Questions tagged [larp]
An acronym for "Live Action Role Play". A style of roleplaying game where players use movement, costuming, props, and scenery to enhance the experience. LARP often, but not always, has players perform or simulate the actions of their characters.
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LARP safe sling ammunition?
We all know, LARP is inherently dangerous, so we use padded arrows and boffers to prevent the worst. But now, some more exotic range weapons don't have commercially available ammunition on the market. ...
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How to build a catapult for use in LARP?
Basically what it says on the packet. I want to know how to build a catapult for a boffer LARP, preferably one that can be disassembled into multiple smaller pieces, both so it can be transported in a ...
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Group tactics in Larp
I'm the Archdevil mentioned in the post below, and was wondering if anyone had any tactics to help my team. Effective Squad Tactics? To Expand on the Players in each team and they're abilities: My ...
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How to get more people involved in roleplay?
I currently run a small LARP (As already discussed at length in other questions), and am looking for some advice on getting more people involved in roleplay during the game, which is primarily a ...
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Effective Squad Tactics?
I'm a faction leader for a small LARP with a limited amount of people, and I'm interested in what tactics I can use for my team. When LARPing with smaller groups (think 4 or so people), on a team/...
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How to represent characters who are supposed to be intimidating?
So, in my particular LARP, currently there is a character who is an ancient evil entity (Archdevil). We (the game designers) want to make him intimidating, but aside from mechanical buffs (which we've ...
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LARP weapons - plastidip wrinkles
I have built a stack of LARP quality (at least that was the goal) EVA foam weapons for the first time for a theatre production with a large number of fight scenes. Quite a number of videos I watched ...
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LARPing with the Kids
I was on a few LARPs so far, but usually, all people present are pretty much 18 or older, so you are LARPing with adults playing adult roles in an adult environment. However, in an offshoot of the ...
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How to make cheap fake blood that does not go bad or stink?
For a vampire-style larp event, and for the Curse of Strahd session I want to make a fake blood that looks good on photos. Sadly, professional Kryolan blood I usually love to use is out of my budget ...
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Making a set of LARP saya
Time is ticking for a LARP I am going to attend in June. While I put the last seams on my garb for the moment, I still need to make a proper set of matching scabbards - or rather three saya (Japanese ...
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How do you LARP highly observant characters?
I'm designing a character for a World of Darkness parlour LARP who's supposed to be highly perceptive and observant. (A tad beyond human capability, at character creation.) What are your strategies ...
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How can you map the probability of 2d6 onto a standard poker deck?
One of the projects I'm working on in my free time is the adaptation of the Urban Shadows milieu to a live-action environment. (In 2022, this is what one might charitably call a long-term goal.) One ...
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Vampire and Safety Tools
Vampire the Masquerade has a lot of abilities to abuse other players, especially via disciplines like Dominate and Presence. Obfuscate can be used to appear as literally anyone, which might be used to ...
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How to get my nitrocellulose paintcoat shiny and prevent clouding?
I am working on a prop helmet for LARP. It's made from foam and by now I have spent almost one and a half rattle cans of shiny black, high gloss nitrocellulose-based spraypaint on it in about 6 or 7 ...
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Writing around an un-defined character
I am planning to attend a LARP set in Rokugan - when (and if) that happens. It's a rather story- and character-play-heavy setup with little to no combat planned. Now, I have already a character with ...