Duel Outcome Chart

CODE DUELLO de PISTOLS

Section Two -- Exchanges and Outcomes
 

“How Chances Mock,

and Changes Fill

the Cup of Altercation”
-Shakespeare

 

BEFORE THE DUEL

· Once scheduled and the participants take the field, there must be a first exchange of fire. If there is a dishonorable withdrawal on one side or the other, the duel will be awarded to the remaining and more willing principal. The dishonored principal may be entered onto DuelingSolution.com ‘Poltroons List’.

 

THE FIRST EXCHANGE

 

1) Both parties miss each other. At this point, an apology may be asked for from the challenged party. If given, and accepted by the challenger, the duel is ended honorably, and the challenger is proclaimed the victor. If apologies are not forthcoming, there must be a second exchange. Go to SECOND VOLLEY.

2)  

a) If one party be hit at all and the other is not, the duel is ended honorably with the un-struck principal proclaimed the victor. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED.

b) If both parties be hard-hit by each other (head or torso), the HEADSHOT PREVAILS. If both strikes are torso shots, the shot placed closest to the heart (as measured by the director of combat) prevails. In both cases, DUEL ENDED.VICTOR PROCLAIMED. In the rare case of equal measurement, the Duel constitutes a MOOTSHOOT and may be taken up by the principal’s ‘SECONDS’.

c) If one party be hard-hit (head or torso) and the other be light-hit (arm, leg, or upper shoulder), the duel is ended honorably, and the light-hit principal is proclaimed the victor. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED

d) If both parties be light hit (arm, leg, or upper shoulder), and no apologies are forthcoming, the duel must continue for a second exchange. A duelist light- hit in an arm must use the un-struck arm to wield the pistol for the second exchange. A duelist light-hit in a leg will be given a crutch so that his struck leg bears little weight for the second exchange. Go to SECOND VOLLEY.

 

THE SECOND EXCHANGE

1) Both parties miss each other. If no apologies are forthcoming, there must be a third and final exchange. If it is the second miss for both duelists, the distance will be reduced by two paces (6 ft.) Go to THIRD VOLLEY.

2)  

a) If one party be hit at all and the other is not, the duel is ended honorably with the un-struck principal proclaimed the victor. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED.

b) If both parties deliver a hard-hit to the other (head or torso), THE HEADSHOT PREVAILS. If both strikes are within the torso, the shot placed closest to the heart(as measured by the Director of Combat) prevails. In both cases, DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED. In the rare case of equal measurement, the Duel is proclaimed a MOOTSHOOT and may be taken up by the two dispatched principal’s ‘SECONDS’.

c) If one party be hard-hit (head or torso) and the other light-hit (arm, leg, or upper shoulder), the duel is ended honorably with the light-hit principal proclaimed the victor. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED.

d) If both parties be light-hit yet again (arm, leg, or upper shoulder) where a participant suffers a light-hit in both legs or both arms, that person can no longer stand and deliver, and his opponent is declared the victor. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR DECLARED. If the combination of strikes still renders a leg and an arm of both principals able to operate then the duel must continue to the third exchange (a very bloody affair indeed). Go to THIRD VOLLEY.

 

THE THIRD EXCHANGE

1) Both parties miss each other a third time at reduced distance. DUEL ENDED. NO JUDGEMENT. MOOTSHOOT declared.  If no apologies are forthcoming, the principal’s ‘SECONDS’ may take to the field as a separate duel to resolve the same conflict.

2)  

a) If one party strikes and the other misses, the party who has scored the hit is declared the victor. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED.

b) If both parties be hard hit (head or torso), the HEADSHOT PREVAILS. If both strikes are within the torso, the shot placed closest to the heart (as measured by the Director of Combat) prevails. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED.

c) If one party scores a hard-hit and the other a light-hit, the victory is awarded to the principal who inflicted the hard-hit. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED.

d) If both principals again be light-hit and the combination of strikes still enable one of the principals to “stand and deliver” then that principal is declared the victor. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED. But if both principals are unable to “stand and deliver” (strikes to both arms or both legs) DUEL ENDED. NO JUDGEMENT. MOOTSHOOT DECLARED. The duel may then be taken up by the principals ‘SECONDS.’

ADDENDUM I (affecting 2B)

An outlined heartemblem is now affixed to each duelist’s protective apron signifying the anatomical position of the heart. In the case of simultaneous torso strikes (mortal) by both principals in the same exchange, the position of each strike point shall be measured (by the Director of Combat) to the heart emblem. The principal whose mark is measured to be closest to his opponents heart emblem shall be declared the victor. DUEL ENDED. VICTOR PROCLAIMED. HEADSHOTS ARE REAFIRMED TO PREVAIL IN ALL EXCHANGES.