[MR] Heavy Fighting at SSBB

[Nikki Petersen]

Greetings to the lists,
The MIC for Sacred stone Baronial Birthday, Sir Axel, has a wonderful day of
fighting planned. It will start out with authorizations at 10am. The
Baronial Champions tourney is at 11am. Beginning at noon there will be a
counted blows tourney. Then to round out the day for those who are still
standing there will be a ransom tourney hosted by Sir Axel. Listed below are
the rules for the ransom tourney, please look them over if you plan on
fighting in this tourney.

Ransom Tourney Rules:

1) All compeditors must bring a prize worth at least $5.00 to ransom
themselves should the be defeated.

2) The Tourney format will be a free-for-all Melee (teams will be allowed
and encouraged)

3) The object is to strike your opponent a killing blow. When this occurs
the person struck says "good", and ceases fighting, putting their weapon
over their head. The person who dealt the killing blow then puts their
weapon or free hand on the dead person's shoulder and guides them off the
field. Should they get them to the edge of the list field then the defeated
person is out of the Melee, and that persons prize is forfit to the person
who got him off the field.

4) A killed/defeated person can be rescued by anyone. A rescue is effected
by forcing the person escorting the defeated person to remove their
weapon/hand from the defeated person, and force them at least 5 feet away
from the defeated person, or, of course, kill/defeat the escourter.

5) A rescued person can not be immediately engaged, they procede to the
center rest area, and can return to the melee at any point they wish fully
healed.

6) There will be a rest area roped off in the center of the fighting area.
Fighters in this area may not be engaged. Non-rescued fighters entering this
area do not heal wounds. Only rescued fighters entering this area heal
wounds.

This combat is supposed to represent a tourney from the William the Marshal
era. Fighters dealt a killing blow are assumed to have been stunned long
enough to have their helms removed and would there for be vulnerable and
considered defeated. According to my sources the term list at this time was
used to mean an area where exhausted combatants could retire to and regain
their strength and then continue.