Field Calls

A Pocket Book of Belegarth Field Callouts

How to Give Your Opponents Courtesy

by Squire Acolyte Sum'n

This guide is in no way a hard set of rules you must follow, however, it is what I believe to be the most honorable and effective method of mid-fight communications for the betterment of all Belegrim.

This guide is a passion project I put upon myself because I disagree that "no" is a courteous or helpful "courtesy call" in a fight, as it provides no real or substantive information to your opponent other than that whatever they thought happened may not have happened.

This page will also provide a link to a Google Slide (pictured below) to a printable zine version of the following information that should fit inside the standard 8.5x11 printer paper most common in the US. The zine is typed using the Atkinson Hyperlegible typeface, available for free through the Open Font License and was designed in partnership with the Braille Institute of America to assist readers with low-visibility and/or dyslexia, because our sport should strive to remain as accessible as possible.

A visual representation of the pre-printed and folded version of the printable zine format for this guide. Directions: Fold in half along the horizontal axis. Cut the dotted line in the center. Fold into a + or x shape. Then fold so that the two faces on the bottom right corner of this picture make the front and back covers.

“Hand” [on Weapon]: They hit your hand.

“Foot” [on Ground]: They hit your foot.

“Face” or “Head”: They hit your head.

“Dead” or “Down”: They killed you.

“Garb”: They hit your garb.

“Stick”: They hit your weapon.

“Board" or "Shield”: They hit your shield.

“Arm”: They hit your arm.

“Leg”: They hit your leg.

An additional / supplemental / optional version of the guide, so that people may freely choose which version they print.

“Hold”: Stop moving, there’s a medical emergency.

“Red”: You’re breaking their shield or armor.

“Green”: You’re stabbing them.

“Double”: You’re stabbing them through their armor.

“Armor [Location]”: They hit your armor. (Zone hit or broken).

“Graze”: Insufficient force with continuous contact.

“Light”: Insufficient force at final point of contact.

“Dead Leg”: They hit a leg that’s already hit and has ground contact while you are legged.

5th Edition

“Entangled”: Something has been wrapped around a weapon or limb.

“Hard Edge”: You’ve stepped off of the world and died.

“Soft Edge”: You’ve nearly stepped off of the world, step away from the edge.

“Point”: The projectile user is clarifying that you were hit by the head.

“Shaft”: The projectile user is clarifying that you didn’t take damage.

“Anvil”: Their weapon was held against their body like armor.

“Pierced”: You have stabbed or disabled a limb.

“Posting”: You would rather stand stationary than get on a knee.

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