Live-Action Medieval Combat (Belegarth, Amtgard, etc.)
 

It's like that. I do Belegarth~ I'm the archery captain here, a member of our Realm Council, a founder of our group, and provisional blue captain, and a personal trainer XD

Well, look up Bel, check the maps, and, if there isn't a house near you, you can START one. I would gladly help. I would even walk you through some stuff I know, and, if necessary, send you maybe ten bucks a month to help you build weapons and such.

Well, you'd be surprised. We thought nobody would join. there areover fifty people in our little realm alone. It's been, oh, 4 months since we started this house? XD

There areguides XD It's pvc/fiberglass, foam, tape, and adhesive, then some cloth for covers XD

On that note, I must take my leave~ Bike issues are fixed, and it's been time to go home for an hour now XD

Good luck with the pixeling, Rose~!

I play Amtgard myself, never had any armor fancier than leather though. Then again I never played any character who COULD wear anything heavier. I DID, however, become proficient at catching arrows!

*points to weapon* I made that one, I'm wearin' it!

D&D allows clerics to wear armor because of the traditional restrictiveness of the paladin class. MMOs that have both paladins and clerics/priests tend to make the latter wear cloth armor unless they're based on D&D rules. (Fact is, clerics are overpowered in 3.0/3.5 in no small part BECAUSE they can outfit themselves like a paladin while still casting spells as well as a wizard.)

Amtgard is similar to the other medieval-combat games, except it has classes with special abilities and restrictions. My ability to catch arrows was a trait of the monk class, but I had to get good at ACTUALLY CATCHING ARROWS to use it. (Of course, in Amtgard, bows are limited to a 35 pound draw strength and arrows have a 2"-diameter ball of foam padding in place of an arrowhead in order to make them safe to shoot at people, so the arrows are moving MUCH slower than arrows intended to kill something.)

In D&D the cleric is still almost as good as a rogue when it comes to bashing people over the head in face-to-face combat, so being silenced ISN'T fatal (especially if the cleric cast buffs ahead of time).

Then again, I do have a wizard that's wearing armor and carrying around a sword and shield almost as big as he is.

If a rogue has you flanked though >.>

If you account for the rogue having flanking you have to account for the cleric not being silenced. If you're comparing how a silenced cleric handles, you have to likewise take away the rogue's big class feature.

xD I seem to fail whenever I'm not flanking... 1d6 from my rapier as oppsed to getting 2d6 added from sneak attack... I'm like worthless without it. But does a Cleric need to say his spells? He can always take silent spell xD

Rose - That won't necessarily beat a cleric... xD

Edit - The cleric in my party is wearing full-plate armor at the moment, so take away his sword, and his AC is still high enough that you probably won't get an attack on him (it's 29 when he does total defense).

xDDD Well you can take his weapon, and he still can fight... I'd rather not be throwing a cleric in melee anyway, but if he has heavy armor, he can handle it... You aren't likely going to find a toaster though. lol

If he can't say his spells, then he can't do them, unless he has silenced spell... But... tie up his hands, and he might not be able to do anything either.

Improvised weapons... xD
But that's not likely going to do much to... anyone that's has a class other than 'commoner'.

xD I figured you were joking about th toaster... xD But it's still almost the same, he has to roll to heal the party. *nod nod*

Were you playing 3.0 or 3.5? I used to play 3.5 until 4.0 came out, and then I switched to Pathfinder RPG (which is very similar to playing D&D 3.5)

I think the first time I played was about 7 years ago as well. I THINK we were playing 3.0 at that point. I had a druid back then.

Oh, I see. We bought the books that we needed, so we don't go to hobby shops to buy often (we are also on Paizo's mailing list so we get new Pathfinder stuff a lot).

Well... We do go to one game shop every Thursday, but it's to play Pathfinder, not to buy more books xD

Yeah, see, in Bel, there are no real classes....I mean, you are SUPPOSED to stick with a weapon style, like, I'm an archer, and so I mostly use bows and one handed weapons, and would normally wear lether. BUT, also, you are NOT allowed to catch arrows, as it's considered kinda cheap since they're forced to move so slow(like Coda said, foam padding, at least 2 inches thick, 2.5 inch diameter, and no more than 35 pund draw, at 28")

I can't do them XD

@ Rose - Well, then, Bel would work well for ya~ Dagorhir and Amtguard are good games, too, but I prefer BEl~ I actually happen to be proficient at all weapon types x3

In Amtgard, if you're not a monk and you try to catch an arrow it's considered a hit to that arm. Blocking an arrow with a weapon blade is considered to break the weapon. (There's some inconsistency on whether or not blocking with the hand guard on a weapon is considered safe.) Blocking and catching arrows is a class feature, as is the right to block an arrow with a shield (any shield can do it but not everyone can use a shield). It's also considered VERY bad form to catch the arrow by its shaft or to deflect it by striking it out of the way, because that breaks arrows, and you'll probably get chased off the field by the archers if you do it. It really pisses people off. >.>

You can play multiple classes but you only get experience for one class per week. By the time I graduated from college and had to move away I was a level 3 wizard, a level 2 monk (or was I 3 there too?), and a level 2 warrior (because if you forget your gear and have to borrow some, you're forced to play warrior, and mid-week practice sessions are worth a quarter credit for warrior).

Well, yeah, arrows cost a LOT to replace D; I mean, I can make a javelin for a couple dollars. It'll cost me seven for a good, quality arrow, and that' all I use, I don't use shit arrows. Cause, hey, shoddy equipment hurts people. But, yeah, we don't have classes, and if an arrow hits a weapon, it's considered to have gone through. Same with armor, except head armor. Head armor is impenetrable, for reasons I am unaware of.

...there's no magic in Belegarth XD It's a full-contact sport, no tossing birdseed packets yelling "Lightning Bolt!"

In Amtgard, head shots simply don't count at all, for safety reasons. If you're hit in the head, you're free to ignore it; if you're hurt, you can announce "head!" and combat is forced to stop. Presumedly the same rationale applies to Bel -- if head armor were penetrable it would encourage MULTIPLE blows to the head to penetrate it.

Edit: They're not birdseed packets! XD

Edit 2: Amtgard does have classless sparring too, and even in class battles casters are expected to end up locking weapons at some point. (Carrying a weapon larger than a dagger uses up your MP though...) So you're EXPECTED to be able to defend yourself with a blade.

Oh good~ and no, in Bel, headshots with anything non-projectile, or purposely throwing a non-projectile will get ya in trouble~

If your hand isn't on the weapon in Amtgard it doesn't count as dealing damage, so throwing a non-projectile weapon in combat is distinctly discouraged. I mean, you're allowed to toss it to someone else to use it, or toss it aside if you can't use it anymore, but it never deals damage unless it's specifically a throwing weapon and you're playing a class that has the skill to use throwing weapons. (That is to say, rogues and level 2 monks, with warriors permitted to use javelins but not other throwing weapons.. if I remember the rules right, it's been years.)

Of course, if you're borrowing a weapon and you treat it poorly, the owner is probably going to throw you off the field. (Possibly literally.)

Hey, I've got a curiosity about your arrow construction. Amtgard arrows have to have the original heads hacksawed off and a coin taped to the now-flat end of the shaft, in order to guarantee that it can't puncture through the padding. And then when I make arrows, I use a technique I learned from another player -- I cut one of those yellow foam practice golf balls in half and tape that to the nickel to make sure that nothing solid-solid ever strikes anyone, and then layer on softer foam on top of that to cushion the impact itself and to make it large enough in diameter to ensure that it can't poke someone in the eye. (Amtgard 5.0 rules use "eye socket" as the weapon diameter requirement instead of putting a fixed 2.5" measurement on it.)

I meant, like, taking your hammer and tossing it at someone in a rough, "I wanna hurt you." fashion XD Tossing someone a weapon is totally ok. And.....we only have javelins, arrows, and rocks as projectiles. yes. I SAID ROCKS. XD


You're asking the right person~ *archery captain and blacksmith* We make our arrows in much the same fashion, only the coin is required to be a penny for some reason. We then, as a courtesy(It isn't required) put an extra small layer of foam over the penny, to make sure noone ever gets hurt. Then , we add the foam head. And yes, we DO have to take off the original arrowhead.