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3.7.3. Blocking a Weapon strike by laying a Weapon against a Target Area and/or Shield is illegal.
Soo Ma Tai wrote:Any stirke that hits with sufficient force is a hit....no matter if a weapon was in the way or not. If the strike does not connect with sufficient force, it is not a hit, unless you are anvilling before the shot ever connects (then you are just cheating).
Arrakis wrote:Is hand-on-weapon blocking of an arrow legal? Hand-on-weapon counts as part of the weapon, so I'd think not, but, then, you're getting hit in the hand, not the weapon.
Derian wrote:Unless it was intentional, at which point a marshal should call you dead.
Foot on ground will never come up as intentional blocking. If an arrow hits a foot on ground, it's ground, same as with any other weapon.
Daemarth wrote:I don't see any wording that uses anvil in our rules. Can someone please point out the anviling rule to me. I'm old and blind and can't seem to find it. I don't really think 3.7.3 and 3.7.4 really define what we used to use as rules, so is it anywhere else?
- Well I'm not all too good with words, and I think I can describe it well enough though. When I started way back in 2000, if your weapon got hit into a target area, even if it was a light hit, it counted as an anvil. Or if it got hit into a target area and the person's weapon also hit that area light it counted as an anvil. It didn't have to be laid across an area with direct contact which is how I read our rules now. I tried explaining this to a newer person last year and he thought I was nuts. The first thing he asked was "Where is that in the rules?"
So to me the rules now read as it's ok to get your weapons hit into you as long as they are not striking with the same force as an unhindered good hit from another player. If that is how we are playing it now then I would say the wording is ok, but if it's more like how we used to do it then I would think we should consider rewording it somehow... by someone that has higher English skills than mine
BUT... lol yes I have a but... that does account for weapons like down spears, that could be hit into your leg for example with any amount of force but it wouldn't count since it's a non striking surface (the haft) hitting you... and yes... I've seen this kind of cheese tried. Even people calling "flat" from their own sword hitting their legs and such, which is why we always played it as any part of the weapon hit into you, and even if it is light, to keep the "indestructibles" out of the game. I would like to hear thoughts about this.
Derian wrote:Wow, three posts from you that I agree with in one night, Satanaka. Something must be wrong.
Derian wrote:Why, it's clearly stated in the Book of War that a foot on ground counts as ground.
Do you also take accidental headshots as death? It's the same deal.
Derian wrote:Well, still though, I mean, if we were fighting, and I were to clearly accidentally hit you in the head - would you take death? It's the same thing in my mind. This isn't an issue of rules ambiguity; the rules clearly spell out that foot on ground is ground.
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