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[LordKruelos]

Meh, gaunts never bothered me that much.  Most people trying that trick were pretty easy to bait into fixating on "catch the sword" long enough to bury the other one in them.

Psh fencing rules were more like guidelines for me.  When I did NCAA I drove the judges nutso with my antics.  Some of my team mates dubbed my fencing style "Screeching Weasel" and involved me being in the air as often as on the ground.  There was a reason I fought epee, no stupid right-of-way for a judge to put me over a barrel with because I wasn't from a proper school or fenced a proper game.  Dismantling a few of their expensive import students with said antics didn't win me any favors either.  Best. Match. Ever. was getting a french guy so pissed off he threw his mask and blade across the strip when I won.  Had it been a commoner like me I would have been black-carded and ejected from the premises.  He got a shrug when I raised an eyebrow at the judge.  That would be a large part why I stopped Olympic fencing.

Then I went into ren-style and things got much more fun.  Doesn't hurt that one of my sparring partners was an old akido/judo/something guy and would toss (heh) the occasional throw in for yukks. 

Nice.

[magustoad]

..by Olympic I meant "Olympic style fencing"  not actual Olympic competition, btw.  Just in case there was any confusion since I tend to write in the shorthand my brain thinks in when I'm tired.  hehe  Always drives me nuts when I run into yet another SEALspecopsGreenBeretUltraAwesomeDudeSniper (who is 19) on the Internets and don't want to be that guy on accident.

[Foghorn]

SEALspecopsGreenBeretUltraAwesomeDudeSniper

I actually tried to make that my handle here on the Crafty boards, but it was already taken.

[Arceom]

2-Can you hold a weapon and attack with it when you have a buckler strapped to your arm?

I'd rule it as a fitting instead and let the player hold two weapons

[LordKruelos]

..by Olympic I meant "Olympic style fencing"  not actual Olympic competition, btw.  Just in case there was any confusion since I tend to write in the shorthand my brain thinks in when I'm tired.  hehe  Always drives me nuts when I run into yet another SEALspecopsGreenBeretUltraAwesomeDudeSniper (who is 19) on the Internets and don't want to be that guy on accident.

No no, respect given for the experience regardless -- most of my fencing experience has been stage, but with some SCA / ARMA interest.