Rapier:Conventions - Acknowledgement of blows - What happens when I'm hit

What happens when I'm hit?

1. A blow to your body is taken as a kill.
2. A blow to your arm renders your arm (including the hand on that side) incapacitated.
3. A blow to your hand renders your hand unable to hold a weapon or defensive object.
   1. Your hand can be balled into a fist and used to parry with, as a rigid extension of your forearm.
   2. If both hands are incapacitated and you haven't been killed, you must yield in a single combat tournament.
4. A blow to the foot or leg renders your leg as non-weight-bearing.
   1. You must then fight kneeling, sitting, or standing with your feet together.
   2. If your lower leg is struck, you can fight from the ground and are allowed to move about on your knees.
   3. If your upper leg (including buttock) was struck, you can move about but are not allowed to rise up during combat.
5. A strike from a ranged weapon or missile is taken the same as a thrust from a bladed weapon.