GAMES(2002-2003)
Trouble in the Vale IV (27/09/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
We have extensive information gathered in this ‘Council of Six'. All active patrol members going on missions in the affected
area should make themselves familiar with the intelligence notice that follows. Wisdom and knowing your enemy as far more
important than how well you wield a sword, I know this from personal experience.
The council seems to consist of a selection of very powerful individuals. Some used to be serving barony citizens, whilst
others have been wanted for crimes against the barony for many years. The council's strength is in its diversity. It has been
discovered that the original plan was to set up a group of members so diverse that all areas of power, magical or miraculous,
would be covered. The area, known as the Vale of Wigglebottom is the perfect staging area for their rebellion, as the area
grows very peculiar herbs which, prepared correctly, have very potent healing properties. This would supplement the council's
lack of life healing. The potions seem to lose their healing powers quickly, and attempts to replant them elsewhere have
historically failed.
The council originally consisted of six members - priests of might, death, and anarchy; a dark druid; a necromancer; and a
demonologist. It has come to our attention that the anarchy priest's beliefs did not coincide with the somewhat ordered
structure of the council, and it is believed that he has been killed. Another member of the council has also been killed by
a barony patrol member, and despite boasts by the council that he has been resurrected, this is thought to be highly unlikely
as raising of the dead is a very powerful ability restricted to the powers of life, the one weakness in the councils
diversity.
The Council consists/consisted of:
Zentarim, a very powerful priest of might. Originally temple aligned, his somewhat fascist views were not tolerated even by
his temple. He wished might to be the controlling path of the barony, all other temples to be subservient, he was forced to
leave the temple when he attempted a demonstration of might by torturing three temple aligned freedom priests to death. He
escaped trial as he disappeared shortly afterward and has been unseen since. It is believed that he initiated the council.
The temple of might has records of tutoring Zentarim in high levels of Fear, Harden, and Drain Life. He is a known wounds
healer, and knows miracles to resist the powers of chaos. Zentarim was also known as an expert fighter, and was infamous for
tormenting new recruits to the gladiators by beating them in combat without using any magical or miraculous powers. For
services rendered to the temple, he was granted superior plate armour and a superior mace, which it is believed he still
possesses. The temple of might demands their return regardless of who kills him.
Exodus was a college air mage and good friend of Zentarim. He disappeared the same day as Zentarim, but had not broken any
barony laws. It is reported that he turned to dark druidism after he left the college, and has since been killed by a barony
patrol in the Vale.
Little is known about the San twins. One is a death priest, possibly temple aligned, and the other is a necromancer. It is
believed that the necromancer twin is subservient to the death priest, who controls the hoards of undead they create. Great
caution should be taken when engaging these two, as they most likely make a very potent enemy with their powers combined.
Zig, the temple aligned anarchy priest was wanted for a variety of crimes against the barony. He joined the six to cause more
trouble, but ended up causing more trouble within the council than for it, and is now dead.
Belhifet is the council's demonologist. He is reported to have a book containing the names and descriptions of hundreds of
demons. The book is near-legendary and must be retrieved at all costs. Using this book, he summons demons to do his bidding,
and others just to rip their powers from them and gain the powers himself. As such, he has effective access to all schools of
magic, available for use at his whim. He is a very dangerous individual and great caution must be given if faced by him.
Request patrol members for a mission into the Vale of Wigglebottom. The 'council' will be too powerful to deal with at once,
but plans have been made to make a large dent in their control over the area.
Debrief:
With the fall of the death priest and the necromancer in the council, and the disappearance of the now vampire member, as
well as a large portion of their followers the remaining two, Belhifet and Zhentarim have fled the Vale. Unfortunately before
they left they ordered the few followers they had left to slat the earth and burn everything to the ground. Luckily you
managed to remove all the Villagers, so with a successful resettlement, they shall recover from their ordeal. The Vale
however is unsalvageable.
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
PaulW [Biscuit] 12
- (+2) For forcing a very sick vampire back into his cave by shining a mirror at him, done in a very Biscuit like way. By far
the best part of the larp!
AlexT [Tethlyn] 11
- (+1) As always a far too effective scout.
TimB [Interfector] 9
- (-1) I was not happy with your complete lack of roleplay of a vampiric charm. DanM may have taken the effects /too/ far,
but you all but ignored the fact you were charmed. You paid little attention to anything the vampire asked you to do, and
even moved other 'charmed' party members away from him. I let you off a negative last week for bad roleplay of game
effects, but I won't again.
MONSTERS
Base 5
ShaunG 10
- Monster Ref.
AdrianB 5
AdrianC 2 (Base 2 - left early)
DanM 6
- (+1) NPCing the whole day, even if you did die (again!).
MarcusO 5
*** Comments ***
None.
Trouble in the Vale III (07/09/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
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Hear Ye Hear Ye!
Reports that the Vale of Wigglebottom is no longer under the Baron's Control!
Rogue Forces in the area ceased the Vale nay on 6 hours ago.
Guards in the area forced out by superior numbers.
Updates to follow!
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Hear Ye Hear Ye!
Vale of Wigglebottom still not retaken.
Forces in the area supplimented by Demons, Undead, Spellcraft, and Powers Miraclulous in nature.
Baron refuses to comment, and the Guards will not issue a formal statement.
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Debrief:
The information found on your mission was most helpful. It would have been easier if you hadn't tried to take on the council
members or their guards, but self-defence always comes ahead of such concepts. It would seem that the order aligned orcs are
not willing to revolt against the council, but have agreed to keep the peace once they are removed.
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
TimB [Interfector] 10
- Wasn't particularly impressed by your lack of roleplay of a fear effect. Also, It's polite to inform GM's when you have
sick items of drain life 20.
DominicD [Aurinyan] 10
- Nice to see Aurinyan is learning not to take on /every/ fight!
AdrianC [Thorfen] 3 (Base 3 - left early)
- At least you're randomly turning up and disappearing again added more interest to the game!
MONSTERS
Base 5
ShaunG 10
- Monster Ref.
MarcusO 5
RyanL 5
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Across the Border (29/08/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Patrol members available to report to Major Darius and/or Captain Polysee at the Borderlands Southern Outpost. From there,
you will escort a diplomat and his bodyguards to meet with resistance leaders on the other side of the Borderlands. One of
their leaders, Sparticus, has been captured, and you will be assiting in his rescue.
That is all.
Captain Ploysee, aide to Major Darius.
Debrief:
The Borderlands effect has diminished according to the College researchers. The Might aligned forces threatening to invade
have been pushed back and the resistance movement led by Sparticus are pressing their advantage.
Report to Major Darius from Captain Polisee
Sir,
I am happy to report that the rift between our Barony and that of the Evil Dictator has been sealed with the demise of the
necromancer known as Torrent.
The party performed admirably, and I wish to make a special commendation of Guardsman Gobshite. He carried out his duties in
a most inspiring fashion, and I am sure that were it not for him, there would have been many more casualties on our side.
As it is, I am sorry to report the disappearence of High Master Vortex of the Temple of Might. According to reports, he was
last seen engaged in combat with a most foul undead zombie known as "Imhotep".
The Barony strike team was forced to abandon their search for High Master Vortex when the gateway between our world and that
of the hostiles collapsed. I would be greatful if you could convey my regrets for his loss also to Grand Humact Buffy and to
any family he might have left behind.
There was a noticable absence of men in funny turbans with suspicious beards, which leads me to conclude that the Might Baron
and his look-alikes have learnt to fear the power of our forces and therefore did not seek to engage our troops. That will
teach them to try going after *our* land and resources!
While awaiting further instructions, I have taken up post in the barony outpost closest to the border.
Margaret Polisee
Guard Captain
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 72
DarrenE [Gish] 74
- (+2) Being brave [foolish, learn life healing damn you :>) - MarcusO] with no armour.
ShaunG [Silvanus] 72
- Overcasting again?
RuthS [Liana] 73
- (+1) For competent healing management.
RyanL [Vortex] 76
- (+4) For facing death like a Might priest should.
TimB [Interfector] 72
- Solid fighting performance. Questionable learning curve on items.
AndyT [Feran] 72
- (+1) For practicality.
PaulW [Biscuit] 73
- (+1) For solid role playing the whole time.
MarcusO [Raven] 73
- (+1) For roleplaying, fantastic costume.
Will discuss IC consequences of Raven's actions (unholy blade?) later.
How about, cannot learn higher level (4+) life miracles until he has redeemed himself?
RoyA [Destarn] 72
- Solid performance. Larp again sooner.
GavinL [Gobshite] 75
- (+3) Exceptional leadership qualities and shouting loudly. The next captain G'Mord.
DominicD [Aurinyan] 62 (Base 60 - arrived late)
- (+2) For usefulness to party.
JohnB [Breeze] 74
- (+2) For the Ingrediants mission.
MONSTERS
Base 36
DavidS 72
- Monster Ref.
AdrianC 36
- Solid performance. Use less comedy in serious fights though.
AlexT 39
- (+3) For usefulness and providing tea.
CarinaS 39
- (+3) For rousing speeches.
JoeS 38
- (+2) For Sparticus, dying lots.
NeilA 39
- (+3) For picking up a hard system quickly.
GaryE 38
- (+2) For competent safe fighting. Larp more.
WarrenJ 39
- (+3) For usefulness and providing tea.
PeterW 37
- (+1) for superb Paladin of Might.
PeterO 38
- (+2) Rat ogre of doom!!!
AilsaB 40
- (+4) For the talking tree. Without warning, brilliant improvisation.
ElizabethG 36
*** Comments ***
None.
Trouble in the Vale II (24/08/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Greetings, Your unique services are required by the Pathfinder Special Division this Sunday. Speak to no-one about this
message. Please report outside the Pathfinders College.
Pathfinder Captain Mekrath, Pathfinder Special Division
Debrief:
The Pathfinder Special Department would like to thank both participants in their completion of a dangerous and difficult
mission. The information gathered on the "Council of Six" is most intriguing and must be looked into further. We were a bit
disappointed that you blew your cover at the end and tried to take on one of these council members, as they now know that we
know, but if you had been promoted to a position of authority within the organization then it would have been hard to leave
without provoking suspicion anyway. We will no doubt need your assistance again in the future for a mission to disband this
so-called "council", and pending your availability for the mission, you will no doubt both be requested.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 12
PaulW [Biscuit] 13
- Good Roleplay all day, and its always good to have Biscuit on a Larp :-D
(+1) Distracting bandits by leaving your cloak on a rock so you could sneak up on them from behind. Inspired.
DominicD [Aurinyan] 13
- (+1) Very large and detailed report, just as I asked for, thanks. Also, nice use of invisibility in a roleplay situation,
and not just to sneak up on monsters...
MONSTERS
Base 6
ShaunG 12
- Monster Ref.
EdwardD 6
- Generally good roleplay, though try and keep references to past characters or events to a minimum, the occasional reference
adds to continuity, but too often makes it feel a bit silly... :-D
Shevek 4
- (-2) For leaving early to get food. I hope it was nice though!
*** Comments ***
None.
The Rules (17/08/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
The patrol are sent out to retrieve a new set of laws for possible introduction into the Barony, in order to bring a new era
of peace to the land. The rules are being written by a very respected member of the Temple of Order, Judge Ploughmans, who
left the Temple many years ago in order to devote his life to writing these rules.
Debrief:
Unfortunately the rules had to be destroyed, as a strange figure known only as 'The Twinkster' who claimed to be an ex-animal
druid, ex-order priest, ex-gladiator had intercepted the rules and would use them to become even more powerful! The destruction
of the rules caused him to dissapate, though it is still not known if he was truly destroyed!
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 4
ShaunG [Silvanus] 5
- (+1) Twinkster bonus.
TimB [Interfector] 5
- (+1) Twinkster bonus.
PaulW [Biscuit] 5
- (+1) Twinkster bonus.
MONSTERS
Base 2
MarcusO 3
- Monster Ref.
RyanL 3
- Monster Ref.
*** Comments ***
None.
Trouble in the Vale I (03/08/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Can any active patrol Members please report to the Temple of Justice as soon as possible for a mission of mercy to the Vale
of Wigglesworth. Locals in the area have been reporting an invasion of demons and undead in the area, as well as the presence
of Drow...
Marshal Malavon
Temple of Justice
With the existence of the unnatural graveyard reported, a large band of humacts were sent to its location. The Death Priest
reported to be resident was still there, and on being told that the party were Humacts, he looked rather annoyed but ordered
all the undead into a line to be killed. The Humacts then proceeded to destroy and consecrate all the bodies, and established
that the graveyard had been cursed by the temple of death, and it can only be assumed they had larger plans for such a place,
although they will not have the chance now - the Humacts undid their unholy blessing. The Death priest had been cleared of
any crimes and is not believed to be in league with the temple of Death in any way. One Humact is reported to have said to
him "If only all Followers of Death were as nice as you, I'd be a happy happy Humact!"
The rise of bandit activity in the vale is also being looked into. We may need your assistance with this in the future.
Lastly, reports of these unusual demons are strange indeed. An further information gathered on them should be reported ASAP.
Additional from the college of air:
We thank all participants of our teleportation experiment for their feedback. We will continue to improve our long range
magics and will be happy to provide similar services with fewer repercussions in the future...
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 12
TimB [Interfector] 12
AndyT [Feran] 12
DominicD [Aurinyan] 13
- (+1) For confusing plot by mercilessly tracking down the bandits - and not getting hurt... its a bit of an annoying
character trait but you roleplayed it in its entirety.
PaulW [Biscuit] 13
- (+1) Because the monsters mentioned your name when I asked who deserved points. Can't remember what exactly for though, but
your (as usual) costume and standard of roleplay is enough for me anyway ;-) Also, for being the only one to bother with a
report!
MONSTERS
Base 6
ShaunG 10
- Monster Ref.
JoeS 8
- Monster Ref.
EdwardD 8
- (+1) For the depressed Half-Ogre.
(+1) For the convincing Death Priest, exactly what I envisaged... :)
In my opinion and the opinion of the players, you were not only good for your third LARP, but were one of the best monsters
there in terms of roleplay, thanks a lot - you deserve both those bonus points! :-D
RyanL 6
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Team Building (27/07/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Debrief:
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Delivered to all those who attended the team building exercise:
[mispelt name],
Congratulations on completeing the Major Darius Unit Inter-Enhancification Activise. Attatched is a cerificate
proving you completed it.
signed X
Major Darius
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The certificate:
This is to certify that [mispelled name] has successfully completed the Unit Inter-Enhancification Activise on 27th July
under the excellent tuition of Major Darius.
Be proud to be a member of the Barony and wave its flag with pride.
(illegible squiggle)
Aid to Major Darius
X
Major Darius
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Also delivered on much higher quality paper:
To [insert name here, correctly spelt and with all relevant titles]
Thank you for retrieving the sword for me and finding what had happened to the last group I employed; though I am still
looking for a group to find out what happened to the original people I had hired. After talking with my close friends Baron
Van Heusen and Grand Master Hark, the sword has been returned to me. A group formed from the college and the Temple of
Freedom has been commissioned to study the nature of it. As far as I'm aware a group from the Temple of Might has also been
sent to investigate the vault.
Please come visit me during the week and I will give you your reward, it will be in the form of magic items and some money.
Well done,
Lord Havelock III, esq.
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*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 14
RuthS [Liana] 14
- Very good roleplaying through out. Especially with regards to the sword and the vault and being ditched in the Borderlands
with no scout and no idea which way home lay.
EdwardR [Atarax] 14
ShaunG [Silvanus] 15
- (+1) For Silvanus and Vortex tag teaming that troll. Freeze, (Vortex uses triple strength to lay troll down), entangle,
double plant strength, 11 unholy 7, 11 unholy 7 repeat when troll looks like its about to escape the entangle. Sick, sick,
sick and effective.
Ryab [Vortex] 15
- (+1) I liked Vortex on his best behaviour, and the powering up when you found yourself in the Borderlands.
TimB [Interfector] 14
- Very well done through out. No bonus point but you have got a holy throwing skull ;-). Arent you glad you had one of yours
knicked by a goblin, as GM I was it really helped.
MONSTERS
Base 7
DominicD 11
- Monster Ref.
AndyT 10
- Monster Ref.
DavidS 7
- Very good throughout, though perhaps a little too good with the staff.
EdwardD 8
- Well done again. see told you you wanted to go larping.
(+1) For the ethereal Guard at the end ShaunG liked it and for coping really well with the rules you clearly understand them
well. Next we need to get you a character
AdrianC 7
- Thanks for helping out, I hope you enjoyed that shield fight.
*** Comments ***
1) Thanks everyone. That was a really good larp it ended perfectly and everything went as I had hoped. I especially like the
way you dealt with the troll and the golems and the intelligent IC interparty discussions. The standard of the monsters was
also excellent. If only all my larps were that good. Great standard of roleplaying even if I had to bully you into it when
lighting the fire on the troll. Scarily enough though was the party actually working as a cohesive team and did really well
because of it (except when fighting the druid of course). It wasn't supposed to actually be team building. You made Major
Darius right, bad people no buiscuits :-).
2) Items from Havalock:
All rings should be gaudy and tasteless...
Interfector - Ring of Cure Normal Disease (3 charges)
Vortex - Ring of Destroy Poison 4 (3 charges, 2 left)
Liana - Ring of Destroy Poison 4 (3 charges, 2 left)
Atarax - Ring of Courage (3 charges)
Silvanus - Ring of Earth Merge (1/day)
Cult Wars 5 - Kailyn's Rescue (18/07/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
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Private memo to Captain Fulcram,
Draxia is STILL secure. STILL No sign of Kailyn. No Lizards interrogated knew of him. He must not of stayed in Draxia long,
or his being there very well hidden.
What you want me do?
Sniffer
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Private memo to Overcaptain Vareen,
Sir, I am afraid to report that Sniffer has completed his search of the Southern Caves is Section 4C and he has no further
clues.
I understand the importance that you have placed on this task, and i am as loathe to accept the loss of such a valued member
of the barony, but you have to face facts. Kailyn is a lost cause.
His loss is tragic but there are others that require our assistance, please grant me leave to return my command to the
barony, from the few reports and rumours that i have been receiving, the borderlands are still of great concern and the
citizens of the barony will surely benefit from the support, and protection that my men would provide.
With grave concern,
Captain Fulcram
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Private memo to Lieutenant-Major Arkteer,
As you can see from Michael's report (Guard Captain Fulcram's memo attatched), the search for Kailyn is not producing any
results. I regret that i must concur with his stance on this matter.
Whatever we tell Michael, I see no way to report Kailyn's loss to Dryak or Kestrel and i think that we are going to be hard
pressed in out dealing's with Hunter, Thorfen, Li, and Alquadiris.
Your orders Sir?
Over-Captain Vareen
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Private journal of Grand Seer Annias,
Lieutenant-Major Arkteer has informed me that the search for Kailyn has still not produced any results. I can not sit here
and do nothing.
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Private Journal of Grand Seer Annias,
Work is progressing slowly but i think i am getting somewhere. I know they have the answers I seek.
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Debrief:
Lieutenant Major Vareen has passed on news of what Transpired on your mission. It is good to hear that Kailyn Trueshot was
freed from his captors, and that he has now made a full recovery. Again I have been most impressed by the bravery and
competency of your effort. It is heartening for a tiring man such as I to see such greatness developing in the ranks of the
barony and equally from trusted allies from the highlands, the druid groves and the Sanctum. I hope to hear more of you in
the future.
Returning to the matter of your mission, it would appear that the base in Draxia was infiltrated by one of these Draconians,
who succeeded in masquerading as Annias and tricking the McFeegle witchdoctor into transporting you to their lands. The
appearance of this species is clearly of concern; in this incident they appeared to be working solely as mercenaries, however
without knowing what form their payment for the capture of the brothers was to be, any underlying motivations of this race
remains unknown. Searches of our bases and outposts have so far uncovered no further infiltrators as yet. To our great loss
there has also been no sign of Annias, and I have also recently learnt that Sniffer, a renowned Orc Findsman attached to
Vareen's command is also missing.
On a more positive note the Drokken in Draxia appear to have calmed down considerably; perhaps their recent agitation was a
result of protectiveness to their hatchlings and the disturbances in the area. Following recommendations from Hunter and
Samuel we are investigating the possibility of training these creature for warfare.
Additionally the potential threat of Landreaver has finally been lifted, however what causes it to start ticking when it did,
or even what effect it would have had will remain a mystery. I have sent an envoy to the fire elemental Scotchio to clarify
our good intentions and tried to pass our thanks to the Ancient Babbumba who directed you to him, unfortunately she has
passed away.
Representatives of the Shadow King have also dropped on the Draxia camp to "Thank you all very much" for your assistance in
dealing with Ny'darch. As promised they have returned the portal to its original setting and are currently investigating if
there are any other portals in the cultists network. With Ny'darch banished again and the soul orbs and soul sword once again
secured, it should be quite some time before we are troubled by him again.
Major Arkteer
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 72
PeterW [Aurelius] 74
- (+2) As the only mage in the party, you had an important role to play in the party, which you filled nicely. In particular
your timely use of spell immunities to protect the party from the more powerful demons and your brave use of sleep to save
Kailyn's life at the cost of your own.
StephenE [Lomax] 74
- (+2) For a comparatively weaker party member Lomax held himself well, his report was also well written and thorough.
Enthusiastically accepted the challenge presented by Ms Presley. Although not your desired effect the events following your
attempt to take out the weedy demonologist were hilarious. Getting your broken arm re-set by Jim was also stunning.
PeterO [Tarrack] 73
- (+1) Somehow I always seem to miss seeing THE priest of might. However, my spies report that Tarrack once again stood out
for his unflinching position with regards to receiving/giving miracles and attitude to other party members.
AlexT [Dryak] 73
- (+1) Continued role-play of your relationship with Kailyn and Dryak was as always a joy to watch. The fact that you were
forced to work with the Soul Cultists' last time out and that this time out, you found that they seemed to be behind your
brother's capture from the start was nicely demonstrated in your role-playing.
DavidS [Carabas] 73
- (+1) Carabas showed the flexibility of a freedom priest, acting as a support fighter and scout for much of the LARP, and
was instrumental in beating the soul demons at their own games. In particular the targeted use of curses in the final
battle and his own use of shrivel stopping the first demon wave from completely decimating the party and buying much needed
time to work out a defensive strategy.
MatthewA [MadJim] 73
- (+1) Solid performance from the barbarian and a great in character report. Shame about the Kestrel incident really... the
slow charge at the Draconians as they flashed and froze you was also amusing.
IanH [Hunter] 72
- Even though I knew it was going to happen, taming and attempting to train the baby Drokken was still very funny. Cheers for
the post game feedback. Your conversations with Samuel and Mara with regards to training Drokken as war mounts were great
fun. With Annias missing in action, maybe Hunter could be persuaded to work as an advisor to Vareen and co.
WarrenJ [Mathonwy] 72
- Despite a strong outing, with excellent swordplay and wise use of miracles, nothing particular stood out this time out.
NeilH [Talon] 72
- In a party bereft of a standard battle line of fighters, Talon showed his ability to hold up in battle well.
LudwigK [Samuel] 72
- The walking tank (in the same armour as Ny'darch was!) kept his curious outlook on the adventure in a way that only LudwigK
is capable of. Your concern with regards to the Drokken, Landreaver, and the newly discovered race was well thought out. If
he had the chance I'm sure that Arkteer and Vareen would look to recruit you for their staff too.
GavinL [Aramis] 72
- Respect for wearing that helmet for so long. I greatly enjoyed the look of confusion on my (Demon's) face when I got past
your staff only to be hit repeatedly with power damage from your little pigsticker. It had been quite some time since I had
last seen Aramis in action, I hope you didn't get too lost by the background plot.
TonyC [Caffrey] 72
- Despite the lack of undead, which Caffrey generally enjoys smiting with impunity, solid stick work and his typical (and in
my opinion rather unorthodox) attitude to adventuring is always well received. It was also rather odd seeing Caffrey and
Aramis fighting together, for some bizarre reason they never seemed to be sent out at the same time!
CarinaS [Kestrel] 48
[Mara] 25
- (+1) Kestrel certainly did not have an easy time of it, considering the number of other priests around and their various
expertises, an exceptionally unfortunate death at the hands of an overeager barbarian, and another death in a daring rescue
attempt and then Mara came in and blew her opposition to pieces. As usual Mara suffered from the unfortunate difficulties
of hearing range attacks whilst wearing a mask and being battered by 10 odd players. The contrasting personalities and
attitudes of Kestrel and Mara was also good to watch.
MikeT [Kailyn] 37 (monster/player)
- (+1) Excellent role-play of your messed up state of mind after being rescued, and the subsequent interactions with Dryak
and Kestrel.
MONSTERS
Base 36
DavidG 60
- Monster Ref.
MarcusO 48
- Monster Ref.
Particular commendation for the field demonologist, even if you somehow failed to kill Lomax. Again cheers for sorting
everything out for me and setting up encounters.
Natalie 38
- (+2) Great first outing, you handled the role of Lisa Marie Presley wonderfully coping with all of the unexpected questions
from the party. The fervour that you put into your baby Drokken was also great, shame it didn't make it out alive.
EdwardR 38
- (+2) Although I didn't really give you the chance to play any of the more directly noticeable roles you added real
character to your guardsman officer and even the demons that you played.
PaulW 37
- (+1) Well done for the difficult role of playing Ny'darch and being beaten to a pulp repeatedly without really having the
chance to dish much back at them.
NatalieW 37
- (+1) The dying babumba wise woman was simply inspired.
ShaunG 37
- (+1) For keeping the party occupied for ages with your persistant scout demons, and for letting yourself get buried in the
sand.
AndyT 37
- (+1) For strong role-play of scotchio the fire demon whilst resisting the urge to fry anyone with your powerful magics.
TimB 36
DanM 36
JoeS 36
AilsaB 36
RuthS 36
DominicD 36
- Good roleplay and combat throughout.
MikeT 18 (monster/player)
*** Comments ***
1) Again well done everyone for the high standard of combat, particularly with regards to safety. The experience of all of
the players, and particularly the quality of role-playing and consistency of characters was also as high as I expected
considering the experience of all of the players. I would say that the hideous amounts of standing, extends and items made
things rather easy but then I remembered that there were still 4 deaths.
The Dungeon (13/07/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
The Temple of Humact requests formal help from any patrol members on a mission of most importance.
Archaeologists have recently uncovered what seems to be an ancient tomb in the barony Capital. The tomb was found under a
large mansion belonging to a wealthy family that have long followed the traditions of Humact himself. It surprised us greatly
then, when from this tomb came hoards of undead! The escaping abominations were slain, but no-one has yet entered the tomb
itself.
We are asking brave members of the barony defence patrols to enter this tomb and rid the tomb of all undead, and hopefully
uncover the mystery behind this tomb.
Yours Gratefully,
Humactus Incentre
Debrief:
The Temple of Humact thank all those who attended for their assistance, although they would have preferred that you hadnt
taken their clerk down there to settle the dispute. They also apologize for not giving a more clear brief of who was in
charge and what was to be done with any items found.
The book that was found has been confirmed as a long lost unholy tome once belonging to the Temple of Death. It has been
handed to the Temple of Might and then Freedom so they may read the contents, and it contains many Death Ceromonies of
intermediate to high power, and now resides within the Temple of Life for safekeeping, They requested that such an unholy
book must never be used, and offered to take the measures required to prevent this.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
AndyT [Feran] 10
Doug$ [Tipsy] 11
- (+1) For coping well on your first larp as a player, and trying the scots accent [even if it did occasionally turn Irish ;)]
MatthewA [Flash] 11
- (+1) For cockiness and refusing to yield to RyanL. The Humacti let you keep the Sword of the Brave.
PaulW [Biscuit] 10
RyanL [Vortex] 11
- (+1) For cockiness and refusing to yield to MatthewA. The Humacti let you keep the wand of 10 charges of Fear 16.
TimB [Interfector] 10
- The Humacti let you keep the Ring of the Elements.
WarrenJ [Brend] 10
MONSTERS
Base 5
ShaunG 10
- Monster Ref.
DominicD 6
- (+1) For the senile Humact clerk... :D
EdwardD 6
- (+1) For coping so well on your first larp, oh and the shadows!
MarcusO 5
MilenaP 5
- Great banshee and screaming lich!
VictoriaH 5
- Great banshee!
*** Comments ***
1) Sorry the game lacked variety, but there is little else but undead you would find in a dungeon really. Also, the large
amount of description needed was admittedly not good. Suffice to say that an entire larp set in a dungeon - when there isn't
one to use, doesn't work - I'll not do that again. One thing I have learnt about writing larps though, and I will try to keep
to from now on - Keep It Simple Stupid...
Borderlands: Spores (06/07/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
*There has been a lull on the Borderlands front. Concerned that little action has been taken over the last year in many
areas, other than the standard patrols, a request was sent out to the Barony Guilds for things that would have been
investigated in the usual run of things. To clean house, before decisive action is taken as regards to the Borderlands. The
following from the college catches your eye, partly because it is the least stale of the odd occurences that manpower has
been requested for...*
The College of Magic has recently suffered a loss to its Countermeasures Department, of both an Extraplanar expert and many
of her experiments. The late wizard had made significant progress in her earlier years in the use of Spell Prime magics,
having extrapolated many uses and researched deeper into that discipline than any have for some time. Due to this fact, we
believe many of her experiments may be dangerous.
We have a copy of her notes which appear largely inscrutable, which will be supplied to the first force willing to locate,
disable, or contain the effects of the experiments to report to the Countermeasures Department north of the capital.
We should have more information for you there.
Debrief:
Our gratitude to you for doing what you could. The numbers you accounted for does not quite tally with the quantity
supposedly stolen, but our experts agree that you seemed to have dealt with the important ones. As far as the perpetrators
go, we have just recieved information that we are diseminating from a renegade Balance priest. We will relay the information
once we have sifted through it, and see if the incident will need following up on.
On a side note, the fledgling demon hunting organisation may be interested in anything you can contribute to their research.
Please be discreet about our work, and remember that we owe you all a favour.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
RuthS [Liana] 10
- So... explain breast feeding again? Sorry that it wasn't your thing.
DavidS [Flint] 11
- (+1) In the absence of Pathfinders, I expected people to all search for the trails and experiments. Instead, you were very
tired by the end.
AlexT [Xandriel] 11
- (+1) Heh. No one's going to dispute the +1. Is Xandriel hoping to join that department later in life?
CarinaS [Amalthea] 10
- Shields are good. Trying to keep Interfector in line, um, good luck!
TimB [Interfector]
- Two swords in one larp - I didn't think you'd use a miraculous blade to strike a magical experiment... especially as it
almost sucked out Xandriel's eyes just by looking at it.
WarrenJ [Brend]
- So, disarms are not well liked by GMs. Really? Personally, I feel a 'peaceful' solution to the demon blade was a Good
Thing.
AndyT [Hex]
- MarcusO realised after the fight that those 3 firedart 8's were, in fact, almost enough to deal with him. Ugh. Ah well, the
fight has to look good. Power protection was damn useful too. I'm NOt melting, I'm NOT melting...
ShaunG [Silvanus]
- I've noticed the lyrics are now up on the boards... okay to add it to the (soon to exist) songbook page?
MONSTERS
Base 5
JoeS 10
- Monster Ref.
MarcusO 6
- (+1) For not destroying the party, and being one of two monsters.
AilsaB 6
- (+1) Yay Succubus. I'm sure Xandriel is now having trouble quantifying his somnalescent visions...
*** Comments ***
1) First, thanks for people for being guinea pigs, in both the format and style of the larp, and against the monsters. Yes,
it did not go perfectly- I should have kept in the other 'treasure hunters' to up the combat, and I should have left more
'prints'. However, I think most of the ideas were good (and from people's feedback, you agree) but implementation was iffy.
Ah, well... could have something to do with moving house and not going to bed before 3 all week.
2) Secondly, thanks to Spoon for the tracking idea. While I don't think I'll ever use it to that extent again, it is
certainly a tool that can be used to make a larp more interesting.
Borderlands: Elym (22/06/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Currently active patrol members are asked to convene at the villiage of Elym as soon as possible. There are reports of a
revolutionary uprising in the area which threatens the Barons control over the land. Directions can be found at the Guard
Barracks if needed.
Guard Captain Brage.
Debrief:
On the Death of the Necromantic Leader Of The Revolutionary Front, the unorganised orcs and priests disband and leave the
villiage in relative peace. Much work must be done however if the few remaining villiagers are to make a living in the area...
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 11
StephenE [Lomax] 12
- (+1) Well balanced leader of a well balanced party - talking through encounters with obvious Anarchy priests was amusing!
AndyT [Feran] 11
AdrianC [Reg] 12
- (+1) Good roleplay of an old elf that couldn't run or dodge hits, even if it was at the healers expense :-)
Also good use of icedarts.
CarinaS [Dawn (formely Ray)] 8
- (-3) Sorry you had to leave early, hope you had fun though...
PaulW [Biscuit] 11
AlexT [Tethlyn] 12
- (+1) Leading those orcs on a merry dance...
MONSTERS
Base 6
ShaunG 10
- Monster Ref.
MarcusO 8
- Monster Ref.
ElizabethG 6
- Very amusing elderly fire mage
DominicD 6
- Good use of necromantic powers
TonyP 6
The Ogre was very funny and well roleplayed.
*** Comments ***
1) Wanted to give all the monsters bonus points for somting or other... ElizabethG for the fire mage, DominicD for
Necromancer, and TonyP for the very good Ogre, but decided not to as I've already given +1 for rounding up... Sorry.
Borderlands: The Resistance (15/06/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
To all Borderlands patrol members,
An escort is required this Sunday for a mission of the greatest importance. Any patrol member available for this duty should
contact me in the strictest confidence for further details.
Guard Captain Torell
Aide to Knight Marshal Keller
*Information provided by Guard Captain Torell on Sunday's mission*
The Barony has been contacted by a group of people calling themselves the Resistance and claiming to have information that
could lead to the destruction of the Borderlands.
An escort is required to accompany one of Knight Marshal Keller's staff to speak with these people. Attempts to prevent
this meeting by 'ethereal guards' are likely. Further information will be provided on the day.
Debrief:
To the Borderlands patrol who accompanied me to meet the Resistance contact,
Congratulations on a successful mission. With your assistance I was able to get the informatin we needed from the Resistance
which has enabled the Knight Marshal's staff to prepare. It seems probable that you will be recruited at a later date to
assist further in the destruction of the Borderlands effect, using the information we have gained. Furthermore, Major
Darius's staff have now been informed of the actual situation in the Borderlands and, though it is still advisable to pass
information directly to myself or another of the Knight Marshal's staff, it can be given to Darius if necessary.
Many thanks,
Pathfinder Captain Randall
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 15
ShaunG [Silvanus] 16
- (+1) For the tree goblins.
DominicD [Aurinyan] 15
- Thought the final fight across the Borderlands border was very amusing.
PaulW [Biscuit] 15
- Thought the final fight across the Borderlands border was very amusing.
WarrenJ [Brend] 16
- (+1) For being the front line, especially after having LARPed Saturday too.
AndyT [Feran] 15
TonyP [Arduyne] 11 (Base 11 - half player/half monster)
- Good scouting.
MONSTERS
Base 8
RuthS 15
- Monster Ref.
MarcusO 9
- (+1) For the Chaos priest who kept running away and for the fantastic Jackal accent.
TimB 9
- (+1) For being the Pathfinder NPC with the party all day. At least it proved you could play nice characters...
PeterW 9
- (+1) For being the Resistance contact.
JohnB 9
- (+1) For an absolutely insane Chaos priest, 'Gramps' and generally good roleplay.
DarrenE 9
- (+1) For ethereal Might priest and generally good roleplay.
DanM 7
- (-1) For leaving early.
BenM 7
- (-1) For leaving early.
JamesA 8
Morwenna 8
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Guild of Artifacers VI (14/06/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Temple of Justice Bulletin:
Could all volunteers for a mission to capture the criminal known as Leafson, please report in.
Due to the nature of this criminal, we request that highly experienced patrol members from the Barony and her allies apply.
Debrief:
The Criminal, Leafson is currently residing at the Baron's main Gaol awaiting full trial.
The Guild of Artificers will, gods willing, be resume trading in the near future.
Master Cratsman Yang
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
MarcusO [G'Mord] 10
MatthewA [Mad Jim] 10
CarinaS [Mara] 10
WarrenJ [Mathonwy] 10
RyanL [Vortex] 10
PeterW [Fiddilo] 10
NeilH [Talon] 10
JamesA [Hawkeye] 10
StephenE [Lomax] 10
AlexT [Tethlyn] 10
AdrianC [Thorfen] 9
- (-1) Leaving early.
MONSTERS
Base 5
DavidS 10
- Monster Ref.
JohnB 6
- (+1) The air demon and the baby troll. Great fun.
JamesB 6
- (+1) Fantastic 'Speak with animal' ritual.
ElizabethG 4
- (-1) Leaving early.
RuthS 5
JoeS 5
DarrenE 5
ShaunG 5
DanM 5
PaulW 5
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: The Dark-Blade Traitor (08/06/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Marshal Gideon of the Temple of Justice cordially requests the assistance of barony patrol members and affiliates to conduct
a most important mission for Justice.
A few days ago, a note was delivered to our temple by a known criminal and Dark-Blade member by the name of Sollis. He wishes
to make reparations for his evil deeds apparently, and wishes to turn himself in, but first he wants to give the Barony a
chance to capture his superior, who has committed more atrocities than we could possibly imagine, or so his note read. He
neglected to mention the name of his superior, but if he has rank in the Dark-Blades he must be captured at all costs.
We have considered the possibility that this could be a trap, but given the knowledge we have of how the Dark-Blades operate,
we doubt this is such, as no specific person was asked to meet him, just representatives of the Barony. Nevertheless, this
mission will be very risky, and so anyone accepting it will have to understand the dangers and be willing to take such risks
to bring such a criminal to justice.
After the capture of his superior, Sollis promises to return with the patrol by his own accord to await trail, with leniency
given for his help in capturing his Superior. If he should change his mind, he must be brought to justice nonetheless.
Yours,
Marshal Gideon
Temple of Justice
Debrief:
On request of the Temple of Might the dark-blade known as Sollis has been Resurrected and awaits trial for his crimes.
Information of the outcome of his trial will be available to any who express an interest.The escape of his superior is most
disappointing, although many members of the patrol have given us a good description of him, and patrols have been sent to try
and track him down. Unfortunately none have been successful so far. The Priest named Trantis and Druid called Rawl'ra have
both been resurrected, but attempts to bring the College General Mage Torrent back to life have so far failed, much to the
bafflement of the Master Healers. The Temple of Justice wishes to apologize to all patrol members on how the briefing for
this mission was dealt with, and thank you all for your help despite the difficulty of the mission. Also, Giddeon, previously
a Marshal for the temple of Justice is undergoing investigation for possible connections with the Dark-Blades, although it
is not thought he himself is a direct member of the organization.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base
WarrenJ [Brend] 9
- (+1) As always, decent role playing and even better fighting, also liked your reference to The Lumberjack Song vs Gobbo ;-)
TimB [Interfector] 9
- (+1) For messing up the plot by saving Sollis that first time, between you, Breeze, and Biscuit you managed to bind and
heal a throatslit in combat in 4 seconds! It impressed me
DanM [Torrent] 8
- Let me know if you decide to bring Torrent back, as you can see in Debrief at the moment he is still dead....
RyanL [Rawlra] 9
- (+1) For dealing with those nasty nasty bandits so well! Also thanks for staying as a dead corpse until the end of the
adventure, it all adds to the realism.
TonyP [Arduyne] 10
- (+1) For dealing with dodgy plot so well, even if the outcome was not exactly what you were hoping for IC or OOC.
- (+1) For managing to keep your cover with the Dark-Blades /and/ the Barony Patrol (just). Slip of the tongue near the
end just adds to the cinematic effect of the larp...
AlexT [Xandriel] 8
- As always the fatal combination of Dispels, Melts, and confusing sentences! Those brigands weren't so tough without
weapons :-)
JohnB [Breeze] 9
- (+1) For alerting the correct people to save Sollis, oh, and for not getting hit once all day!
StephenE [Trantis] 8
- Sorry that things didn't go quite so well for you, things would have gone a lot smoother with a proper healer in the party...
PaulW [Biscuit] 9
- (+1) For binding up Sollis' throat so damned quickly! Liked the chaotic healing ceremonies too!
MONSTERS
Base 4
ShaunG 7
- Monster Ref.
MarcusO 5
- Monster Ref.
AdrianB 5
- (+1) For a truly amusing Jub-Jub.
AdrianC 4
- Liked your Warlock, and his reaction to the party telling him of a Barbarian.
DarrenE 4
- The resident Freedom Priest / Loony takes on a new persona, with less extravagant hair but a stranger named deity ;-)
MatthewA 5
- (+1) For a very scary Barbarian.
AndyT 5
- (+1) For a really scared looking fleeing Mage, the look on your face made me laugh a lot.
CarinaS 4
- Good bandits, and the twist of having your 'minions' call you "The Lady" was good!
*** Comments ***
1) Given that it was a lot more of a dangerous larp than I meant it to be, people faired very well! Had to change quite a lot
about the big bad and get him to escape for benefit of TonyP's personal plot, so I'm sorry that people didn't get to oust the
bad guy... Pity there was no main healer, or things would have been a lot easier...
2) Wanted to give just about everyone bonus points for something or other, but had to restrict myself... It was very hard to
decide who was better than who!
3) Yay for my first larp! With any luck, my next one will be more balanced and not so dangerous to characters... ;-)
Borderlands: The Green Brigade (01/06/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Debrief:
On returning to the barony, the situation is reported to the Guards. Not having anyone with a rank pertaining to guards, the
party is forced to find the Captain before any warriors can be dispatched. By the time they arrive, all that remains of the
orc settlement are abandond buildings.
The two freedom priests are captured and taken to the Temple of Justice, but it becomes obvious they did not know about the
kidnapping and deaths of the pathfinders. They are released with warnings about their future conduct.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 8
MatthewA [Flash] 9
- (+1) Good roleplaying, avoiding combat as often as possible and acting in a generally life-aligned way.0
JohnB [Breeze] 8
DarrenE [Gish] 8
StephenE [Trantis] 9
- (+1) Nice death priest, dedicating the dead and such.
MONSTERS
Base 4
TimB 7
- Monster Ref.
MarcusO 5
- Monster Ref.
DanM 5
- (+1) Since the players seemd to like your half-orc.
ShaunG
- (+1) For high druid and gobbo.
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: The Magic Pox (25/05/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Any available patrol members are asked to report to the College for a mission of most importance. An area of the barony is
affected by a strange phenomenon that causes any users of the art to suffer great illness.
Debrief:
The village of life aligned ratmen seems to have been entirely destroyed. The ratman's holy weapon seems not to work with
anyone else within the barony, and has been handed to the Temple of Freedom for further study. We thank all those involved
for the destruction of the duck of doom, which was the cause of all magic users in the area great distress. With its removal
and the cult that wielded it, things are slowly returning to normal in the area.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 9
MatthewA [Flash] 10
- (+1) Leading the party, answering the riddles so easily, and as usual exemplary performance with your polearm ;-)
AndyT [Feran] 9
- Sorry you got paralised so much...
DanM [Torrent] 10
- (+1) Excellent roleplay of being a very ill mage... thanks.
TimB [Interfector] 9
- Good Mighty roleplay :-)
MONSTERS
Base
JohnB 8
- Monster Ref
ShaunG 7
- (+1) Being ratman NPC all day.
(+1) For writing the debrief :)
TonyP 6
- (+1) Good ghoul attacks, but attacking paralised players not so good.
PaulW 5
AdrianB 5
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Guild of Artifacers V (18/05/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
To Members of Borderlands Patrol
I require as large as patrol as possible to escort me to a meeting I have in the Borderlands this weekend. I have been
warned that we will be under attack, from what menace, I cannot tell you now, but it I believe the meeting to be
essential to the future safety of the barony and the entire kingdom.
Please inform me if you are able to attend.
Craftsman Yang
Debrief:
"Master Leafson! Open up. This is the Temple of Justice. Open up in the name of the Baron!"
But the tower is silent and empty.
*Posted on the Noticeboard of every town, village and hamlet in the Kingdom*
The Guild of Artificers would like to make the following statement. All Artifacts constructed by the Guild of Artificers
should be returned to the Guild to be checked for demonic influences on them. Please comply by the end of the week.
Also any information to the whereabouts of Ex-guild master Leafson should be reported to the Temple of Justice immediately.
The Guild will be suspending operations for the time being, pending investigations.
Thank you.
Craftsman Yang
(acting head of the Guild of Artificers)
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
AndyT [Feran] 11
- (+1) Good balanced performance. Particularly enjoyed your reactions to Orchid offering to heal you.
AdrianC [Orchid] 11
- (+1) Passing Finals.
TimB [Interfector] 11
PaulW [Biscuit] 10
MatthewA [Flash] 10
AlexT [Xandriel] 10
DanM [Torrent] 10
JohnB [Breeze] 11
- (+1) For again sacrificing Death thresholds to save the party.
MONSTERS
Base 5
DavidS 10
- Monster Ref.
RyanL 6
- (+1) For the angel and the dark demon.
ShaunG 6
- (+1) For the annoying sprite. Be a bit more careful when you wield 'sick' damage though.
RuthS 5
MarcusO 5
Crayg 5
DarrenE 5
TonyP 5
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Orchid By Any Other Name (11/05/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Calling All Patrollers with Borderlands Experience.
It has come to our attention that there is a gang of kidnappers in the Borderlands. They are currently holding Ranger Orchid
hostage. They have sent us a message in the form of one of their gang members. According to the message, if we wish to see
Ranger Orchid alive again, we are to go to a pre-arranged meeting place in the Borderlands on Sunday with an appropriate
ransom. Since the Borderlands is a dangerous area, we would like to send a patrol in to make the exchange and bring Ranger
Orchid back safely. Unfortunately, the gang member who was sent to us died almost immediately after giving us the message.
Attempts to resurrect him have failed, so we are unable to determine how strong the gang are. We know they have Ranger Orchid
as an item of his clothing (his gloves) were on the body of the messenger.
Please meet in the Market Square at 11:30 on Sunday, and you will be given the ransom and any further instructions necessary
there.
Guard Captain Anonimous
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
JohnB [Breeze] 11
- (+1) For usefulness and saving the party in the last fight.
RyanL [Rawlra] 11
- (+1) For effectiveness of scouting and puzzle solving abilities.
TimB [Interfector] 9
- (-1) For walking away before a superior had finished giving orders at the beginning of the larp and also for taking
characterisation too far. Playing a mean character is one thing, but when it impinges on someone else's fun and roleplay
it's gone too far. Try to be careful of that in future.
RuthS [Liana] 10
WarrenJ [Brend] 10
AndyT [Feran] 10
MatthewA [Flash] 10
DominicD [Aurinyan] 10
ElizabethG [Seyenne] - 10
DavidS [Forge] 10
ShaunG [Silvanus] 10
CarinaS [Ray (formely Storm)] 10
MONSTERS
Base 5
AdrianC 8
AlexT 8
- Monster Ref.
AilsaB 6
- (+1) For Bishie. Great infiltration and reporting job. Thanks for carrying plot for us.
MarcusO 6
- (+1) For Branson [Note: This is from AlexT, not AdrianC :-)]. Thanks for carrying plot for us.
JamesA 5
StephenE 5
LudwigK 5
IanH 5
JoeS 5
PaulW 5
NeilH 5
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Guild of Artifacers IV (04/05/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
To Borderlands Patrollers,
The Guild of Artificers requests that a heavily armed patrol group report for a potentially critical mission into the edge of
the Borderlands. The expansion of the area affected by the borderlands effect has now enveloped the Cursed Tower of Vekk. The
Tower had impenatrible magical defenses, but the Guild wishes to investigate whether this is still the case.
Please do any research you feel necessary to prepare for this journey and report on sunday to my camp on the edge of the
Borderlands.
Craftsman Yang
Debrief:
Craftsman Yang is pleased with the recovered scroll, and wishes he'd been able to examine the 'sweets' that Biscuit consumed,
but the chances of recovering them are almost nil....
He was very concerned about your patrol however, as a similar patrol, carrying some magical items from the Guild has not come
back yet. Hopefully a investagative mission can be mounted in the next few weeks.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 9
AndyT [Feran] 10
- (+1) For being superbly balanced and good use of Disruptive Auras.
Serena [Praxis] 9
TimB [Interfector] 10
- (+1) For continued mightyness in the face of adversity.
RyanL [Rawlra] 10
- (+1) For playing with things.
DominicD [Aurinyan] 10
- (+1) For being evil.
TonyP [Arduyne] 9
DarrenE [Gish] 9
MatthewA [Flash] 9
KojiB [Derrus] 9
PaulW [Biscuit] 10
- (+1) For the bouncing, eating the sweets and the dice of dying.
MONSTERS
Base 5
DavidS 9
- Monster Ref.
DanM 5
JamesA 5
JohnB 5
MarcusO 6
- (+1) For 'Huff The Magic Bag Thief'.
MilenaP 5
RuthS 5
ShaunG 6
- (+1) For both the working and manically broken healing golems.
StephenE 6
- (+1) For surrendering on the mercy of the paladin...
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Druids, Demons & The Dead (27/04/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Thank you for your urgent responsification.
As you may or may not be aware the regonical you are currently assignified to has become unstabular. Humactisms calibrating
in the area to remove the undead terrorist threat, have reportified a large and homunganeous amount of demons.
Your ordifications are to remove all demons and assistify in annialiseing the undead. Be aware of Allied Forces, currently
operising in the regonical, so the threat of any hostiles must be predeterminated.
Major Darius
Borderlands Commander
Debrief:
To all concerned,
The Boy Eric has been questioned repeatedly and has been tried by the temple of justice. After being brought in, he has fully
recovered from the 'withdrawal' symptoms, after a couple of hard days. He appears to have retained no knowledge of demonology
and no longer requests a chance to look at the book.
He was taken to the temple of justice and after considering the circumstances the following punishment has been decided:
"For the next few months he is confined to his home village and may not go out on patrol again until he has joined a suitable
organisation and proven that he is capable of handling himself. He is being returned to his parents for any further
punishment but considering what he suffered in recovering from his addiction we feel no further punishment is recovered."
With regards to the book. After some research we found the book was not capable of either causing the addiction or summoning
demons of the power Paladin Flash described. This did not correlate with the fact the boy had no talents in demonology of his
own. Study into the books nature has discovered that it contains the spirit of a demonologist and the the book is more potent
when in the borderlands. Considering the malicious nature of the spirit in the book it will be destroyed in due course and
the spirit exorcised, pending confirmation from the Temple of Order.
Paladin Crystal
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 8
MatthewA [Flash] 9
- (+1) For nearly singled handily walking through every encounter, gratuitous use of one liners and posing.
Two things though: be careful when using your polearm, I still have a bruise on my nose, and when backing off - spontaneous
accidental backwards rolls can end up with something nastier happening than getting a bit intimate with a tree.
MarcusO [Jobe] 9
- (+1) Great vocal Priest of Amen, good roleplaying through out. You do need a tambourine though to compliment your singing.
JamesA [$] 8
- Fairly solid and did well with the chainmail, but enough rubbing your belly though.
DarrenE [Gish] 8
- Nice to see your actually managed to stay alive this time, just a shame you weren't drinking your 'potions' earlier.
MikeT [Gob] 8
- Good solid guard, sorry about the shield.
RyanL [Rawlra] 8
- Good Deadly animal druid your definitely getting nasty with those claws. A little paranoid perhaps.
MONSTERS
Base 4
DominicD 8
- Monster Ref.
AlexT 5
- (+1) For a great bethren and well though blag. Doubt we will be able to have you get away with that kind of thing again
though.
AdrianB 5
- (+1) For Eric, very well roleplayed nicely done withdrawal symptoms and whiny teenager.
TonyP 5
- (+1) Very nice Dark druid definitely impressed me and the players.
AndyT 4
- Good general monstering, don't worry about big roles you're fine.
NeilH 4
- Again good monstering, very competent through out.
*** Comments ***
1) First I'd like to congratulate everyone players and monsters for the exceptional roleplaying over the whole course of the
larp. Sorry for the distinct lack of plot but its clear we've all being spoiled by the high standards of the larps we've run
this year.
Borderlands: Anarchy (13/04/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
They've taken their time over it, but it seems that the forces of Anarchy have entered the Borderlands in sizeable numbers-
they've declared it a holy place for them. It is an ideal staging point for whatever plans- or whims, they have.
The last thing we need is a Temple of Anarchy forming on our doorstep, especially when we have no fortifications on that
front and any we build would collapse if it expanded again. Imagine what would happen if it expanded to the point where
they could just walk into the Baron's chambers...
Go in and assess if the Anarchy followers have united, to what extent, and do what you can to undermine it.
(After party initially set off, a messenger arrives)
A rich merchant's son and his entourage went hunting yesterday. Apparantly, he thought the fauna of the Borderlands would
make an interesting hunt- and he hasn't returned...
Debrief:
Since your claims of being gone for a handful of hours have been corroborated by Farrier's son and his entourage, we accept
your words and we will try to investigate the matter further.
Farrier expresses his thanks for finding his son's entourage- although he also expressed views on the nature of his son and
how little it would have mattered if you'd have left him behind. We of course could not condone such action, but do
understand his viewpoint.
We hope you have dealt a crippling blow to the Anarchists- certainly from your descriptions upon returning, they were
cooperating on a scale seldom seen. A message from the Temple of Balance explains this in part. Alastair and Heironymous
were cast out of the Temple some years ago for their viewpoints on how the Balance should be maintained, and it is likely
that it is them who gathered the Anarchists to the area and managed to quell the hostility amongst them that usually dooms
such ventures. We cannot prove this however, and even though they are no longer Guardians, they are Barony members and so
should be brought back for investigation and trial under current circumstances.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 11
WarrenJ [Brend] 12
- (+1) Thanks for the Warrior Ghost scene and duel- sorry for the whole 'make your mouth move while I speak' thing. And yes,
the skeletons you were hitting with your mace should have been falling over faster.
StephenE [Bregan] 12
- (+1) It may be me, but your dedication to roleplaying someone who is really stupid was above and beyond the call of duty.
And does anyone else feel that Bless should be capped at level 4 like Strengthen?
MikeT [Gob] 11
- Um. I know you were stomping and getting stuck in, but I must have been in the wrong place consistently...
PeterW [Obsidian] 11
- A mage. With a sword and armour. Well, it worked.
RyanL [Rawlra] 12
- (+1) Even though you didn't implement it, the idea about writing on the corpses was a damn good one. Claws are also very nasty.
RobinD [Verin] 11
- Overshadowed by Bregan, but certainly contributed to the ease the party had with the undead. Some may question the method
used to retrieve the orb from Orchid...
ShaunG [Silvanus] 11
- I'm not sure how Silvanus usually works, but you certainly seemed to be in the background for most of it.
ElizabethG [Seyenne] 11
- Did well as a scout compared to the the horror stories I've heard. Would have done well to rein in Orchid at points.
AdrianC [Orchid] 11
- The parties main healing sponge- curse all impetuous youths in their light armour ^__^
AlexT [Xandriel] 12
- (+1) I don't know where you came up with a lot of the stuff you were spouting- and apparantly neither do you. Loved the
theorising and explanations to a party that, by and large, wouldn't understand...
MatthewA [Flash] 12
- (+1) The duel, the one liners, the relative restraint that the Paladin seems to have put on you...
MONSTERS
Base 6
JoeS 11
- Monster Ref.
Alan$ 7
- (+1) For having a good first time out with few rules explanations (I assumed you were one of the 'old lot' and so, sorry...)
AilsaB 6
DominicD 6
MarcusO 6
RuthS 6
Serena 6
Tad$ 6
TonyP 6
*** Comments ***
Thanks everyone for risking playing or monstering a larp by Granny 'I don't like TL' Gertrude. Lets face it, I have not
had a huge amount of experience with the system. Hence, I consider the fact that I wasn't beaten to death at the end as being
A Good Sign that most people enjoyed themselves. There were a few slip ups, (the encounter list I gave to DominicD was fairly
useless, not even including where the encounters were) but otherwise... Similarly, originally bonus points were strewn around
like candy, until I looked back over it and thought 'I shouldn't cheapen them, especially considering that I've been present
for only 3 full larps previously'.
Borderlands: The Magic Box (06/04/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Greetings Patrol,
Unfortunately I regret to say that one of our order priests is missing. Judge Reclic went out with a Pathfinder patrol, to
investigate the chaotic effect of the borderlands and alas hasn't returned. Only the leader in charge of the mission has
returned, a certain Pathfinder Captain Hazel. She reports that her patrol were attacked on all fronts by undead and were
scattered. Your mission is to venture into the borderlands and find Reclic at all costs, Hazel will guide you back to the
ambush site.
Judge Raques of The Temple of Order
Debrief:
Thank you for returning Judge Reclic to us, we are pleased to say that we have managed to return his sight to him. How he
lost it remains somewhat of a mystery, we believe it must have been an innate effect of one of the undead who attacked him.
Also thank you for retrieving the sword for us, we are pleased to report, after some study, we believe it is one of the
original swords given to each of the Temples when the barony was founded. You may of heard the stories of the holy sword
Benedictus which was originally held by the Temple of Life. Well, the sword you retrieved belonged to the Temple of Order,
but was lost during the orcish invasions. It is known as Erevain, and we are grateful for its return, however we are at a
loss as to how it ended up in the borderlands.
As for the box which contained it, it is a powerfull chaotic artifact which can open a portal to the demon plane. We will
be studying it with great care, and may be calling on your assistance again if necessary.
Judge Raques of The Temple of Order
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
JamesA [$] 10
- Opening the box may have been a bit foolish, but I would have been very disappointed if somebody hadn't, so Im glad you did.
RuthS [Liana] 10
- I dunno whose idea it was to premptively destroy the final demon by reading the scroll, but it was a good one, and certainly
saved you from a nasty encounter.
ShaunG [Silvanus] 12
- (+1) For not backing down against the Jackals and overcasting (which unfortunately lead to your demise) against them to
protect the trees.
(+1) For your report about going back to the Jackal encampment later to seek revenge.
DavidS [Forge] 10
- I suppose I should give you a bonus point for your truly er..great pun-ing (it is the TL system afterall), but I just can't
bring myself to do it.
MatthewA [Flash] 11
- (+1) I always saw you at the front of the battle, ever keen to get stuck in.
MONSTERS
Base 5
MarcusO 10
- Monster Ref.
StephenE 7
- (+1) Excellent priest of order, "Present Pictorial Representation of Locality!".
(+1) For the Jackal, excellent taunting of Silvanus, and a nice Harm 20 on Flash.
ElizabethG 6
- (+1) For the old hermit who wouldn't back down, dunno where the american accent came from mind :>)
DarrenE 5
- Sorry, I had to keep sending you in as a wolf to get butchered, I could have done with another monster really.
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Guild of Artifacers III (30/03/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Can all Available Borderland patrol members available for duty report to Craftsman Yang in Carefree, for a mission into the
Borderlands. A special request to those who are awaiting magical items from the Guild, as we wish to test their performance
under field conditions.
If you have not had your magical item delivered yet, please arrive one day earlier.
Debrief:
As you approach the edge of the Borderlands, Furfoot bends down suddenly, as if to adjust his shoe, then leaps high
above your heads into a the branches of a tree.
"If it's alright with you, I'll wait here for that man from the Guild of Artificers." Then laughes and leaps to another
tree's branches and out of sight.
When you return to the new frontier of the Borderlands, a few miles in from the ruins of Carefree, Craftsman Yang is
waiting for you.
He asks you for details of your mission as he walks you to the nearest Guard Fort, where you can all have a well earnt rest.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 12
AndyT [Feran] 12
- Well balanced.
TonyP [Arduyne] 12
- No OOC problems. IC details will, of course, be dealt with IC.
Serena [Praxis] 13
- (+1) For great pity and distain of males.
Need to worry less about the math, and get 'stuck in'.
RyanL [Rawlra] 13
- (+1) Liked the character a lot. I should have briefed you more often. My fault.
RuthS [Liana] 13
- (+1) Good diplomacy in the face of disaster.
EdwardR [Atarax] 13
- (+1) Good management of your standing.
TimB [Interfector] 12
- Good Mighty roleplaying. However, if you need to leave at a certain time, tell your GM so he can plan for it!
AdrianC [Orchid] 12
- Happy birthday.
DominicD [Aurinyan] 13
- (+1) For the Sun Dart Cannon. Sick mage.
AlexT [Xandriel] 13
- (+1) For charging the Sun Dart Cannon. Plus all of the IC conversations.
MONSTERS
Base 6
DavidS 12
- Monster Ref.
Morwenna 6
- Nice clear Vocals. When are you going to play a mage?
StephenE 7
- (+1) For 'friend of murdered tree druid acolyte' making an 'extra' into a character.
JamesA 6
- Great shambling mound.
MarcusO 6
- Furfoot Lives! Also cool Ratman King.
ShaunG 7
- (+1) Great Ratman. Also for the two Druid NPCs.
DarrenE 5
- (-1) For turning up late. Will want to know what mark you got for the essay.
MatthewA 7
- (+1) For not being too sick with the polearm, good, sensible fighting. Also enjoyed your Demon.
ElizabethG 8
- (+2) For the ritual and all the IC druid stuff. Thanks.
*** Comments ***
None.
The Bronze Skeleton (23/03/2003)
*** Mission ***
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 8
DarrenE [Gish] 10
- (+2) For stayling alive, whilst being vastly outranked.
MarcusO [G'Mord] 8
RyanL [Vortex] 8
MONSTERS
Base 4
JamesA 8
- Monster Ref.
JohnB 4
LudwigK 4
MarcD 4
PaulT 4
*** Comments ***
None.
Judge Lectus (16/03/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Greetings Patrol,
Rumours of a Demonologist in the area have been coming to me for some time, up until now I have had no firm leads, however,
a contact has come forward with promises of names and locations.
Unfortunately, my contact refuses to enter into the Temple of Order's protection within the Barony, so, a meeting has been
arranged beyond the Barony's borders, at a place nearing the Borderlands.
To this end I come to you all to request an escort. Although we should not be entering withing the "borders" of the
Borderlands, assistance from the regular Borderlands patrol will be appreciated. A deviation on our path may be neccesary,
and I do not wish to become stranded in the Borderlands drained of all my power. Hopefully, the regular patrol members will
be adequate insurance against such an eventuality. I do not expect any trouble, but there are goblins in the area we will be
moving through, so please come prepared.
Judge Lectus of The Temple of Order
Debrief:
To Judge Lectus' escort patrol [addressed individually and delivered simultaneously, not that you would know, but it is
important to the Temple of Order]
On behalf of Judge Lectus The Temple of Order would like to thank you for your assistance on the mission/patrol/exploration
(delete as appropriate).
1.1
If you are a mage, go to section 2.
If you are a priest, go to section 3.
If you are a scout go to section 4.
If you do not fit any of the description above refer to section 1 subsection 2.
1.2
This debrief and any attachments may contain confidential information and is intended for the named recipient.
If you have received it by mistake please let us know and delete it from your system.
Do not disclose it or copy it to anyone.
Copyright The Temple of Order.
2.1
All magical activities within the scope of the mission (other than your own) have been attributed to items enchanted with
magical energies of a demonic nature and the demons summoned forth from these items. The duration of these magics are
assumed to have expired [1], however, the proximity to the Borderlands cannot be accounted for [2]. There may be further
items in the possession of unknown individuals, if items such as these are found we suggest they are immediately brought to
the Temple of Order for appropriate disposal [3].
[1] The Temple of Orders follow up mission discovered no evidence of Demons
[2] The Borderlands are an unknown factor and the Temple of Order cannot be held responsible for their effects
[3] Under section 64 subsection 6 the Barony waste disposal act states "All items associated with Demons and/or Demonology
are to be disposed of by a Demon and/or Demonology item disposer license holder within the Temple of Order"
2.2
The Demon that introduced itself as Angelus is known to us. It has been know to oppose the aims of non-light Demons and
Demonologist. However, as a Demon, it's nature is still highly chaotic and we suggest Angelus is to be avoided, or detained
and the appropriate authorities contacted [4]. Despite its apparent self sacrifice, this creature is not to be trusted. As
a Demon it is the embodiment of Chaos and will eventually cause the ultimate downfall of Order, and hence the Barony.
[4] Under section 72 subsection 3 the Barony Demon control act states "In all matters pertaining to Demons and/or
Demonologists the Temple of Order has authority"
2.3
Now proceed to section 5
3.1
The individuals encountered are reported to be followers of Chaos [5]. If a specific deity is revered it is unknown,
however, it is not uncommon for followers of Chaos to simply revere Chaos itself or to simply be unaware from where their
power stems.
[5] Through Miraculous detection, examination of the expended items and reports from Judge Lectus
3.2
None of the items retrieved maintain any Miraculous properties. The items found were either items with a limited number of
charges or simply were limited by duration [6]
[6] From examination of the weapons retrieved degradation that is conducive with exposure to Chaotic miracles has been
observed
3.3
The Demon that introduced itself as Angelus is known to us. It has been know to oppose the aims of non-light Demons and
Demonologist. However, as a Demon, it's nature is still highly chaotic and we suggest Angelus is to be avoided, or detained
and the appropriate authorities contacted [4]. Despite its apparent self sacrifice, this creature is not to be trusted. As a
Demon it is the embodiment of Chaos and will eventually cause the ultimate downfall of Order, and hence the Barony.
[4] Under section 72 subsection 3 the Barony Demon control act states "In all matters pertaining to Demons and/or
Demonologists the Temple of Order has authority"
3.4
Now proceed to section 5
4.1
The Goblins and Hobgoblin encountered have been confirmed to be in the possession of Badger pelts. Upon further
investigation a number of Badgers have been found in fighting pits. It seems these goblins have been training by fighting
badgers. We do not believe that these "Badger Goblins" are of much threat, there were a great number of Goblin corpses
found in the fighting pits and, even with their superior training, goblins are never a real threat. It also seems that the
Demons killed a number of the goblins and many of the rest were dealt with by the party. However, due to goblin breeding
patterns their tribe will no doubt be at full strength in a short length of time.
4.2
The scouts encountered by the party were highly trained and dedicated assassins. Equipped with weaponry to deal with highly
armoured targets. We have confirmed the claims of Secrutus that these assassins cannot be Resurrected, though if this is
indeed due to repeated suicide and resurrection cannot be verified.
4.3
The Demon that introduced itself as Angelus is known to us. It has been know to oppose the aims of non-light Demons and
Demonologist. However, as a Demon, it's nature is still highly chaotic and we suggest Angelus is to be avoided, or
detained and the appropriate authorities contacted [4]. Despite its apparent self sacrifice, this creature is not to be
trusted. As a Demon it is the embodiment of Chaos and will eventually cause the ultimate downfall of Order, and hence the
Barony.
[4] Under section 72 subsection 3 the Barony Demon control act states "In all matters pertaining to Demons and/or
Demonologists the Temple of Order has authority"
4.4
Now proceed to section 5
5.1
The Temple of Order suggest exercising caution when dealing with the individual know as Secretus. Initial contact seems
positive, however, his origins are unknown and his unsanctioned use of high level Order Miracles is a concern.
5.2
The rumors of Demonology in the area are unfounded and were simply means to Judge Lectus' entrapment. The individual
Melkor initiated and propagated these rumors and since his demise no further word of Demons have been reported.
5.3
There is no evidence of the Demon Testicalese. To exclaim its name for all to hear this demon must have little fear of
control or containment. This we believe suggests that it is of great power, or, simply is using a false name.
Yours in Order Judge Neilton
6.1
Bibliography:
The Barony Health and Safety Document
The Barony Security Document
Pathfinder Drift's Pocket Guide to Barony Wildlife and Goblinoids; Knight
Pathfinder Commander Drift
Magic and it's Sources; The General Collage
Demons and Angels, Chaos and Light?; Anon
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 11
AdrianC [Reg] 11
- Not a single hit, a perfect battle board. Nice use of entangles, no negatives. A very "background" character so I didn't
really see a lot of you I'm afraid.
DarrenE [Gish] 11
- Please get some healing, please, please, please. If its part of your character not to then thats fine, but life healing is
good! Other than that, the party seemed entertained with your drug induced insanity/hallucinations, and you apparently
acted very "free" at times.
DominicD [Aurinyan] 11
- We need to get Aurinyan in the dark some time, at the moment he's just too powerful, 8 power 8 armor on a rank 10 mage is
just wrong. Nice powering up of the party. The only negative was the human shield tactic, but you weren't acting outside
of the rules so it's not a great problem, just be careful.
LukeG [Mr Lame] 11
- A couple of verbal slappings for you. One, if you don't have Rec Creature don't use it. Yes, you /should/ be able to tell
if monsters are small and green and look like goblins, but you can't. That's what scouts are there for. If you want the
skill, pay the cost. Two, play testing the Guild of Artificers thing without mentioning it to me or, especially, DavidS was
just rude. Finally, one line, that's all you had, one line! No negatives though, just be glad that I'm nice.
PaulT [Ventus] 11
- Versitile is not the word. Healer fighter mage!?!? I'm not sure what the party would have done if it weren't for your life
healing, not to mention your power 6's!
StephenE [Adiuvo] 11
- Adiuvo is getting very friendly with "mere humans" these days isn't he? Last time he came out he almost liked Vortex, and
now he's made friends with Ardyune! Your slipping, not quite negative point status, but it's close :-P
TonyP [Ardyune] 11
- Generally acclaimed by most people, even making friends with Adiuvo *shudders*. One thing, although it seems a number of
GMs find listening in on OOC statting acceptable, I didn't. As far as I am concerned monster stats are for monsters only.
The one time that we noticed you listening you heard stuff that not even the best scout in the Barony would have found out
by scouting.
MONSTERS
Base 6
RyanL 11
- Monster Ref.
AndyT 6
- In hindsight I think I should have persuaded Feran to come out and bring his healing with him, but a good addition to the
monster crew none the less.
IanH 6
- Good solid monster repeatedly dying against mages, great.
JamesA 6
- Entertaining Justice hermit, shame they ran away from the end demon though...
JohnB 6
- I think we have to wean you off the ice darts, but, again, another consistent monster, with plenty of helpful ideas.
LudwigK 7
- (+1) For playing my NPC at no notice and remembering most of the plot that I threw at you. A bit problematic at times but
that's why I wanted you to play him...
MarcD 6
- Nice tactics to get at the Order Priest, plus getting away with it. Well done.
*** Comments ***
1) A big thank you to all the player and the monsters for making my first LARP (reasonably) easy. Yes, there was a little
interparty conflict (of interests, no direct violence) but, in the end, I hope that only added to the interparty roleplaying,
which is a good thing...
2) I hope everyone enjoyed it as much as you all said, and general apologies for the number of things I had to come up with
"on the fly". You did the perfectly sane thing of running away from the final demon, not much good for my plot, but it was
good for you IC (as far as you knew...). I did want to explain the intricacies of my plot, because I think that not
everything I tried to get across was clear, but if you missed it, you missed it, I guess.
3) Finally I would just like to say, sod Guards! Everyone should play mages and priests. A party of 5/7 mages, a priest and
a scout and they were doing more damage and in more protection than any, equivalent level, group of fighters I have ever
seen!
4) Anyway, here are the points, I want to continue AlexT and CarinaS trend of not giving bonuses lightly so please don't feel
bad if you didn't get one. I would have given out more (any!) to the players but most of the really impressive stuff was a
combination of a number of characters working together, rather than one exceptional character...
Borderlands: Ethereal Guards (09/03/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
To Borderlands patrol group 1,
Following your missionable to sectors 15 -18, we have sents scouts to the area in order to confirmify the limited
informatisation in your reportations. They have reportisated a decrease in the number of 'ethereal guards' in the area but a
massitative increase in the number of the undead. We have informatised the humacti of the situation. Your objectivication is
to reinvestavigate the area to gather more informitisation specifically on the drop in numbers of 'ethereal guards' in the
area and to help rout the undead. This time we need full reportisations on everything you encounter to allow our research
group to fabricate some useful answers and end the propogandical debates by the various institutions in the barony.
Be advised there appears to be an unassertificated number of goblins beginning to settle in the area, we are not in a
position to assumify their disspositation to other races, be alert.
Major Darius
Borderlands Commander
Debrief:
[The man captured in the Borderlands is led by the Humacti further and further into the Barony. His best attempts at
persuading the Humacti to release him have failed, and he is now being dragged to stand before a Major in the Barony Guards.
The Humacti approaches Major Darius' door, knocks and goes in.]
Major, this is an outrage. I have been attacked and held against my will by one of your parties. One second, Major /Darius/
was it? [A wry grin spreads across his face] *pauses* Yes, Major Darius, I was undertaking the mission you sent me out on,
however, I became cornered by undead and armed with only a sword could not fight my way out. Fortunately, another patrol
ventured onto my position and were able to assist me with the undead menace. I then decided it would be prudent to carry on
your incredibly important mission so I continued. Unfortunately, I soon became cornered by undead again, only to once again
be saved by the party. However, at this time, one of the party drained all of my strength from me, and they proceeded to tie
me up. They would not listen to anything I had to say, insisting that I was a Necromancer. This, as I'm sure you realize,
Sir, is absurd! In any case, I have been forcibly dragged back here, and, as such could not complete my mission.
[Contemplates how far to push it] Of course I would be happy to assist you in the future, I only ask that I be given a
warrant, or other official sanction, to allow me to continue my, no, sir, /your/ good work in the Borderlands. With all due
respect, sir, I believe the party in question needs some lessons in diplomacy, sir. Of course, sir, I expect you already have
a suitable reprimand in mind.
Thank you, sir. I trust I can receive my Borderlands Warrant from your secretary?
[At which point the man respectfully bows and walks out the door...]
To Borderlands patrol group 1,
Major Darius congratulates you on a successful mission. Our scouts and the Humacti say that you were extremely helpful in
destroying a large proportion of the undead that were plaguing the area. However, it seems you have still discovered little
on the nature of these 'ethereal guards' or the spheres. The Major's research group is in urgent need of such information.
Furthermore, we are still awaiting reports from certain members of the party. Can these be completed as soon as possible?
Lastly, Major Darius was less than impressed at your unjust detainment of the man, Ledicus, whom it seems you decided was a
Necromancer when he was, in fact, on a mission for the Major. In future, he expects you to be more cautious in arresting
people merely because they are not of your party.
Guard Captain
Aide to Major Darius
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
PaulW [Biscuit] 12
- (+1) Roleplaying of losing sword proficiency.
(+1) Reports esp. the one to Darius in his own style.
AndyT [Feran] 11
- (+1) Very good roleplaying as Balance Priest when healing party.
(+1) Wonderfully well thought out report to Temple of Balance.
ElizabethG [Seyenne] 10
- Average scouting. Sorry on behalf of DominicD about the map. Truly inventive report...
DavidS [Forge] 11
- (+1) For being the front-line fighter the party needed even though you're a druid. Earth druids are sick!
RobinD [Verin] 11
- (+1) Thanks for playing the Humacti the party needed even when you wanted to start a new character. Good roleplaying.
TimB [Interfector] 11
- (+1) It's not often people voluntarily give up a death threshold :) Very good roleplaying with the party after your 'surgery'.
JohnB [Breeze] 11
- (+1) For effectiveness even against undead and for killing an ethereal guard by yourself. Also, good roleplaying with
essentially having your own personal bodyguard for part of the day.
DanM [Torrent] 10
- Giving you full player base even though you died part way through for dealing well with a semi-planned death. Maybe
now Torrent will learn that running away from a fight isn't always the safe option.
MONSTERS
Base 5
RuthS 8
DominicD 8
- Monster Ref.
AdrianC 7
- (+2) For NPCing with the party for part of the LARP. Great freedom priest.
AlexT 7
- (+2) For NPCing with the party for part of the LARP. Great warlock.
TonyP 5
- (+1) Fantastic ghoul, following the party.
(-1) Jumping off a cliff - don't do it again...
VictoriaH 6
Doug 6
- (+1) Good roleplaying in various incarnations. Thanks for coming and monstering.
PaulT 6
- (+1) Great roleplaying as resistance scout without being overly briefed.
MarcD 5
- Consistent good roleplay.
Morwenna 5
- Although you were a cute wolfcub I can't really give you a bonus point for it :)
RyanL 6
- (+1) Fantastic Death Priest, loved the 'scenery' post.
Serena 6
- (+1) Good first time out.
*** Comments ***
None.
Deeply Hollow (23/02/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
We have received disturbing reports from Marshal Jordan, Headman of the village of Deeply Hollow. A dark force of evil has
arisen in the area and several headless corpses of villagers have been found. A black-clad man was seen leaving the area of
the last murder at great speed astride a horse as black as night. According to an eyewitness, the man on the horse had no
head.
Marshal Jordan, who retired to the troubled community some years ago, said that although Deeply Hollow has always been a
trouble spot, nothing of this magnitude had ever threatened that village in all the years of his service as headman.
The Baron is taking this threat within his own borders very seriously. Experienced patrol members are required to travel to
Deeply Hollow and to solve the mystery of the headless horseman.
Debrief:
Thanks and gratitude are extended twice over to the champions of Deeply Hollow!
It would seem that we're not giving you enough work to do, for while solving the mystery of the Headless Horseman you also
took the time to eliminate an entire orcish incursion, which would have otherwise made life here very difficult for us! You
are to be commended for your initiative and quick response to this unforeseen crisis.
The tribe you routed, known as the Rusty Sword clan, had always been a strong force on the border, but we were unaware that
they had grown to such strength as to dare an actual invasion into the Barony. They had even started constructing a new
settlement and it was only your bravery that drove the orcs off before they could become too entrenched.
The Humacti Temple has admitted that it was an oversight on their part in sending only one of their number, regardless of his
experience, to investigate Deeply Hollow. They take full responsibility for Humact Quentin's death and are grateful for your
efforts to save his life.
They also emphatically confirm that Ichabod Crane was never a member of the Humacti Temple, and can only conclude that his
entire impersonation was an elaborate deceit.
It has also emerged that a human by the name of Ichabod Crane enrolled in the General College of Magery some nineteen years
ago, where he excelled at both magical dispelling and concealment. In light of these revelations the Humacti Temple concludes
that the necromancer Crane could well have imitated the ability to destroy undead. They would like to reassure the party that
even another Humact would have found it difficult to see through his deception.
As for Deeply Hollow itself, Headman Jordan asked me to convey his most grateful thanks, as the villagers are now safe again.
Well, as safe as Deeply Hollow ever gets Marshal Jordan suspects that High Master Superior Brutus is also appreciative for
your efforts in clearing his name - not that he says so in so many words, of course.
All in all, you are owed congratulations on a job well and competently done.
Guard Captain Matthews
It seems despite my best efforts I have managed to incur a debt to your party, as you did restore me to life after my
conflict with the undead. Rather than having that hang over me, I have decided the best way to settle the debt is to
enlighten you about the probable motives of the necromancers Crane.
You may have managed to pick up that I came to Deeply Hollow around 23 years ago. Some three years later, it was necessary
to defend my village from the assault of a necromancer called Crane. He sought eight human sacrifices for his foul if well
contrived ritual of Living Death. I and my servant Oculus met the fool in Deeply Hollow's graveyard, where I wrested control
of most of his undead horde from him, and had them crush the rest. I then pounded Crane himself into the floor, but rather
than kill him, I strung him up for eternal life as a scarecrow. I studied him in the field for three days to see if he
accomplished any interesting necromantic feats, but he merely expired and sagged a bit.
I presume Ichabod Crane was his son, who clearly wasted his pathetic life contriving revenge upon me. He duped your party
into accepting him so he could steer an inquiry against me, while using his Horseman to simultaneously make the needed
sacrifices, and attempt a clumsy frame against me. Such a feeble plan fell apart as might be expected.
I wish I could have crushed him myself, but I was busy engaging the far more competent nemesis he sent against me. I
consider my debt to you now cleared, and most of you should not return to my estates except under the direst of circumstances.
High Masters Talon and Vortex could consider risking it, were they ever to feel worthy of trying to earn my instruction.
In Might,
High Master Superior Brutus, of Deeply Hollow.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 14
DavidS [Carabas] 15
- (+1) Usefulness and roleplay.
Your creative and timely use of Dispels (especially while G'Mord was fighting the orc chieftain) broke new ground,
particularly in the use of furtive rituals. The story to the village kids was as entertaining as it was inspired! The
Shrivel(T) on Ichabod really helped the party out at a crucial moment! Great thinking!
IanH [Hunter] 14
- Worked well as an information-gathering scout. Very good use of your Druidic abilities to survive the curiosity that
would have killed your average cat (jumping in amongst the orc reserves).
JamesA [Hawkeye] 14
- You demonstrated the main strength of a high level elven scout, a huge amount of dexterity, and used it well in battle.
Thank you for your "path-finding" at the start of the mission, safely guiding the party into Rainbow Woods, aka the
Borderlands.
MarcusO [G'Mord] 16
- (+2) Roleplay and fight against the orc chieftain.
We expect a certain high standard from the Old Guard, but in this game you truly went above and beyond the call of
duty! Your fight with the orc chieftain was undoubtedly a high point of the LARP, and your roleplay within the village was
deeply entertaining, if somewhat disturbing...
MikeT [Kendal] 14
- You acted as a very good skirmish fighter, especially amongst the orcs, and set-up and executed some very deft backstab
"ambushes".
NeilH [Talon] 14
- Very effective party fighter, and combat support. Sorry the ghost plot was cut short for you - we could really see
you getting your teeth into that!
PeterW [Aurelius] 14
- Solid magic support. As always excellent use of sleep, especially on Talon (What do you do when a party member acts funny?
You incapacitate them!) and amusing use of Gale to tie the centipede into knots.
RyanL [Vortex] 14
- Thank you so much for the "Heroic pose" during your introduction! We liked lots. Vortex was as ever the dangerous
psychopath killer, who also really got into the Deeply Hollow "vibe". Sorry the Horseman couldn't stay to chat!
TonyC [Caffrey] 14
- At least one person who responded to the plot! Along with Mathonwy, upheld the cause of Justice in Deeply Hollow. It
was great to see Caffrey in action again, especially healing his bestest best friend, G'Mord and dealing smoothly with
the possessing ghosts. Old Guard and newbies alike were very glad to see you!
WarrenJ [Mathonwy] 14
- Another one who worked hard to follow the plot, and investigated the situation in Deeply Hollow thoroughly. Finally had
the chance as a justice Priest to uphold justice!
MONSTERS
Base 7
AlexT 11
- Monster Ref.
CarinaS 11
- Monster Ref.
AdrianC 9
- (+2) Brutus and orc chieftain.
You played a Priest of Might very convincingly, and also managed the very tricky roleplaying we asked of you, to cast
doubt upon yourself while being innocent. And as for the orc chieftain - wow. A definite high point of the LARP!
DominicD 7
ElizabethG 7
JohnB 7
NatalieW 8
- (+1) Huntress in the village. We're not sure why it happened, but it was funny that it did. Anyone role-playing marriage
to G'Mord deserves bonus points!
PaulW 7
RobinD 7
RuthS 7
ShaunG 7
StephenE 10
- (+3) Ichabod Crane.
For NPCing almost all day, and managing to keep your cover within the party despite constant scrutiny. We were very
fortunate that you agreed to take this role, and performed it so well.
TimB 7
*** Comments ***
1) Firstly we both want to say that you were all amazing. We would have showered you all with a +1, but that would rob the
bonus points of their special significance. In addition the player base is already very high, and besides, you lot have
plenty already! But please be aware we did think you were all brilliant - thank you for making it so memorable. A general
thank you to all our monsters - you were all very competent and professional, even those with little previous monstering
experience.
Borderlands: The Draining Sphere (16/02/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
To all Members of Borderland Patrol Group 1, Currently assigned to Sectors 6-9, from Major Darius - Borderlands Commander
Hello All
This sunday we are changing you from your regular patrol sectors to those normally patrolled by Group 4 (Sectors 15-18).
We are making this change as the patrol group normally assigned to that area has begun to encounter several shimmering guards,
the like of which you have also been encountering. As your patrol group has the most experience with them we are sending you
out to investigate in Group 4's Place.
Please report all findings to me and meet in the village of Stittlehampton for your final briefing at 11:30 this Sunday. You
will here from again if I need to make more changes or if we have some new confirmed information.
Major Darius
Borderlands Commander
Debrief:
To all Bordeland patrollies recently aquisitioned to patrol patrol sectors 15 -18.
First where are your reports. This was suposed to be an investigation of the area and yet of the 12 or so of you who went out
only three of you have obeyed your orders and written a report. Even then in at least one case I had to request the report
from the pathfinders. If I don't get reports in by next wednesday there will be a jusdicial investigation into your failure.
Secondly, where are the Barbarian and the Mage. They were supposed to retuen with you. Its been four days and no one has seen
any sign of them. We are beginning to get suspicious.
Lastly on a organisational note your standard patrol route has been extended to include sectors 10 and 11. Sectors 15-18 are
now being assigned to two patrols route considering the amount of hostiles in the area.
Major Darius
Borderlands Commander
Firstly well done for successfully completifying the patrol without any loss of life. It was an excellent achievement
especially considering how dangerous the area was.
There is still no sign of the barbarian or the mage and so we can only assumify that they have been killed by the
varitious creatures roaming the borderlands. In future more effort should be taken to keep hold of those people that you are
sent to rescue.
From your reportations on the borderlands up to this point the following informitisation has been found:
1)Contact with the spheroids is directly linked to your ability to see these shimerating 'ethereal' guards.
2)The spheroids replicatify both magical and miraculous propertises and either take power or give it.
3)There is a dead world which appears to be where the 'ethereal' guards come from.
4)The 'ethereal' guards attack mercilessly and are not open to negotiations.
5)There is an unassertifacated large number of these guards who are located throughout the borderlands and even outside in
the dead world.
6)No reason has yet been discovered for the presence of the spheroids, the borderland effects, or the guards.
Conclusion: More information is needed.
Major Darius
Borderlands Commander
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 11
StephenE [Sorin] 12
- (+1) For good roleplaying around the spheres ecpecially the way you handled having your power being taken by the drain
mana sphere.
RyanL [Haven] 13
- (+1) Good roleplaying. I especially liked how you handled waking up to find your legs broken. Also for the way you
managed to avoid the drain mana sphere.
(+1) For your jounral entires, always well written and make for interesting character development.
TonyP [Ardyune] 14
- (+1) For being the single deadliest party member and for not producing any real complaints from monsters about how you
throat slit people.
(+1) For managing to draw away and lose 3 monsters in the middle of a big fight, very nicely done and its good to see
your scouting skills improving.
(+1) For your map. Like the detail.
CarinaS [Storm (formely Blitzen)] 12
- (+1) For very effective monster control, it was certainly an interesting exersize in formation breaking, very good uses
of gales and gust of winds well done.
JohnB [Breeze] 14
- (+1) For very effective uses of sleeps. In terms of actually getting rid of monsters you were one of the best players
and without TonyP wouldn't have been nearly as deadly.
(+1) For truly excellent sphere avoidance, you were never around when i called the time freezes to move the drain mana
sphere.
(+1) For you report, nicely written.
AlexT [Xandriel] 14
- (+1) For good roleplaying around the spheres especially with regard to the way you tried to research it.
(+1) For hideaoulsy effective use of melts to disable my monster especially the guards, sorry for when it didn't work
like it should.
(+1) For the report.
RuthS [Liana] 12
- (+1) For your report kind of wish Major Darius had got the more detailed one.
RobinD [Verin] 12
- (+1) For your report.
DanM [Torrent] 12
- (+1) For your report. Still managing to say anything that you actually achieved.
AdrianB [Solaris] 12
- (+1) For a detailed report with some actual information in. Makes a nice change for things the party noticed to be
mentioned in a report in any detail.
MarcusO [Jobe] 11
- Well done for actually noticing the ethereal guards had no casters or healers.
DavidS [Adept] 12
- (+1) For your report, especially your continued attempts to get the entire party up to your level of contact.
MatthewA [Flash] 11
JamesA [Theon] 11
- You managed to literrally sit out of all the fights pretty much can't tell if thats a good thing or a bad thing.
AdrianC [Orchid] 12
- (+1) For you report, keep them coming.
MONSTERS
Base 6
DominicD 11
- Monster Ref.
AndyT 8
- (+1) For the barabarian, very well rolepayed and nice interaction with the party especially the mages.
(+1) For the troll, again very nicely done.
IanH 7
- (+1) For your troll again, very good especially asking for dead bodies.
PaulT 7
- (+1) For the mage very nicely roleplayed, exactly as I wanted.
TimB 5
- (-1) For whippy hits, some grappling, using people as human shields. You are normally a lot better than this be more
careful next time.
PaulW 6
ShaunG 6
ElizabethG 6
DarrenE 6
*** Comments ***
1) Thanks for a very good larp in general, and thanks for coping well with having your character made almost completely
useless for large part of it if you were a magic user. I'd just like to apologise for the couple of flanges, im still
learning how to GM and for some of the actions of my monsters. In future i'll try and be clearer when giving instructions and
avoid the same mistakes. Im also sorry about the number of time fafs i went for a deliberately high density larp and the
encounters designed to stall the party didn't work out as i had hoped.
2) To the monsters thanks for monstering but I need to raise a couple of points. The ones with regards to hitting and uses
of strength have already been covered, but I do want to emphasise the points that I had said before. Act how a GM
tells you act is the main thing and if it seems like an encounter has been statted to high eg doing too much damage
question the GM. To illustrate ideally you would have been very very aggressive goblins as I had asked. The party would have
automatically realised you were going to attack and therefore got in to some formation, instead you weren't aggressive the
party thought they had been a misunderstanding and even tried to stop people attacking you hence creating problems (which
only got worse because of what TimB did but he has realised his mistake so thats fair enough). The knock on effects were the
party met the barbarian and the drain mana sphere earlier than intended and therefore had less time when they could actually
cast rituals etc. But anyway its in the past now and irrelevant just be more careful next time, ok?
Borderlands: Guild of Artifacers II (09/02/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
To all borderlands patrollers
The Guild of Artificers would like to employ your services once more. It is likely to be a dangerous courier mission into
the borderlands and back again, near the town of Carefree.
Apparently, pathfinders and other patrols report that the 'rat' problem is still there. So, come this Sunday, be prepared
for them and the normal borderlands problems.
Master Craftsman Leafson
Head of the Guild of Artifacers
Debrief:
Note to Pathfinder Orchid,
The Master Craftsman informs me that the miraclous item you were able to use was a 'glove of resurrection' he had specially
made for such a situation. It was ritually created to be able to be used as soon as it was worn. Even as we speak I'm
filling out a request form to purchase a few of these items for the pathfinders. You have given the item an unscheduled
field test and the guild is please with you.
However it comes to our attention that you have a lot to learn about leading groups of pathfinders, even if you are the most
experienced pathfinder, it is unlikely at this time that you will the oldest. It is important for a leader not to make his
followers resentful of him. In future missions you might wish to try to be more diplomatic about giving orders and taking
advice with regards to other pathfinders.
Then I'll have words with your mother about her grounding you and how pleased the guild is with your performance to date.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 9
StephenE [Sorin] 11
- (+1) Solid roleplay of character and inventiveness.
(+1) Report.
RyanL [Haven] 11
- (+1) Solid roleplay of character and inventiveness.
(+1) Diary.
ElizabethG [Seyenne] 10
- (+1) Improved scouting.
ShaunG [Silvanus] 10
- (+1) Madness and trees. Want to see how this character develops from here.
RuthS [Liana] 10
- (+1) Doing best at organising such a huge and diverse party.
AdrianB [Solaris] 10
- (+1) Being a tank and the roleplay surrounding the loss (even temporary) of party members.
AdrianC [Orchid] 11
- (+1) Great roleplay of ressurrecting people, and so on.
(+1) For report. Enjoyed 'marking' this.
TonyP [Arduyne] 10
- (+1) Solid roleplay and reasonable scouting. Need to identify targets before trying throatslit. If you aren't certain
they could be hurt, don't try it.
AndyT [Feran] 10
- (+1) For investigative nature regarding the spheres.
DarrenE [Gish] 10
- (+1) Improved fighting. Also great roleplay.
JamesA [Theon] 10
- (+1) For justice roleplay. A bit standoff-ish to the rest of the party I felt. Also good use of miracles.
MarcD [Bleoberis] 10
- (+1) For charging into encounters, wanting to die. Please remember to pull your blows. This goes double when
it's cold and the foam is almost solid.
PaulW [Biscuit] 10
- (+1) Playing tig.
EdwardR [Atarax] 10
- (+1) Great justice priest.
$ [$] 10
- (+1) Good roleplay and doing well to adapt to new system.
$ [$] 11
- (+1) Great costume and roleplaying.
(+1) Quick comprehension of tricky system.
$ [Little Bob] 0
- (-9) Stabbing with staff, endangering players OOC, not pulling blows, not taking hits. Not invited back.
MONSTERS
Base 5
DavidS 9
- Monster Ref.
WarrenJ 7
- (+1) Teach.
(+1) Great grave spirit.
MikeT 6
- (+1) Great might priest.
JohnB 7
DominicD 7
- (+2) Great school children and reports. Also great ghouls :)
LukeG 6
- (+1) Annoying school child.
VictoriaH 7
NeilH 7
Doug 7
- (+2) Great skeletons, and ratmen. Thanks for coming and monstering despite cold etc.
TimB 6
PaulT 6
- (+1) Skeletons and ratmen. Good safe fighting.
Morwenna 6
- (+1) Great grave spirit.
*** Comments ***
1) We've had our first ban. Anyone who wants to talk to the committee and why should find DominicD or LukeG who were there.
We also had one of the biggest parties of the year. 17 players total(!) and twelve monsters. If we can keep up
this sort of attendance, we'll have bigger and better LARPs!
2) However it brought up a serious problem of battleboarding this many. Next time a party of this magnetude, I'd suggest
two or three battleboarders instead of 1, sorry StephenE. Also, I strongly suggest that people use the time that they
aren't being battle boarding, checking weapons and armour for wear and tear. Safety has to come first.
Borderlands: The Ruins (05/02/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
To all borderland patrollies.
An important discovery has been recently made. A large set of ruins has been discovered on the edge of the borderland. We
believe they were unearthed by the disturbances that preceeded the borderlands effects.
The few scout reports we have seem to indicate strange structures unlike anything seen in the Barony and a strange feeling
of a multitude of invisible presences.
We need a well experienced patrol to investigate the area and find the few pathfinders who have failed to return.
Debrief:
To all those that investigated the ruins, the following information has been obtained from the ritual notes that you brought us:
1)The two smaller rituals dealt with the spontaneous summoning of undead at great range and the summoning of a couple of
fairly minor demons.
2)The larger ritual while both lengthy and complicated appears to effect the release of a powerful spirit. Interestingly
the ritual is written in both death and chaos runes as well as necromantic and demonic script. From what we can ascertain
from the information in the rituals chants the spirit may have once been demonic in nature and is incredably powerful.
We suggest that no one is allowed access to the ruins until a way has been found to stop the spirit or prevent is ever being
released. We are passing the information on to the guards and pathfinders in return for earlier favours so that they may
decide the best way to guard the area. We are providing the same information to patrol as you gave us the rituals.
Forever in balance.
Guardian Hoggle
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 0
RuthS [Liana] 3
- (+1) For managing to successfully keep the party alive through both good use of standing and effective fighting.
(+1) For wearing costume on the parade.
(+1) For your report.
PaulW [Biscuit] 3
- (+2) For being Biscuit on the parade; for costume really good cloak and good roleplaying.
(+1) For your report, will get you a nice demon soon.
DanM [Torrent] 3
- (+1) For wearing your impressively made robe on the parade especially as it was broken only the day before.
(+1) For actually being effective for once in spell casting; now lets see if you can keep this up.
(+1) For your report, its a nice change to read you doing something for a change.
ShaunG [Silvanus] 3
- (+1) Costume + parade get the picture.
(+1) Controlling the big demon successfully with freezes.
(+1) For your treely obsessed report.
AdrianB [Solaris] 3
- (+1) For being a very effective guard and good fighting especially in protecting all the noncombatants.
(+1) For wearing you platemail on the parade and actually attracting interest without wielding a weapon.
(+1) For your report.
ElizabethG [Seyenne] 2
- (+1) For costume on the parade.
(+1) For your report.
DarrenE [Gish] 2
- (+1) For turning up sort of in costume and just when the party needed help.
(+1) For your report.
MONSTERS
Base 0
DominicD 2
- Monster Ref.
AndyT 2
- (+1) For well controlled roleplaying of a potentially very unpleasent monster.
(+1) Basically for paralysing most but not all of the party and not giving out some but not too many diseases.
JoeS 3
- (+1) For a very very impressive small demon, as people said it suited you too well. You should monster more often.
(+1) For sorting out all the paperwork it needed to be done.
(+1) For being one of the few truely slow zombies we have ever had, very cool even if it meant DanM could take you out.
LukeG 1
- (+1) Very impressed with your fighting especially the parrying and for helping out monstering even though you had said you
wouldn't.
Hobbit 2
- (+1) For your dying pathfinder exactly as I wanted nicely done.
(+1) For the ritual, looked good, what i could see of it.
Crayg 2
- (+1) For the hysterical pathfinder again exactly as I wanted, good to see more good roleplayers start larping.
(+1) Again for the ritual, looked good what i could see of it.
TimB 1
- (+1) For the way you played the big guarding demon, what I wanted and nicely controlled. Even if you couldn't do much what
with being frozen all the time.
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Double Vision (02/02/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
You are standing in the square when you hear the sound of someone angrily stomping towards the middle of the square. You
turn around and recognise Guard Sergeant Thorfen Skullsplitter as he stomps along. When he reaches the middle, he stops,
puts a notice on the notice board, and then shouts.
"All you Borderlands Patrol Members, listen up. There will be extra combat training for you this Sunday. You need it. You
will turn up. So far you have demonstrated a lack of expertise in this area. This WILL be remedied. I expect as many of you
as possible to be there."
With that, he stomps off again. The notice contains details of where and when to report for the extra training.
Debrief:
"To those members of the Barony who got the Druid Wolfgang - Many thanks for your efforts. I look forward to a time when I
can serve alongside you, although I have no intentions of going into the Borderlands unless I really have to. Wolfgang is
currently in custody of the guards, and we are gathering evidence so that we can put him on trial. As such, any further
reports of the mission would be gratefully accepted as evidence. For those of you who turned up specially for the combat
training, we would be more than happy to arrange some for you at a future date.
The Druid Rowan and his wife have asked me to pass on their grateful thanks to Marshal Liana and the rest of the patrol for
aiding their daughter. It was unfortunate that Seeker Gish died and I would urge all of you very strongly to make sure that
you look after each other on future missions. Death can be avoided as long as you all work together as a group.
Now, I leave once again for Draxia. Good Luck with your further investigations into the Borderlands.
To Marshal Liana Only
the Pathfinders you met were indeed Pathfinder Captains. I am not privy as to exactly what they were doing in the Borderlands,
but I have been informed of their return and that they saw you just before they returned. Also, fear not. The security in
Draxia has not been compromised. I remember seeing Wolfgang on my return there a few weeks ago when I came to collect
supplies. It appears he was a lot more powerful then, and was able to store my likeness in his mirror for quite some time."
Guard Sergeant Thorfen Skullsplitter
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 9
AdrianB [Solaris] 11
- (+1) Good guarding, especially taking down 3 orcs and a bandit on your own.
(+1) For the IC report.
StephenE [Sorin] 10
- (+1) Good consistent roleplaying all day.
RyanL [Haven] 11
- (+1) Nice Costume, and good interaction with party.
(+1) For the IC report.
RuthS [Liana] 10
- (+1) For the IC report.
Good roleplaying, especially the helping of the druid family. I was expecting you to believe the pathfinders a bit more
and give them some information to take back, but if you didn't trust them, then I can see why you didn't give them
anything!! :-)
ElizabethG [Seyenne] 10
- (+1) For the IC report.
An improvement on last scout outing. Need to learn to be more sneaky andshould try and be a bit more involved in combat.
You are a member of the army of the kingdom remember.
PaulW [Biscuit] 12
- (+1) (would have got an extra point for cloak but you said to give it to Shevek!!). Brilliant reaction when faced with
opposite self, and also when Interfector killed opposite self.
(+2) For the report. I don't think I've ever seen a report that has made people shed tears before! It was great.
Try and avoid trying to kill party members if at all possible, although I admit that interfector killing your friend-clone
was probably a decent reason for going off at him like that.
DavidS [Adept] 10
- (+1) For the report.
Do your characters always take scouting roles? :-)
JohnB [Breeze] 10
- (+1) For choosing the flee option at the second random battle and very good use of spells.
TimB [Interfector] 10
- (+1) Report.
As DominicD said before, try and avoid interparty fighting wherever possible, although I admit that the occasion that I saw
it happen was totally IC and probably fair enough.
DarrenE [Gish] 11
- (+1) For a very heroic death.
(+1) Report.
AndyT [Feran] 11
- (+1) The balance priest is becoming more useful and effective. Good reaction to meeting your doppelganger.
(+1) Report.
DominicD [Aurinyan] 11
- (+1) For scouting effectiveness and good use of power ups.
(+1) Report.
MONSTERS
Base 5
AdrianC 9
- Monster Ref. Not bad for a first time, even if I say so myself!
AlexT 7
- (+1) For keeping me sane through the day.
(+1) For the Hermit.
NeilH 7
- (+2) For coming all the way from Plymouth to monster!! Oh, and for being a damn fine Thorfen!!!
CarinaS 6
- (+1) For being exceptionally reliable.
Morwenna 6
- (+1) For sheer cuteness as the ill druid child.
ShaunG 5
- Good solid stuff.
DanM 5
- Keep up the enthusiasm, and sorry about the lack of your monster clone at the end. I really couldn't clone invisible people!!
Crayg 5
- Good solid stuff.
Shevek 6
- (+1) For Biscuits cloak.
IanH 5
- Good solid stuff.
TonyP 5
- You got to be a sneaky scout eventually!!
AilsaB 6
- (+1) For being Biscuit so well and also for the watermage spell vocals.
LukeG 5
- Try learning to use something other than the Big Mace!!
*** Comments ***
1) A BIG thankyou to everyone. That was great. It was also good to see so many people turn up - a whopping 25 people took
part in that Larp!! The costumes were good, and the fighting was safe. What more could a GM ask for? :-) Now, to get hold
of the monster rules to write my next one... :-)
Borderlands: Guild of Artifacers (26/01/2003)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
The Newly Established Guild of Artifacers invites all loyal barony borderlands patrols and their associates to view a
demonstration of magical and marvellous items by one of the guild members to be held this Sunday in the village of Carefree,
near the very edge of the borderlands.
Do not worry if you cannot make this demonstration, as the Guild is beginning to mass produce items and we hope that soon
you will all have a chance to purchase one or or more of these excellent devices.
Master Craftsman Leafson
Head of the Guild of Artifacers
"Excellence is our Trademark"
Debrief:
Members of the barony, and others present at the Borderlands,
The guild of Artifacers are gratful to all of you who journeyed into the borderlands to retrieve the stolen magic items. We
are, of course, sorry to hear that three of your number died, however the guild will happily organise the resurrecting of
the elf called Haven, The humans Torrent and Interfector. Once again, The Guild thanks you and will insure that the next
shipping of Artifacts to the borderlands is better guarded.
Master Craftsman Leafson
Head of the Guild of Artifacers
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 8
AdrianB [Solaris] 9
- (+1) Good costume and attitude.
PeterW [Obsidian] 9
- (+1) Effective warrior. Could you use your abilites to support the party more though?
ShaunG [Silvanus] 8
- Useful use of freeze. And tree heal to make yourself self-sufficent.
TimB [Interfector] 8
- Solid fighting. Agree that you are still searching for the class to suit your character.
RyanL [Haven] 9
- (+1) Great roleplay. Enjoyed your interaction with others.
DanM [Torrent] 8
- Needs to pull more weight in the party.
WarrenJ [Brend] 8
- Effective fighting.
RobinD [Verin] 9
- (+1) Good chaotic roleplay. Need to work more on the life bit. Best party healer.
PaulW [Biscuit] 9
- (+1) Getting cat to kill ratmen, and binding party members.
TonyP [Arduyne] 8
- Need to get glasses fixed and more reporting back to the party. Sacrifice some stealth for speed.
MONSTERS
Base 4
DavidS 8
- Monster Ref.
DominicD 6
- (+2) Great NPC the whole day. Exactly as I wanted. Thanks.
StephenE 5
- (+1) The 'bluff' for your guard. and quaility ratman.
MatthewA 5
- (+1) For excellent human scout type.
ElizabethG 4
- Good scout. Next time keep biscuits at more than arms length.
AdrianC 5
- (+1) Grave Elemental. Brillant trashing of party.
RuthS 5
- (+1) Might Priest and organising encounters and magic items.
Morwenna 5
- (+1) Grave Spirit. Can't wait to see how this undead does in the future.
CarinaS 5
- (+1) Human guard kept going. Great Ratman trooper.
AlexT 5
- (+1) *sigh* Terrible scout, absolutely needs to work on how to sneak up/bluff/stalk and surprise a party. Nevermind.
AndyT 5
- (+1) Good Ratman. Unfortunate you got double weaknessed before your main character got stuck in. *sigh*
*** Comments ***
1) Excellent! Nice safe fighting. Happy monsters and a few player deaths. This was a dangerous larp and I fully expected a
few of you to die, unless the healing and fighting were well organised/managed. To survive the problems it is useful for a
party to gain a) a party leader to co-ordinate battles and fights b) a party healer.
Borderlands: Quest for the Holy Grotto (15/12/2002)
*** Mission ***
Debrief:
Congratulations on successfully delivering the Baron's letter to santa. We are pleased that the mission was completed
without any major injury coming to the party, though Master Interfector did seem a little different somehow.
We are slightly worried to hear of the existence of dissedent terrorist groups in the barony. However considering there
preoccupation for meals, fanatical devotion towards High Master Vortex and tendency towards suicidal activities we
do not expect to hear from them again. Whatever there name is you didn't seem to clear on that point...
Regardless, Montgomery Snake assures us you all performed excellently though cowardly (you seem to have run screaming from
a couple of minor encounters) and I hope you will be all able to deliver the Baron's next important letter.
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 10
TimB [Interfector] 13
- (+1) For roleplaying a very good pyschopath, definitely a priest of might at its worst, especially with the refusing to sing.
(+1) For the way you roleplayed being full of christmas both in the larp and on the boards. Seeing a priest of might
skipping is certainly a new experience.
(+1) For a nice report full of christmas cheer and gratuitous use of the word nice.
Good roleplaying in general. In future though try and alter characters to avoid interparty conflict, but well done for the
way you took the weaknesses. Also be much more careful about the way you deal with NPC's and make sure you know whos
side there on before you hit them. Hit one too many barony citizens and we may have to write an IC inquest and trial.
CarinaS [Blitzen (formerly Gale)] 13
- (+1) For singing silent night in german.
(+1) For the way you controlled the giant especially after my little stating error, nicely done and well thought out.
(+1) For very good roleplaying through out especially with the peoples front of the barony.
AdrianC [Orchid] 14
- (+1) For the way you berserked against the undead, very impressive, very cool especially when your the one its being
directed at.
(+1) For trully excellent scouting. Always managing to turn up when we were in the middle of stating. For future
reference call rec. creature after you have had a chance to listen into our conversation. Certainly benefitted from the
absense of Seyenne.
(+1) For generally very good roleplaying, especially around Santa. I was impressed throughout the whole larp very
consistent character and a very convincing 16 year old.
(+1) for a good IC report (and because I said all reports get a bonus point), always impressed with the way you make it
look like a 16 year old write it.
DanM [Torrent] 12
- (+1) For Arthur Dentishness. I like the idea of a research mage so academic that he comes out in his dressing gown and
slippers. Even if that wasn't the intention.
(+1) For your report, nicely written and informative. Didn't include even example of something that you did. Great at
making a silly mission sound serious.
ShaunG [Silvanus] 12
- (+1) For consistent druidic zealotry, though again try and alter characters to avoid in party fighting where possible.
Either way very good roleplaying. Oh and for the tinsel.
(+1) For your report. Nicely written, a few very clever comments and a garish colour scheme.
JohnB [Breeze] 11
- (+1) For very nice character progression after your recent death. Much more subdued and careful. Well thought out
roleplaying (would have got 1 more point if you wrote a report, if i say points for reports write them its worth it).
RobinD [Verin] 11
- (+2) For very annoyingly well timed use of weaknesses in both stopping my monsters and restraining interfector.
(-1) For over use of OOC knowledge and comments. Just be a bit more careful in future.
NB: Be very careful when casting weaknesses on party members. In general do your best to avoid it where possible so we
can circumvent the difficult area of in party fighting.
MONSTERS
Base 6
DominicD 10
- Monster Ref.
AlexT 10
- (+2) For the truly amazing and spectacular impression of Big Mace/LukeG, Out of character comment, out of character
comment. If you didn't see it well a description wouldn't do it justice.
(+1) For Tim nee Jim the Allpowerful Mage, brilliantly played and with superb timing especially uses of the innate
Blink 4's. Did the questions very well. Only overshowed by your rendition of Big Mace.
(+1) For successfully running away from the party with out them even noticing during the second encounter.
First thanks for offering to monster, really made the larp with the two characters mentioned above. Please monster all my larps.
AndyT 8
- (+2) For all the actually funny jokes in the larp and some good ideas. The larp wouldn't have been the same without them.
MilenaP 46
- (+42) For offering to Monster with out being asked when half the people deicded they couldn't make it. Also because youre
never likely to play a larp and as a going away present. Assuming there are no complaints PaulW is allowed to use these
points on his lame half-ogre warrior-mage. Provided he plays it as MilenaP.
AdrianB 9
- (+1) For the black knight. Didn't see it but was told it was very well done.
(+1) For the way you roleplayed the leader of the humacti inquisition, well done exactly what I wanted.
(+1) For very good monster roleplaying and the way you coped with a couple of big roles. Very good for a newbie,
interested to see your actual character.
ElizabethG 7
- (+1) For spoonishness; for taking over the roles intended for TonyP nicley done in a pinch.
(+1) For the way you roleplayed in the village anthrax encounter. "Follow the rock".
(-1) For being neither ferocious or deadly as the reindeer, and totally failing to escape as the christmas spoon.
PaulW 9
- (+1) For the apathetically roleplayed leader of the Knights who say 'meh'. Exactly as expected.
(+1) For actually managing to hit someone with the inflatable sheep and on the head as well.
(+1) For your random christmas report as biscuit.
MarcusO 8
- (+1) For providing the blow up sheep and thinking of buying it in the first place.
(+2) For being the plot monkey. Very well done and did an excellent job of keeping the larp moving along. Nicley timed
giving of the correct answers as well.
(-1) For forgetting to sing "Brave, brave Sir [insert name here]". Should have been more mocking of the players.
And if only I could:
LukeG -1
- For not making it you could have tried harder especially when we needed big mace. Though then again we wouldn't have got
to see AlexT's impression.
TonyP -1
- For not making it. Though having ElizabethG play you was probably punishment enough.
*** Comments ***
1) First thanks for all turning up and getting into the spirit of the thing. It was appreciated especially after the work I
put into writing it. If you didn't turn up shame on you especially if i had written you specific roles. If I could
give out minus points to those who weren't there.
2) In general the fighting was very safe and the standard of roleplaying was very good. Thanks for being willing to sing
when asked and putting up with the some of the more corny jokes.
Borderlands: The Harming Sphere (08/12/2002)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Healer Shen, of the Reverend Temple of Life leaves the following Message:
Will all Boarderlands patrol members report with their availibleness for this sunday? I wish to conduct experiments into
the draining effect.
Debrief:
Thank you for your reports. Firstly might I congratulate you on your efforts in the Borderlands since I was forced to
retreat back to the Barony. I a deeply sorry that Breeze fell in battle, however his sacrifice ultimately saved the rest of
the party and possibly even myself. I regret that my ritual led to this chain of events. Before I managed to complete the
ritual the force of this meteor impact threw me to my feet, breaking my concentration and prematurely ending the ritual
before I could complete it. This expended far more of my energy than I anticipated, and I found that I could no longer call
upon the Gods for healing. Following the second metoer impact I felt a flash of pain, which at the time I thought was
limited to only myself. Shortly thereafter it became apparent that all those in the ritual were facing this effect. I then
saw the fire in the forest and began to realize that the severe consequences of the disrupted ritual. I would have aided
you if i could, but without the ability to call upon the gods of healing for aid there was nothing I could do to aid you.
My bodyguard had been given very specific orders and she very forcibly insisted that I return to the barony.
It is unfortunate that the meteor collisions prevented us from carrying out our original mission and more tragically led to
Breezes death. However take heart, the mission was not in vain. Our encounter with these Avatars, together with the contact
that we have established with the druids you brought to my care, as well as your discoveries with regards to these meteors
may yet bring us closer to solving the mystery of these Borderlands.
Healer Shen
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 6
RuthS [Liana] 8
- (+1) For IC report. Fine details.
(+1) For good justice roleplaying.
RobinD [Verin] 6
- (+1) For excellent Freedom aligned roleplaying.
(-1) For OOC comments in IC situations.
TonyP [Arduyne] 9
- (+1) For Effectiveness of scouting/backstabbing monsters.
(+2) Fantastic IC report/map.
DarrenE [Gish] 8
- (+1) For Freedom roleplay and report.
(+1) For good costume and kit.
MikeT [Gob] 7
- (+1) For sheer wallness.
EdwardR [Attarax] 7
- (+1) For Good justice aligned roleplay.
PaulW [Biscuit] 8
- (+1) Chaotic roleplay.
(+1) For superb report on brightly coloured bits of paper in a random order.
CarinaS [Gale (formerly Misty)] 7
- (+1) Good questioning of the Druids, great inquizativeness.
DominicD [Aurinyan] 7
- (+1) For accurate and interesting reporting.
ShaunG [Silvanus] 7
- (+1) For hating the 'vile despoiler of nature' even after the heroic sacrifice. Good report too.
JohnB [Breeze] 5 (Base 3)
- (+1) Heroism.
(+1) For good roleplay of resurrection.
MONSTERS
Base 3
DavidS 6
- Monster Ref.
AdrianC 6
- (+1) Running fire goblin encounter.
(+1) Fantastic weather druid, roleplaying disease.
(+1) Good dark druid monster.
AilsaB 4
- (+1) Good and loyal guard.
DavidG 4
- (+1) Good life priest and message board roleplay. Thank you.
AndyT 4
- (+1) Fantastic tree druid, roleplaying disease.
DanM 4
- (+1) Enthusiaism knows no bounds.
AdrianB 4
- (+1) Great troll and beastial man.
LukeG 5
- (+1) Great beastman at the end fight.
(+1) Good attempt at controlling Biscuit's mind as Avatar of Chaos.
MarcusO 5
- (+1) Good roleplaying of Order Avatar.
(+1) Fantasic dark animal druid.
JohnB 2 (Base 1)
- (+1) Great revenge on party as dark druid.
*** Comments ***
1) OOC comments: Both monsters and players made more OOC comments than necessary in what should have been purely IC
situations. We can do better.
2) Cold weather: Larp weapons are considerably harder in cold weather. We need to be extra careful to pull blows and aim
for the padded areas of people.
3) Thanks Guys. Good Larp all round with very few time faffs and delays. You handled the change in plot/mission well and
dealt with all the problems successfully.
Borderlands: Weirdy Beardy (01/12/2002)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 6
CarinaS [Misty (formerly Sunny)] 6
TimB [Interfector] 6
DominicD [Aurinyan] 6
AlexT [Xandriel] 6
StephenE [Trantis] 6
RyanL [Angus] 6
MatthewA [Hamish] 6
NeilH [Koryn] 6
$ [Reymiel] 6
DanJ [Blackwing] 6
MONSTERS
Base 3
LukeG 5
- Monster Ref.
AdrianC 4
- Monster Ref.
Morwenna 3
AndyT 3
IanH 3
DarrenE 3
DanM 3
BenM 3
JohnB 3
*** Comments ***
None.
Borderlands: Charlotte Black (17/11/2002)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Fellow patrol members,
I have sought and received permission from the Temple of Justice to lead a sortie into the Borderlands this Sunday.
I believe there are a number of you who already have some experience of the area, so I would appreciate it if some of
you would accompany me. With Cyfiawnder on our side, we shall get to the bottom of the situation out there, and return
the justice of the Barony to the Borderlands.
In Cyfiawnder's light,
Marshal Mathonwy ap Gwydion
Debrief:
Following Marshal Mathonwy's personal report on this mission I would like to commend you all for your good work
in apprehending such a dangerous criminal. Also, regarding the outlaw Priest of Balance, Lomax, it has been accepted
that the risk to the patrol was too great to risk an attempt at bringing him back to the Barony on this occasion
and so therefore there will be no repurcussions owing to your failure in this matter. As to the draining effects of
the Borderlands and the item that was obtained from Lomax, the issue is currently under investigation and any results
will be passed to those concerned when necessary.
I hope you all continue your good work in aiding the Barony in these difficult times.
Knight High Marshal Justen of the Temple of Justice
Reports:
See Reports
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 5
AdrianC [Orchid] 7
- (+2) Interesting roleplay of young, over-enthusiastic scout. However, it was confusing for some people as to whether
your incompetence at scouting was roleplay or general rubbishness. Your intended charactersiation came across
well in your IC report.
AndyT [Feran] 7
- (+2) Still getting the feeling that your Priest of Balance isn't doing much, although that is a vaild option for this
alignment. Need to get more involved witht the rest of the party and maybe be a little more vocal in your beliefs.
Appropriate IC report.
CarinaS [Sunny (formerly Donner)] 6
- (+1) Good roleplaying as the weather druid. Evidentally vocal about your beliefs; curious and inquisitive and "changeable
as the weather." Also well done for picking up on plot others seemed to miss, especially Guardian Leah's link to Lomax.
ElizabethG [Seyenne] 5
- Not a very effective scout and IC justification a little weak. See comments above. Good roleplay of existing
relationship with Orchid. Otherwise, soid roleplay to build on in the future.
JohnB [Breeze] 8
- (+3) Very good first adventure. Ingenious and highly effective usage of spells that both the monsters, and other
players commented on. Look forward to seeing Breeze again. Entertaining IC Report.
MikeT [Gob] 8
- (+3) Fantastic character that everyone (players and monstersalike) noticed. Kudos for being willing to wear mud as
face paint until the real stuff was found. Great half-orc accent. Very useful to the party. Highly amusing IC
report - enjoyed the way you have played on the fact that you knew far more about the situation than your character.
Paris$ [Finafin] 5
- Didn't see much of you while monstering and you don't seem to have made much of an impression on the rest of the
party. Need to become more confident and build on the character. Also need to interact with the party more.
PaulW [Biscuit] 8
- (+3) Hilarious first outing for Biscuit. Truly a sight to behold as you skipped down the field with your balloons.
Will stick in everyone's memory for some time. Well done for making your report look chaotic although still actually
legible. And keep up the good work in bringing Sandman to the LARPing masses...
ShaunG [Silvanus] 6
- (+1) Good roleplay of elemental druids traditional dislike of elemental mages both during the mission and in your IC
report and further posts. A little ineffective but hopefully that should improve. Solid throughout.
TimB [Interfector] 7
- (+2) From what I saw you made a very good Priest of Might (despite never having met Vortex who, of course, is a
hard act to follow). Others have said that this attitude wasn't consistent, but nevertheless, a good first attempt
at a difficult alignment. Next outing should be even better as, judging by your posts, you are getting more comfortable
with the character.
WarrenJ [Mathonwy] 7
- (+2) As always, good solid roleplaying. Thank you for being so good about getting plot hammered. Very effective
demonstration of the Borderlands draining effect. Good IC Report.
MONSTERS
Base 3
DavidS 4
- Monster Ref. Thanks for helping me write my first LARP. *hugs*
RuthS 4
- Monster Ref. Shouldn't really give myself bonuses although, of course, I was fantastic :)
AdrianB 4
- (+1) General all round good monstering. Very good ogre - and good safe fighting even though dealing out hand damage.
AlexT 5
- (+2) Echoing DominicD comments from last time, pleeeease can we clone you? If only all monsters were as good... I know you
wished you could have mullered the party as the air mage but it wasn't to be. Great roleplay as always.
DanJ 4
- (+1) Good going for what I think was your first TL. Sometimes a little quiet but good once you got your confidence.
Generally solid roleplay.
DanM 4
- (+1) For sheer enthusiasm. Got the hang of things quickly and with no apparent problems.
DominicD 4
- (+1) did nothing to stand out but solid fighting. At this rate no-one will be calling you a "natural born mage" much
longer. Proof that practice make perfect.
EdwardR 4
- (+1) Good monstering in new system. Good as the recurring scout although maybe it's not a character class you should
try to play :)
PeterW 4
- (+1) Solid roleplay, everything we'd expect from you. Shame your potentially major role got moshed so easily by the party.
StephenE 5
- (+2) Great monstering. Very good as the recurring guard who kept managing to talk himself out of situations we had
expected to kill him. Know you enjoyed playing Lomax again and it was great seeing the roleplay between him and Mathonwy.
*** Comments ***
1) Thanks everyone for such a good game. Glad you all seemed to enjoyed playing and monstering something with real plot.
DavidS and I are already working on more heinous plans for the future. A few points we wanted to make. Firstly
regarding kit: If you're planning to monster plain black clothing is always better. Try not to wear jeans if
possible because they can get very wet. Also, try to wear shoes with a good grip as the path can be very slippery.
Secondly: Unless specifically told otherwise monsters should NOT hit downed or paralysed players. Thirdly
regarding scouting: Scouts are supposed to be there to let the party know what is ahead without alerting the monsters
IC. They are not there to let the monsters know that the party is on its way. Walking along the path 20 foot ahead of
the party is not a very effective way of scouting. Neither is loudly having a conversation as you 'scout' ahead. I'm
sure practice will make perfect.
Borderlands: The Healing Sphere (03/11/2002)
*** Mission ***
Brief:
Soon after the summer, tremors were felt all through the Barony. The ground and sky both shook, yet nothing was damaged.
Nothing fell from where it was put, no buildings collapsed, no-one fell to the floor. It was as if all shook as one, yet the
wisest could not explain this.
Reports came in that people everywhere were puzzled by the occurences. Soon, the rumours began. Wizards predicted new forms
of magic, priests declared anger from their gods, warriors spoke of huge beasts stirring in their slumber. With all the
rumours, what happened the following night almost seemed like an anticlimax. Soon after the sun had gone down, the night sky
was seen to be purple and a sudden wind whipped fiercely through, then...
Nothing.
However it was not long before tales of terror began. Outposts and those manning them along a large strip of the Barony's
borderlands had disappeared, along with a huge chunk of the lands outside. How and why was unknown, and as the stories would
have you believe, it was only the people and signs of their habitation that were gone- the land was unharmed. No signs of
great magic, gods warring, or mythical beasts arising.
Nothing has happened since. No more signs, portents, or shakes. Yet the Barony wants it investigated. It is an unknown
danger, enroaching on what little has been forged here. Groups are sent to investigate, some with goals of their own, some
with the best interests of their home at heart.
You are one of them. What you find is a no mans land. No building or shelter can be made as it tumbles down even as it is
erected. You would blame the Forces of Chaos, except they seem to be as dumbfounded as you...
As you explore with whatever help you can find, as all manner of dangers thrive, you wonder:
What is happening on the Borderlands?
Debrief:
Well done, on a successful mission. It is a shame you weren't able to keep hold of Humacti Soros who from the
sound of it was not entirely all there anymore. Good job defeating the necromancer and clearing you sector.
We have investigated without success the encounter where some of you fought an enemy that the others could not see.
On the evidence we advise you to be very careful in the region and to avoid spending prolonged periods with in it.
We are still no closer to determining the cause of the phenomenon...
Major Darius
*** Points ***
PLAYERS
Base 9
- (+1) For weather (oh and for costume as we want to inspire the newbies).
AndyT [Feran] 9
- Good but need to be more in balance though, or at least more vocal.
CarinaS [Donner] 9
- Didn't really notice you. Good costume and effective use of lightning darts to kill the necromancer.
DavidS [Adept] 9
- Well done, good character and costume as expected. Coped well with the ethereal guards. Thanks for battle boarding.
MatthewA [Phoebus] 10
- (+1) For the fizzling spells and coping with the onset of night (and no it wasn't a deliberate time faf!). Good roleplaying
as expected, interesting to see someone play a lame character for once. Someone please tell him for me.
NeilH [Suladin] 9
- Good costume but didn't stand out much. Solid roleplaying.
PeterW [Obsidian] 9
- Again didn't really notice you, coped well with the ethereal guard encounter. Nice costume.
RuthS [Liana] 9
- (+1) For good justice roleplaying.
(-1) For bad justice roleplaying.
You played well, but may need to get more comfortable with the alignment of your character. Well done with putting up
with the chainmail armour but not really worth a point (of course if you choose to wear it a second time, maybe...).
WarrenJ [Brend] 10
- (+1) For being obscenly deadly (and messing up the monster stats) and for quickly stopping me blessing you as the humacti.
Very very dangerous character, good costume. Dread to imagine what you would have been like if you had played to
your strengths before. Please warn Gm's before coming out :>)
MONSTERS
Base 5
- (+1) For weather.
DominicD 6
- Monster Ref.
LukeG 2
- Monster Ref.
MarcusO 6
- Monster Ref.
AdrianB 6
- (+1) Well done coping with a new system, I was very pleased with your well roleplayed monsters throughout. Keep it up.
AlexT 7
- (+2) Great monstering. Well done with both the wolves and the ghouls. I especially liked the mage trying to blag his way
out ("leave that object alone it's very dangerous but totally uninteresting"). Please monster again or better yet can we
clone you.
DarrenE 6
- (+1) Well done coping with a new system, I was very pleased with your well roleplayed monsters throughout. Keep it up.
JamesA 6
- (+1) For the sheep dog, apparently it was very funny. Good monstering and i was impressed by the way you always made time
for tea.
Paris$ 6
- (+1) Well done coping with a new system, I was very pleased with your well roleplayed monsters throughout. Keep it up.
RyanL 5
- Good monstering nice guards. Maybe could have been more involved, but no worries.
TonyP 5
- Good monstering nothing exceptional though.
*** Comments ***
1) Well done on the first successful larp of the year. I have to apologise about a couple of teething problems (like
being sent the wrong way at the start). As for the difficulty of the monsters; they were made harder, but bear
in mind it was written with the newbies playing and the more experienced people monstering whereas we had the
opposite. I was especially impressed with the costumes and the way the ethereal guards were handled.
2) Congratulations to the newbies for coping with a complicated system well and thanks to MarcusO for making it work and
getting the monster masks.