[MR] 4th Peerage

[Vels inn Viggladi]

> Everyone should be able to aspire to a Peerage someday if 
> that's their wish; to impose limits on a group based
> solely on their choice of fighting (heavy vs. rapier) in
> unfair.
> I don't think the creation of a fourth peerage takes
> anything away from the other three, if anything, it adds to them.
> Gina MacNeill
> AKA Lady Rhiannon of Berra, CP
 Skill at arms is not the sole prerequisite for the Fighting Peerage.
Prowess may be regarded highly, but it is not the only requirement... for any of the Peerages.

Making the presumption that skill is all you need for Peerage is the first flaw in most of these "Fourth Peerage" arguments.

As others have pointed out, Rapier/Light/Fencing is an ancillary activity according to the SCA's Governing Documents. It is also not practiced in all Kingdoms (again, mentioned previously). Then there's the experimental stuff... Atenveldt has 'Light' combat with kendo equipment as well as 'Chivalric' and 'Fencing'. No one else does that. So, then what?



Vels


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