Kingdom of Lochac Combat Handbook - SCA Ltd (Australia)

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iiAbout This BookWe set out to do the rewrite with the goal of producing a rulebook which contains a complete and accurate recordof the rules as played. We also set out to produce a book which is readable and easy to learn the rules from,as well as providing a useful reference when rules need to be checked up or cited. Writing this book is not atask we have undertaken lightly. While there are a significant number of changes between the previous handbookand this edition, no change has been made without careful, and often quite lengthy, consideration and discussion.Everything we have changed, we have changed for a reason. Please bear this in mind when reading the book. Thisis not to say we think the result is perfect, it is not, and probably never will be, but it is intended to be a livingdocument, open to revisions when they are necessary.It has never been our intent with this rewrite to aid or abet rules-lawyering, to add more rules, or spoil anyone’sgame. In fact, from the day we started this over two years ago, our goal has been quite the opposite. We believethat by rewriting the book, and capturing the rules in as complete and unambiguous form as possible, that we canhelp to stop rules-lawyering by making the rules sufficiently obvious and clear that there is no room for debateand interpretation in their application. By doing this we can make sure that weapons, equipment and combatconventions are consistent across the kingdom and that someone can pack up their armour in Southron Gaard andfly to Abertridwr and know the equipment passed by their local marshals will pass when they get there and whenthey fight they can do so without risk of being bounced because of differences in regional interpretation of therules.Status• The marshalls’ handbook is being rewritten from scratch. Unfortunately it is not finished and we havedecided to release the fighters handbook as a standalone document that will become section one of thecomplete Kingdom of Lochac Fighters Handbook when the marshals’ handbook is done.• Because we haven’t gotten very far with the marshals’ handbook we have left some things in the fighters’handbook, particularly relating to authorisations, which may be better off being moved to the marshals’handbook later.• Siege rules are not yet integrated with this book. Unfortunately the revised Lochac siege rules are notyet complete. All references to siege weapons and ammunition in this version should be consideredtemporary and candidates for rewriting 1 .1 We still haven’t built the ballistaDate : 2007/06/2109 : 43 : 49RCS f ile : f ighters − handbook − 2.lyx,v Revision : 1.4The official version of this document is available at http://www.sca.org.au/marshal/ Photocopied or printed editions of this document are notcontrolled.
ContentsIndexList of FiguresList of TablesiiivviiI Fighters’ Handbook 11 Classes of Participant and Combat 31.1 Classes of Participant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31.2 Classes of Combat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Combat Authorisations Requirements 72.1 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.2 Age Restrictions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82.3 Minor Authorisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 Rules of the Lists 113.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.2 Rules of the Lists . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113.3 Applications of the Rules of the List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Conventions of Combat 134.1 General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.2 Behaviour on the Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134.3 Rules of Engagement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.4 Killing Conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164.5 Holds . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184.6 Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 The Use of Weapons and Shields 215.1 Weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215.2 Shields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216 Target Areas and Acknowledgement of Blows 236.1 Judging Blows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.2 Target Area . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.3 Presumed Armour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 236.4 Effects of Blows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.5 Effects of missile weapons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246.6 Acknowledgement of blows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266.7 Other Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27iii
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Page 6 and 7: ivCONTENTS7 Armour Requirements 297
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Page 19 and 20: CHAPTER 2. COMBAT AUTHORISATIONS RE
Page 21 and 22: Chapter 3Rules of the Lists3.1 Intr
Page 23 and 24: Chapter 4Conventions of Combat4.1 G
Page 25 and 26: CHAPTER 4. CONVENTIONS OF COMBAT 15
Page 31 and 32: Chapter 5The Use of Weapons and Shi
Page 33 and 34: Chapter 6Target Areas and Acknowled
Page 35 and 36: CHAPTER 6. TARGET AREAS AND ACKNOWL
Page 37 and 38: CHAPTER 6. TARGET AREAS AND ACKNOWL
Page 39 and 40: Chapter 7Armour Requirements7.1 Gen
Page 41 and 42: CHAPTER 7. ARMOUR REQUIREMENTS 31Fi
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Page 47 and 48: Chapter 8Melee Weapon Standards8.1
Page 49 and 50: CHAPTER 8. MELEE WEAPON STANDARDS 3
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Chapter 10Missile Weapon Standards1
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CHAPTER 10. MISSILE WEAPON STANDARD
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Chapter 11Grievances and Sanctions1
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Chapter 12Procedure for Changes to
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Part IIAppendices53
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56 APPENDIX A. MAINTENANCE OF THIS
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58 APPENDIX B. GLOSSARYRigid materi
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60 APPENDIX B. GLOSSARYKnights Mars
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