Caid--Armored Combat:Title page
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Society for Creative Anachronism Inc.
The Kingdom of Caid
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Armored Combat Handbook
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Society rules approved: November 2025 %endCenter%
Kingdom rules approved by
The Crown: Sir Bjorn Zenthfeer, King and Mestre Roisin ni Brian, Queen
Kingdom Earl Marshal: Sir Davin Kinnaird MacAilean
Kingdom Armored Combat Marshal: Brianna Je Nell Aislynn of Blue Shadows, OL, and Duke Patrick O'Malley (incoming)
Date: 1st of December 2025 %pageBreak%
Copyright
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This handbook is an official corporate publication of the Society for Creative Anachronism, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to researching and recreating the customs, combat and courtesy of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
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Index of Caid's additions
In the PDF, kingdom-specific rules appear in blue text.
Caid has additions to the following chapters and sections:
1. Introduction to SCA martial activities
- 1.2.1 General
4. When you are allowed to participate
- 4.1 Age requirements
8. Conventions - Rules of engagement
- 8.2.1 Individual engagement
- 8.2.2. Unit engagement (melees)
- 8.3.1 Death from behind
- 8.4 Helpless opponents and killing and capturing opponents on the ground
- 8.5 Caid addition for Killing and capturing opponents on the ground
9. Conventions - Use of weapons and defensive equipment
11 Conventions - Acknowledgement of blows
12 Equipment standards - Armor
- 12.6 Hand and wrist armor
- 12.7 Arm armor
13 Equipment standards - Handheld weapons
- 13.2 General
- 13.3 Single-handed weapons
- 13.4 Two-handed weapons
14 Equipment standards - Defensive equipment
- 14.1 Shields and pavises
15 Equipment standards - Ranged weapons
- 15.1 All missile weapons
- 15.2.3 Crossbows
- 19.3 Authorizing minors
- 19.4.7 Caid additions Authorization process requirements
- 19.6 Expiry and renewal
35 Change log