http://claws.za.net/forum/ Forums of the Cape Union of Adventurers and Wargamers en Sat, 11 Sep 2010 00:08:06 +0000 http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/larp-on-saturday-the-21st-of-march-2009-grove-of-fallen-leaves#post-850 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:28:30 +0000 confluence 850@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>'Sup,</p> <p>I'll try sending you an email; if it doesn't get through because of some weirdness, we are now full; sorry. :/ I'll let you know if we have any last-minute commitment fail. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/larp-on-saturday-the-21st-of-march-2009-grove-of-fallen-leaves#post-849 Sun, 08 Mar 2009 19:19:06 +0000 babyacid 849@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Cant seem to reply via gmail. Yeah sure. Will grab that last spot. Just send the char sheet over and I'll be there. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/larp-on-saturday-the-21st-of-march-2009-grove-of-fallen-leaves#post-846 Wed, 11 Feb 2009 15:28:05 +0000 confluence 846@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Hi, everyone,</p> <p>We will be running our high fantasy LARP, Grove of Fallen Leaves, on Saturday the 21st of March.</p> <p>This LARP has relatively long and complex character sheets. As a rule of thumb, you should be fine if you have either LARPed before, or are an avid reader of fantasy and are familiar with its common tropes. If you have never LARPed before and you have never read a fantasy book in your life, this may not be a good place to start. ;)</p> <p>Here's the blurb:</p> <p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p> <p>The forest is at war.</p> <p>What began as a dispute over a trade route has escalated. The elven nation of Calen-Earanth is engaged in a vicious conflict with the neighbouring kingdom of Tamarys and its ally to the east, Kargare. The Tamarian army, under the command of Lord Gillean, has been burning a path through the forest in an attempt to capture the elven city of Quellostar.</p> <p>As the humans launch a major push towards the city, they are ambushed. Elves and druids wielding powerful magic cause the forest itself to strike back against them. The Tamarians suffer devastating losses and flee, many becoming lost in the forest's depths.</p> <p>In the Grove of Fallen Leaves all is silent apart from the rustle of the wind in the great oaks. Will its tranquility be disturbed?</p> <p>- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -</p> <p>More information:</p> <p>Location: Andrea has kindly arranged for us to use her parents' garden. :D We can organise lifts for people without their own transport.<br /> Time: Briefing starts at 18:00; LARP starts as soon as possible afterwards. We encourage players to ask questions about their characters by email or phone if they can; this substantially cuts down the briefing time on the day of the LARP.<br /> Cost: R25 to cover food and drinks. As usual, first-time LARPers play for free!<br /> Costuming: This is a LARP set in a medieval-esque fantasy world. Please make an effort to make a convincing costume! We don't expect you to sew a period-accurate medieval outfit, but please don't pitch up in shorts and a t-shirt.</p> <p>We will send more details to players after casting.</p> <p>If you would like to play, please let us know as soon as possible, so that we can cast and give out character sheets well in advance. Firm commitments only!</p> <p>Contact:<br /> adrianna DOT pinska AT gmail DOT com (Adrianna)<br /> hodgestar AT gmail DOT com (Simon) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-607 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:55:14 +0000 DarkOutThere 607@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>But Yancke that's what we do. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/forum-maintenance#post-363 Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:07:07 +0000 confluence 363@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Test poke! </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/forum-maintenance#post-362 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:55:28 +0000 hodgestar 362@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Helping confluence test email notification. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/forum-maintenance#post-361 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:08:22 +0000 confluence 361@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Testing again. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/forum-maintenance#post-360 Tue, 17 Apr 2007 23:06:57 +0000 confluence 360@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>OK, I think it's fixed now. If anyone experiences a problem where their posts turn yellow and nobody else can see them, tell me. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/forum-maintenance#post-347 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 16:18:33 +0000 hodgestar 347@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p><strong>Warning:</strong> If you are a forum admin, do not edit your profile right now, you might get marked as a bozo and then no one will see your posts. We are looking into the problem. Non-admins are hopefully not affected. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/forum-maintenance#post-341 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 15:52:42 +0000 hodgestar 341@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Woot on the updating. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/forum-maintenance#post-339 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 12:13:39 +0000 confluence 339@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Thoughts:</p> <ul> <li>A while back I tried installing an email notification plugin; it didn't work. It still doesn't work. Maybe there's an updated version. It would be useful if people who no speaka the RSS could keep track of stuff.</li> <li>We need a search. I hope there's a plugin for it.</li> <li>We need a way of adding arbitrary links to the front page somewhere; there should be a plugin for something like that.</li> </ul> <p>I will see if I can locate plugins which do these things. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/forum-maintenance#post-335 Fri, 13 Apr 2007 04:40:02 +0000 gnome 335@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Updated bbPress to 0.8.1.<br /> All seems to be well.<br /> Let me know if anything breaks. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-224 Wed, 07 Feb 2007 12:18:59 +0000 Yancke 224@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>I will kill jooo alll!!! Joo r teh mockkeeng mee and sundry!! </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-127 Sun, 29 Oct 2006 03:07:34 +0000 dystopia 127@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>relative to the people in simon's game, obviously<br /> <em>dodge</em> </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-125 Sat, 28 Oct 2006 17:37:53 +0000 DarkOutThere 125@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>relative to what? </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-118 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:54:34 +0000 confluence 118@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Well, I did say <em>relatively</em>. </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-117 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 18:05:30 +0000 dystopia 117@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>what about characters that are not sane, but in a very peaceful everybody-shoud-get-along kind of way? </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-115 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:35:22 +0000 DarkOutThere 115@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>There is no way that i'm joining your game then :P </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-114 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:30:49 +0000 Xenaroth 114@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>My characeters are ALWAYS sane. You just need to keep them knocked out the whole time. :D </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-113 Thu, 26 Oct 2006 15:17:55 +0000 DarkOutThere 113@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>right, like that's going to happen </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-109 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 11:38:01 +0000 confluence 109@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Ah, but only the <em>characters</em> have to be sane. The <em>players</em> can be as crazy as they like. :) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-108 Wed, 25 Oct 2006 09:31:27 +0000 DarkOutThere 108@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>I thought at the time but didn't get round to saying anythingabout it that trying to find sane people within the circle of claws, good luck :). But i know you have found people, however i dont think the word sane would be used to describe them... </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-100 Sat, 21 Oct 2006 01:50:01 +0000 confluence 100@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>Heh, heh. <em>They're</em> all playing in Simon's game.</p> <p><em>*ducks*</em> :D</p> <p>Ahem. Thank you to everyone who expressed interest; I now have more than enough prospective players. Now to fiddle with the system, and actually come up with something to run... </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-98 Fri, 20 Oct 2006 18:50:58 +0000 OOPMan 98@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>A party of normal, sane people? I guess that rules out the usual CLAWs L5R monkeys then ;-) </p> http://claws.za.net/forum/topic/dm-seeks-players-for-legend-of-the-five-rings-campaign#post-86 Mon, 16 Oct 2006 17:38:37 +0000 confluence 86@http://claws.za.net/forum/ <p>I'd like to DM something again. I currently really like the L5R fantasy setting -- which is based mostly but not entirely on feudal Japan -- and there's a light independent system I'd like to try applying to it, so I'm extending feelers and sonar probes for interested players.</p> <p>(If you've never heard of L5R before, but "feudal Japan" sounds interesting to you, I have some links for you at the bottom. I also have an actual sourcebook at home. :) )</p> <p>What I would like:<br /> * 3-4 players (of whom I already have one)<br /> * regular weekly sessions in Rondebosch<br /> * a light system: I'm intending to use the Window system, with some setting-specific extensions, in place of the very rules-heavy L5R system. You can read more about Window here, to get a general idea of what it's like: <a href="http://www.mimgames.com/window/welcome/" rel="nofollow">http://www.mimgames.com/window/welcome/</a><br /> * relatively low-level storylines: you would probably never run into an Important Named Personality (except maybe to wave at him as he walks past you in a parade ;) ), and you'd be more likely to defend a village from a band of villainous ronin than to save the entire Empire from super-powerful forces of Evil.<br /> * a party of relatively normal and sane characters<br /> * a balance between combat and diplomacy, and so preferably a party with varied skills. :)</p> <p>What I wouldn't like:<br /> * all combat all the time<br /> * rules lawyers, especially since I intend to eliminate about half the rules.<br /> * a party of characters who are all secretly ninja / harriers / tainted / gozoku / kolat / members of other unspecified conspiracies; I'm open to some unusual back-story and some secret agendas, but within reason.<br /> * continuing from the previous point, anything that will cause extensive conflict within the party.<br /> * excessive melodrama ;)</p> <p>I haven't decided where in the Empire the story will be set; that will depend on the character concepts that I get from people.</p> <p>Background information:<br /> * The L5R wiki: <a href="http://l5r.wikia.com/wiki/Rokugan" rel="nofollow">http://l5r.wikia.com/wiki/Rokugan</a> - a good introduction to the setting, but watch out for spoilers. You can read the articles about the clans and families, but don't delve too deeply into the articles about individual people or articles about the Shadowlands, maho magic, secret organisations, etc.<br /> * Some fanfiction:<br /> <a href="http://www.inkdrops.com/CrabClanArchive/a.php?a=DaidojiGisei" rel="nofollow">http://www.inkdrops.com/CrabClanArchive/a.php?a=DaidojiGisei</a><br /> <a href="http://www.pathofthedragon.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&#38;op=terms&#38;eid=19&#38;ltr=A" rel="nofollow">http://www.pathofthedragon.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&#38;op=terms&#38;eid=19&#38;ltr=A</a><br /> <a href="http://www.pathofthedragon.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&#38;op=content&#38;tid=316" rel="nofollow">http://www.pathofthedragon.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&#38;op=content&#38;tid=316</a><br /> <a href="http://www.pathofthedragon.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&#38;op=content&#38;tid=365" rel="nofollow">http://www.pathofthedragon.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&#38;op=content&#38;tid=365</a><br /> <a href="http://www.pathofthedragon.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&#38;op=content&#38;tid=364" rel="nofollow">http://www.pathofthedragon.com/modules.php?name=Encyclopedia&#38;op=content&#38;tid=364</a><br /> <a href="http://pegasus.cityofveils.com/l5r.phtml" rel="nofollow">http://pegasus.cityofveils.com/l5r.phtml</a></p> <p>Interested? Post here, or email me privately: adrianna dot pinska at gmail dot com. </p>