Choose Your Own Adventure: Tuesday, 3rd Period (6/7)

[drumsticksandd20s]

The background music today was better suited for a bustling urban setting -- well, a medieval fantasy-style urban setting, anyway, which ought to feel pretty contemporary for certain people on the roster. All the craft supplies were out again, now with a bunch of added decorative items: metallic foil, plastic gems, all the trappings one might need to start making their prop gear fancy and personalized.

"So," Steph began, "what do all of your characters plan to do when you get to the city? Wander around and see the sights? Find some kind of trouble to get into? Go on a shopping spree? The possibilities are endless. The only thing I'm going to tell you is that your paths are going to cross with other people besides your traveling companions on the way here. Maybe you'll join forces to complete someone's personal quest? Go on a bar crawl? That's totally up to you."

She mimed a little drum riff in the middle of saying all of this, spinning on her heel.

"Also, if you haven't already, think about your gear and your relationship to it. Is that a brand new sword, or does it have a story behind it because it's been passed down in your family for generations? Why did you pick the staff with all the knots and twists in it, instead of the perfectly smooth straight one?" Listen, there were jokes to be made there, and she wasn't making them. Admire her restraint, please. "This all seems like little stuff, but it could end up being a really interesting detail to build your character around. And don't forget, it's completely okay to build your character for the storytelling aspect of it. You don't have to make them the most badass fighter with all the best gear to make them even more badass if that's not your thing. They can have some completely impractical piece of equipment if it has personal significance. In games like these, having character flaws is, in fact, amazing."

She grinned. "Stuff to think about, and discuss with each other, while you work."

Comments

Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[drumsticksandd20s]

Like a character with quirks or flaws. (Wait, what? Who has those?)

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[pun_king]

Graham Cracker

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[good_for_six]

Isabela

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[outofthequiver]

Liberty Hazlett

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[sharp_man]

Hannibal Lecter

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[myfifthrodeo]

Rosa Ortecho

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[furrybluefreak]

Kurt Wagner

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[noonedecidesmyfate]

Belle

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[guillermothegreat]

Guillermo de la Cruz

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[mylandmyrules]

Nell Ingram

Re: Sign In [LARP Project, Week 5]

[misshapen_spark]

Yang Xiao Long

Listen to Steph [LARP Project, Week 5]

[drumsticksandd20s]

All questions are, of course, suggestions for you to run with or come up with your own.

Work on Costumes/Props, Talk Amongst Yourselves [LARP Project, Week 5]

[drumsticksandd20s]

It's all about that collaborative storytelling.

Re: Work on Costumes/Props, Talk Amongst Yourselves [LARP Project, Week 5]

[outofthequiver]

"Honestly," Libby admitted with a laugh, as she was sorting through the supplies to look for anything green and nature-y to adorn her staff and her costume and her fifty milling pouches and bags, "I think the first thing I might do once I got here is just figure out where it was I even wound up!"

Re: Work on Costumes/Props, Talk Amongst Yourselves [LARP Project, Week 5]

[giveittoyoursister]

Vi was, in fact, wearing her new 'sleeves are bullshit' tank today as she worked on her costume.

Re: Work on Costumes/Props, Talk Amongst Yourselves [LARP Project, Week 5]

[pun_king]

"Oh," said Graham, with excitement, while trying to decide whether to adorn his sword or his bow first, "Graham is going straight for the tournament, I know that much! He'd hate to miss out on anything because he was too late!"

...which, interestingly enough, is exactly what would happen to this Graham one day. Who knew, all along, he may have actually possessed the gift of prophesy?

Re: Work on Costumes/Props, Talk Amongst Yourselves [LARP Project, Week 5]

[sharp_man]

"Definitely shopping," Hannibal decided. "Particularly if there are good places to buy clothing or knives."

What? He had a type!

"My own will of course be top-notch, but there is always room for improvement."

Re: Work on Costumes/Props, Talk Amongst Yourselves [LARP Project, Week 5]

[furrybluefreak]

My guy will be checking out the markets and trying to get news from the townsfolks about any of his kin that might be around or to try and find someone who knows something and can give him the break he has been looking for. He will also likely buys some things while there, I'm sure he could use a second cloak and some new daggers or something similar.

Re: Work on Costumes/Props, Talk Amongst Yourselves [LARP Project, Week 5]

[good_for_six]

Isabela costume and props were leaning heavily on the (sadly fake) bling. "I'll be headed straight for the tavern, no better place to get all the gossip."

Talk to Steph [LARP Project, Week 5]

[drumsticksandd20s]

Who appears to be shaping scraps of craft foam and cloth into parts of a small pirate ship?

OOC [LARP Project, Week 5]

[drumsticksandd20s]

Yesterday some dude in our lobby walked up and sucker punched somebody else in the face right in front of my window. It's only Tuesday morning and I haven't even gotten to work yet, and I'm already completely over people being aggressive and confrontational and yelly for the week. :|