a lot of people who have authorized CA so that they can play on a 
seige engine team.  So they may not be participating as an archer but may be 
on the field playing behind and engine.  I could not guess at the total 
number of people who fall into this catagory, but off the top of my head I 
can think of roughly 9-12 who do.



Delfina The Mad



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>From: gormofberra at direcway.com
>To: matthew howard <m.c.howard at verizon.net>
>CC: atlantia at atlantia.sca.org
>Subject: Re: [MR] heavy archers
>Date: Fri, 28 Nov 2003 10:38:13 -0500
>
>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).
>
>If you mean "How many combat archers appear on the Heavy Melee field, 
>regardless of their armor" then there's probably about...oh...40 of us in 
>the Kingdom (roughly) are active CA's.  The rest are folks who picked up 
>the authorization at some point but don't appear on the field often, if at 
>all (for whatever reason).
>
>If you mean "How many combat archers are there who wear full armor, and can 
>swing a stick as a defensive weapon if appropriate (and allowed by the 
>scenario)" probably 10-15, maybe a few more.  Those would be the folks who 
>not only have CA authorization, but one or more Heavy Weapons forms as 
>well.  Keep in mind that in Atlantia, the standard rules in place make it 
>virtually impossible for an archer to draw a backup weapon in live combat.  
>Also remember that the kill standard is still touch kill regardless of 
>armor worn for archers.
>
>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.
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: matthew howard <m.c.howard at verizon.net>
>Date: Friday, November 28, 2003 9:51 am
>Subject: [MR] heavy archers
>
> > How many heavy archers are there out there?
>
>
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