6.2 Rule Changes are out

After months and months of waiting, the new rulebook
is finally out.  I must say the first impression in hardback
cover is really nice, it looks very professional.  The picture
of a beaming Aramithris blessing the kneeling Claw 
Company is beautifully done.

For starters, there is a very handy index in the back and a
table of contents.  Also there is a summary of all charts
and tables used in the book.  These alone are woth the
cover price.

Now, as to the stuff inside.  The rule changes are summarized
nicely in an update section before listing the actual main
text of the rules.  After years of only minor revisions, the BOD
has finally gone for a major overhaul.  Here are the highlights:

Hand guards are no longer assumed for any weapons.
The large shield class no longer has any maximum size.
Bar Mail is defined as 4 pts with a nice picture showing what
        is and isn't bar mail.

There is a new hit location:  Buttocks.  This loction kills as does
torso but has armor counted seperately. 

You may now declare your character to be one of several races, each with 
a minor ability:

Human:  +1 life
Elf:  +1 spell point/level
Dwarf:  +1 pt armor where worn.  
Halfling:  +1 damage with thrown weapons.  

Archers are reduced to 2 pts of armor.  
Archers now have a teleport arrow (shoot it and teleport to 
where it hit).
Assassins can now poison all their throwing weapons at 4th level.
Bards were toned down as they were too powerful, especially at lower levels.
Druids now have presence vs. Barbarians and Monks of lower level.
Healers can now wear up to 2 pts of armor at a cost of spell pts.
Monks may now block swords with their hands at 6th level.
Scouts can make anyone who follows them lost 1/life.
Wizards may now use shields, bows, and flails with the new warskill spell.
Gypsies are not allowed, but if they were then paladins would be immune
to anything they might do.


Paladin and Anti-Paladin are now limited only to Knights
of the Sword.  The other belts instead have new 
peerage classes, which are as follows:
Crown:  Cavalier
Flame:   Templar
Serpent:   Archmage


And last, but not least, there is a nice Amtgard Recipe section
in the back that contains many legendary concotions such as
Dragon's Piss, 
Claw Chili
and that Saracen Corsair dead resurrected captain drink.
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Andrew A. Apold (mordru@magg.net), aka                     |
Baron Roger Shrubstaff of the Amtgard Barony of Silverwater|
(Kingdom of the Burning Lands), aka                        |
Asgrim Dragon -=UDIC=-                                     |
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