I thought it might be interesting to see what "House Rules" groups are using around the country. If you have special rules, can you post them here for everyone to see?
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1- Rocks are BANNED in Arnor. They cannot be used save for in special battles which will be determined before hand
2- Stabbing of limbs counts towards death. For example if your Leg is pierced and arm chopped off, as opposed to the national rule, you are dead.
3- Fighters who are deemed "regulars" are expected to wear garb when coming to the field and who wish to participate in fighting. If they are not in appropriate garb then they shall only be allowed to fight with a single blue weapon (IE one handed sword, mace, axe, etc)
4- Unless other wise noted missile weapons are NOT re-usable
4.5- If a missile weapon is being carried by someone and is not used though the carrier dies, the missiles he was carrying die with him (IE, Puck is carrying two arrows but before he can fire them off Fion kills him, Pucks arrows effectively die with him and cannot be used)
5- A single and solid red hit to a coreless shield breaks the shield. A shield WITH a core still takes two hits to break from a red weapon
6- Fighters under the age of 16 are not allowed to grapple, shield rush, shield bash, shield punch, etc. ALSO They cannot BE grappled, shield rushed, shield bashed, shield punched, etc.
7- requirement for stabbing tip is much easier to pass than in most other realms and the national field. Arnor allows ALL Edhellen blades to be stabbing by default.
8) The Book of War states you may not have modern prints on garb. If you are not sure if the print you want to use is modern, please ask before making something you can't wear. In Arnor, we extend this rule to shields and swords. In mundane terms, this means no "Scooby Doo" shields or "smiley face" sword covers. Modern prints make garb look poor and have a comic effect. This detracts from the atmosphere and the image we are trying to project. If you have something that falls in this catagory, we will help you fix your problem. (Angmarth and the Knight's Councel are not tyrants [despite the rumors] and everyone who has something in violation will be given a reasonable amount of time to fix it.)
9) Successive strikes from a single opponent must register separately for playability reasons. If you simultaneously strike an opponent with 2 one-handed weapons, it will only count as a single hit. (This is always at discretion the person who is struck. It is possible for the person to see and register both blows.)
10) You may initiate a grapple with a like armored opponent. "Like armored" refers to the areas covered, not the type of armor. There are 3 locations for this rule. Extremities, body and head. If you have greaves or bracers, you may initiate a grapple with anyone wearing greaves or bracers in any combination. If you are wearing body armor, you may initiate a grapple with anyone in body armor. If you are wearing a helm, you may only initiate a grapple with an opponent whose body/extremity armor matches yours and is wearing a helm. A lesser armored person may always initiate a grapple with someone who has greater armor. Body > Extremity for this instance. EX: If you are wearing a bracer and a greave, you may initiate a grapple with an opponent wearing only leather body armor.