In order to add even more undercurrent to the event, and particularly to make sure the guards are paying attention and the Britons have a goal on friday, we have made four red wool standards that are roughly 14 inches by 48 inches.  They are this size so no other standard can be mistaken for them.  Each has SPQR in big white letters and a image at the bottom, as well as a colored stripe (Silver, Yellow, Blue, Green) to differentiate them.  Two will be in the fortress, and two will be held by the Britons at the start of the scenario friday morning.  Throughout the day friday and Saturday, each side will attempt to beg, borrow, bribe, or steal the standards.  The side who wins at the end of each "meal period" will get to eat first!  (In other words, before lunch and dinner, the event staff will count the standards to determine who is to be fed first.)  In the event of a draw, the Romans eat first.  What?  Not fair?  Okay, knucklebones will decide it then.

 

 

Standards must be unrolled and displayed when in the camps, and cannot be hidden.  They may be displayed in a tent or structure, but must be openly visible to onyone who looks in.  They MAY NOT BE Placed on any Pole with a metal tip wether it is sharp or not.

 

The Purpose of stealing a Standard is to show it off.  Once you have it, it must be taken to your camp and displayed by the most reasonable (reasonable, not direct, but reasonable) route possible.  You cannot put the four of them in your pants and hide in Carl's house or march in circles for hours.

 

On friday, absolutely no combat can be involved in Vex Capture.  You must use wits, skill, money, or blind luck.  If a Roman patrol outnumbers the Britons, they may take it outright and vice versa and spread the hate.  No bloodshed (real or NF) is allowed friday.

 

If you have the bullocks to grab it out of the principia and run out the gate, any two Romans that confront you "out number" you and get to take it back.  We do not want tackling and fighting over them.  Any guards that allow this may as well as fall on their own NF sword....

 

On Saturday, NF armed personnel may engage in combat over the standards.  Once we "go to war" after lunch, the Vex Capture ends.

 

No other items may be "stolen" from camps.  So limit your foraging to the special Vexis (one exception here are the weapon crates, but that is part of the scenario and will be handled by commanders.  You can not steal the "weapon boxes" by yourself, they are too heavy)

 

If you are killed via NF on saturday while holding the vex, you must drop it immediately, on the ground, in the open.  You do not get to hide it under you or in a bush or hole or pass it off.  Your partner can pick it up.  You can of course pass it off BEFORE you are dead or as you are being killed.

 

The vex may be rolled up and concealed only in a bag or like carried item.  It CANNOT be concealed in your clothing (I mean really... you want the guards ripping off your pants?)  If you were real britons, you wouldn't have any pants anyway...

 

Other rules deemed necessary may be enforced by the event staff with notice to all participants.

 

On Saturday, NF armed personnel may engage in combat over the standards.  Once we "go to war" after lunch, the Vex Capture ends.  Pont is moot, as we will be slaughtering all the Britons anyway...