Charging
Posted: Tue Aug 05, 2014 9:00 am
I thought I would return to the board to view the comments and I saw a few on charging so I thought I would clarify the rule since I was the one who wrote it originally for CARPS when we started that LARP.
The charging rule is the same as basketball. If you want to get a person called for a charge then you as the defender need to plant your feet and get hit (which can suck). I understand that can be hard to do...I am a small guy and if I had someone much larger than me run at me I would be prone to back up and not stand my ground. If you want to change the rule write up what you think the rule for combat should be and submit it.
That said a person needs to fight arm length apart which can be hard at times int he heat of the moment. When I have my head screwed on right and I am not emotional and I have a player fighting two close I usually put my weapon to my side and say something to the the guy fighting like (look how close you are you need to back up) or a small game stop and point it out.
Last point, here is an example of when I have been called for a charge and it was not a charge. I am running full tilt with a small sized weapon at a person with a large sized weapon. I run up really fast and then STOP arms length away with my little dagger. The player is off balance because they want to step back due to my fast run up to the player, but maybe not say anything, but already frustrated. The player then tries to hit me with their large size weapon and can't because I am too close so they take a step back. I in turn step forward. The player gets increasingly frustrated because they can't hit me and start swinging harder, eventually I am called for a charge, but I was never charging.
Not saying the above example is what happened at the event, but I bring it up because if you want to work on changing the rule you need to account for small weapon vs large weapon.
The charging rule is the same as basketball. If you want to get a person called for a charge then you as the defender need to plant your feet and get hit (which can suck). I understand that can be hard to do...I am a small guy and if I had someone much larger than me run at me I would be prone to back up and not stand my ground. If you want to change the rule write up what you think the rule for combat should be and submit it.
That said a person needs to fight arm length apart which can be hard at times int he heat of the moment. When I have my head screwed on right and I am not emotional and I have a player fighting two close I usually put my weapon to my side and say something to the the guy fighting like (look how close you are you need to back up) or a small game stop and point it out.
Last point, here is an example of when I have been called for a charge and it was not a charge. I am running full tilt with a small sized weapon at a person with a large sized weapon. I run up really fast and then STOP arms length away with my little dagger. The player is off balance because they want to step back due to my fast run up to the player, but maybe not say anything, but already frustrated. The player then tries to hit me with their large size weapon and can't because I am too close so they take a step back. I in turn step forward. The player gets increasingly frustrated because they can't hit me and start swinging harder, eventually I am called for a charge, but I was never charging.
Not saying the above example is what happened at the event, but I bring it up because if you want to work on changing the rule you need to account for small weapon vs large weapon.