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| ======Introduction: What Is LARP?====== | ======Introduction: What Is LARP?====== | ||
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| =====What's Roleplaying?===== | =====What's Roleplaying?===== | ||
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| =====Where & When Does It Happen?===== | =====Where & When Does It Happen?===== | ||
| We meet up most Saturday mornings between ten o'clock and eleven in The Magic Cafe pub on Magdalen Rd to have a drink and a chat and get things organised for the day. Then the people with cars ferry everybody up to the Shotover Country Park carpark. We spend a while in the carpark getting ready and indulging in a bit of sparring, then by around one o'clock we set off into the woods for the LARP proper. Sometimes we stick to the main paths, other times we head off the beaten track a bit so that we don't have to stop everything to let walkers go past too often!\\ | We meet up most Saturday mornings between ten o'clock and eleven in The Magic Cafe pub on Magdalen Rd to have a drink and a chat and get things organised for the day. Then the people with cars ferry everybody up to the Shotover Country Park carpark. We spend a while in the carpark getting ready and indulging in a bit of sparring, then by around one o'clock we set off into the woods for the LARP proper. Sometimes we stick to the main paths, other times we head off the beaten track a bit so that we don't have to stop everything to let walkers go past too often!\\ | ||
| - | The LARP generally finishes sometime between four o'clock (it gets dark early in the winter) and seven o'clock, usually around five or six. People with cars then give everyone lifts back to the town centre, and we generally proceed to the [[http://www.youngs.co.uk/pub-detail.asp?PubID=355|Angel and Greyhound]] pub to debrief from the days adventure and socialise. | + | The LARP generally finishes sometime between four o'clock (it gets dark early in the winter) and seven o'clock, usually around five or six. People with cars then give everyone lifts back down the hill, and we generally proceed to the [[http://www.therustybicycle.com/|Rusty Bicycle]] pub to debrief from the day's adventure and socialise (it is conveniently right next to the Magic Cafe and has bike racks for anyone who wants to cycle out to the meeting place). |
| =====What Do I Need To Bring?===== | =====What Do I Need To Bring?===== | ||
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| There are a number of acronyms and pieces of jargon used on this website and during the game. The most common ones are listed below: | There are a number of acronyms and pieces of jargon used on this website and during the game. The most common ones are listed below: | ||
| - | * RP - "RolePlay" or "RolePlaying". | + | * LARP - "Live Action RolePlay" or "Live Action RolePlaying". Other common acronyms include LRP (Live Roleplay) and FLRP (Fantasy Live RolePlay). |
| - | * RPG - "RolePlaying Game". | + | * LARPO - "LARP Organiser" - the person in charge of organising our group. The LARPO is a member of the OURPGSoc committee, and details of who currently holds the position can be found on the [[http://users.ox.ac.uk/~rpgsoc/committee.shtml|society website]]. |
| - | * LARP - "Live Action RolePlay" or "Live Action RolePlaying" - see above! | + | |
| - | * LRP - "Live RolePlay" or "Live RolePlaying" - this encompasses both LARP and also similar roleplaying events without the active combat element. | + | |
| - | * FLRP - "Fantasy Live RolePlay" or "Fantasy Live RolePlaying" - an alternative acronym used to describe the kind of LARP we do. | + | |
| - | * LARPO - "LARP Organiser" - the person in charge of organising our group. | + | |
| * IC - "In Character" - anything happening in, or relating to, the imaginary game world and which people roleplay out. | * IC - "In Character" - anything happening in, or relating to, the imaginary game world and which people roleplay out. | ||
| * OoC - "Out of Character" - anything happening in, or relating to, the real world when not roleplaying. | * OoC - "Out of Character" - anything happening in, or relating to, the real world when not roleplaying. | ||
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| * PC - "Player Character" - a character which somebody has created as their own character, over which they have complete control, and which they play over many different adventures and events. | * PC - "Player Character" - a character which somebody has created as their own character, over which they have complete control, and which they play over many different adventures and events. | ||
| * NPC - "Non-Player Character" - a character created by a GM or the LARPO to fill a specific role in the world or in an adventure, who might turn up once and never be seen again or might turn up again and again. Played by a monster under the direction of a GM or the LARPO. | * NPC - "Non-Player Character" - a character created by a GM or the LARPO to fill a specific role in the world or in an adventure, who might turn up once and never be seen again or might turn up again and again. Played by a monster under the direction of a GM or the LARPO. | ||
| - | * DPC - "Directed Player Character" - this is when a Player Character makes a cameo appearance in an adventure or at an event with their actions and motivations limited by the direction of the GM. | ||
| * Player - in each adventure everyone is split into "players" (who each play their own PC for the whole adventure) and "monsters" (who each play a variety of different NPC roles over the course of the adventure, many of them short lived, under the direction of the GM). | * Player - in each adventure everyone is split into "players" (who each play their own PC for the whole adventure) and "monsters" (who each play a variety of different NPC roles over the course of the adventure, many of them short lived, under the direction of the GM). | ||
| * Monster - see previous entry. | * Monster - see previous entry. | ||
| - | * XP - "eXperience Points" - each adventure gives people experience points which they can spend to buy skills for their PC. | + | * XP - "eXperience Points" - every time you show up you gain an experience point to spend on one of your characters, even if you were a monster for the day. |
| - | * Acra - the imaginary In Character coinage used in the city of Acryn. | + | * Riel - the imaginary In Character coinage used in the city of Acryn, represented by acutal shiny coins!. |
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