It came up that thrown weapons are handled differently from Kingdom to Kingdom. For instance I recently learned that in Meridies, a combat archery cannot use thrown weapons. This is apparently only for ‘heavy’ or ‘rattan’ fighting use.
So how many variances are there in the combat community? Does it make sense that CAs or siege engineers cannot use throwing axes, maces, knives?
Im curious about the debate for and against. Society law is pretty clear about who can and who cannot. Clearly a CA cannot engage in melee unless specific conditions are met, and then only if the combatant is authorized appropriately.
Please comment below with your thoughts!
To be precise, the situation in Meridies is that the Meridian Marshals handbook (published in 2007), only covers the use of throwing axes. And the handbook only states that throwing axes can only be used by combatants with hand protection that covers the entire hand (Full Gauntlets). I am told, that at one time, there was an intreprtation that allowed the CA Hand Protection rules to be applied to thrown weapons. But this was not added to the rules updated in 2007. So it has been dealt with via interpretation…. I am hoping we can get this clarified and added to the rules asap.
2007 is a long time! Thanks for your service in trying to shed light and working to make sure the rules stay up to date!