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Taking a knee without injury

Postby Teej » Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:59 am

So FL mini-event yesterday. Basically ended up being FL's Gestiguiste vs. the Lowlands Realm.

We were in a bridge battle and I was holding the line - overwhelmed by tower shields and flails, with a 2.5' round shield and most my line dead - I took a knee to reduce target area for them and hold the line until more shieldmen respawned.

I did not want to cause any misunderstandings or interrupt the flow of the game trying to explain what I did... I knew it would cause confusion - so I never got up from taking the knee and took death on my first injury. I made no attempt to loophole rules - anyone who fights me knows I hit hard and take light.

I did not think I was doing anything wrong at the time, but during a water break one of the GTG guys I was squaring off with said, "I thought I missed your leg." I told him, "I didn't even know you took a shot at it, I took a knee for tighter defense and just considered myself legged."

So... I now know Dag has this after some review:

6.8.1 - Because kneeling is how we show wounds to a leg, kneeling during combat isn't allowed. Crouching is allowed as long as neither knee is touching the ground.


The is the only thing I found relevant in Bel rules is:

3.4.2. All Injury effects must be accurately portrayed and reported.


Am I missing something in the Bel rules?

Is it just considered cheese and unwritten?
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Re: Taking a knee without injury

Postby Derian » Sun Jan 30, 2011 12:19 pm

I think it's a non issue.

If you want to take a knee, strike your own leg. Problem solved.
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Re: Taking a knee without injury

Postby Cyric » Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:40 pm

You did fine. If you want to take a knee for defensive reasons you can, but that will have to count as losing your leg for hit taking reasons to prevent confusion.
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