love bites© lrp system for world of darkness™ version 0.8.5

8/3/2019 Love Bites LRP System for World Of Darkness Version 0.8.5

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LOVE BITES 0.8.5LARP System for World of Darkness by Giles Meakin

0: GLOSSARY/GAME CALLS & TERMSSAFETY! Call whenever there is a real or potenal C dan!er only" All play stops #nl sit#aon is made safe"TIME FREEZE! Storyteller is ad$#sn! the s%ene& %lose yo#r eyes' hands over ears and h#m #nl yo# hear ()M* )+ !

TIME IN! Called at the start of the !ame or at any break in play

TIME OUT! Called at the end of the !ame' all play stops" Let the froth %ommen%e,

TIME REF! Called when the Storyteller or Referee needs to des%ribe a s%ene beyond what is apparent"

BANG! -irearms Call" Sho#t it lo#d and pro#d,

BLOCK! Defen%e Call' based on .rawl or Weaponry Skill"

DODGE! Defen%e Call' based on De/terity"

STRENGTH! 0narmed Combat Call when involved in a !rapple"

Ab"#$ Colle%ve term for a %hara%ter1s A2rib#tes' Skills 'and Advanta!es.

A%'()'*#$ Spe%ial traits derived from a %hara%ter1s other Abilies"

A+,b-)#$ A2rib#tes are yo#r %hara%ter1s nat#ral Abilies"

B'*,-(%$ .a%k!ro#nds are so%ial %onne%ons yo#r %hara%ter has in the Story"

B-1 A C-# )ntelli!en%e Advanta!e that allows yo# limited insi!ht into a problem or p#33le"

C'#% S2)$ -irearms Advanta!e that allows yo# to hit a tar!et beyond the ran!e of a foam dart !#n"C2'#(*#$ Colle%ve term for (asks and -eats"

D#')2 C (he me it takes for yo#r %hara%ter to die on%e )n%apa%itated"

D#3#(# *4#al to De/terity' Defen%e is the n#mber of DDG* %alls yo# have in a S%ene"

D#,'(*#4#() A mental %ondion to be role5played' followin! a loss of Morality"

D)$ Ability points that yo# %an spend 6temporary7 or b#rn 6permanent7 for a !ame e8e%t"

D("4# (he me between Chapters' meas#red in Days' Weeks' Months and 9ears"

F#')$ Dynami% Challen!es based on a %hara%ter1s A2rib#tes"

H#')2 Stamina based Advanta!e"

H) 6()$ :it Points are the s#m of a %hara%ter1s :ealth ; Armo#r"

I('7')')#% A %hara%ter is )n%apa%itated when they r#n o#t of :its

IC/OOC )n Chara%ter and #t f Chara%ter' de" (he Storyteller may allow players to %hoose a lower

starn! Morality" Players %an %hoose one mild Deran!ement per level below starn!

Morality' or one severe Deran!ement per two levels below starn! Morality" Players

%annot %hoose to start with a Morality above B=>"


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" Spend E Dots on A2rib#tes" A2rib#tes are&

Stren!th' De/terity' Stamina' )ntelli!en%e F Willpower"

A2rib#tes for mortal %hara%ters ran!e from 6Poor7 to 6*/%eponal7" 9o#r

%hara%ter a#toma%ally be!ins with one Dot in ea%h A2rib#te"

H" Spend I Dots on Skills" Skills are&

Combat5.rawl' -irearms F Weaponry"

+on Combat5A%ademi%s' Comp#ter' CraJ' Lar%eny' Medi%ine F %%#lt"

Skills ran!e from 6.asi%7 to 6Master7 for mortal %hara%ters"

E" Determine Advanta!es" Advanta!es areK

-eats of Stren!th Dots in Stren!th

Defen%e Dots in De/terity;Dots in .rawl=Weaponry

-eat of De/terity Dots in De/terity:ealth Dots in Stamina

:its Dots Stamina;Armo#r

-eats of )ntelli!en%e=.#y A Cl#e Dots in )ntelli!en%e

-eats of Willpower=:eroi% *8ort Dots in )ntelli!en%e

" Spend E Dots on .a%k!ro#nds" .a%k!ro#nds areK

Allies -ame Stat#s

Conta%ts )nN#en%e Reso#r%es

.a%k!ro#nds ran!e from to

9: ATTRIBUTES

A2rib#tes ran!e from to for mortal %hara%ters" S#pernat#ral abilies may !o

beyond these levels"

S),#(*)2 STR;

Stren!th represents how m#%h yo#r %hara%ter %an liJ and %arry' allowin! yo#r

%hara%ter to wield heavier weapons in %ombat and it is key to Grapplin! anopponent' !rann! the %all S(R*+G(:, Spendin! Dots in Stren!th allows yo#r

%hara%ter to perform -eats of Stren!th& s#%h as breakin! down a door"

D#


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I()#*#(# INT;

)ntelli!en%e is yo#r %hara%ter1s raw thinkin! power' represenn! yo#r ability to

pro%ess informaon and %r#n%h data as well how to apply it in pra%%al sit#aons"

Spendin! Dots in )ntelli!en%e allows yo#r %hara%ter to perform -eats of )ntelli!en%e&

s#%h as havin! a leap of lo!i% or .#yin! a Cl#e"

>7#, >IL;

Willpower is the Ability to e/er%ise will over .ody' Mind and So#l" Spendin! Dots in

Willpower allows yo#r %hara%ter to perform -eats of Willpower& s#%h as resisn!

%oer%ion"

?: SKILLS

Skills ran!e from to for mortal %hara%ters" S#pernat#ral Abilies may !obeyond these levels"

(here are two types of Skills& Combat Skills and +on5Combat Skills" Whereas

%hara%ters witho#t Combat Skills are merely at a disn%t disadvanta!e in %ombat'

a2empn! any (ask witho#t the relevant +on5Combat Skill fails a#toma%ally"

C4b') S$

B,' BRA;

Whether they1re a bo/er' a maral arst or they $#st know how to hit someonewhere it h#rts' .rawl represents yo#r %hara%ter1s ability in 0narmed Combat"

Witho#t the .rawl Skill' yo# %annot do anythin! other than %all DDG*, to avoid

!eOn! hit in a

Chara%ters that are 0nskilled in -irearms %an only #se !#ns at Point .lank Ran!e"

Dots in -irearms allow a Skilled %hara%ter to make a n#mber of Called Shots" Called

Shots allow a %hara%ter to #se -irearms beyond the limited ran!es of -oam Dart G#ns

or LARP Safe Arrows"

-or reasons of safety' players are not permi2ed to #se bows at Point .lank Ran!e'

re!ardless of whether or not their %hara%ter has the -irearms Skill"

>#'7(,1 >EA;


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9o#r %hara%ter is %apable of wieldin! weapons' from the noble sword to the lowly bar

stool with some de!ree of

With the Weaponry Skill' for ea%h Dot yo#r %hara%ter has in the Skill' yo# may %all

.LC, to ne!ate the Dama!e from a sin!le Weaponry or .rawl a2a%k that yo#r

%hara%ter is aware of d#rin! a S%ene"

S7#(%(* C4b') S D)$

Combat Skills !rant a n#mber bon#s %alls to Skilled %hara%ters that %an be #sed in a

S%ene' e4#al to the %#rrent n#mber of Dots in the relevant Skill"

(o be %lassed as Skilled in a weapon' yo#r %hara%ter m#st have the %orre%t Skill andeno#!h Dots in both Stren!th and Skill to mat%h a weapon1s re4#irements"

)f yo#r %hara%ter is 0nskilled in a par%#lar weapon' yo# may not spend any Dots for

bon#s e8e%t with that weapon"

Combat Skill Dots that are spent do not refresh #nl the ne/t S%ene" Spendin! Dots

Combat Skills does not red#%e yo#r %hara%ter1s Ability in that Skill"

N(@C4b') S$

+on5Combat Skills do not provide bon#ses like Combat Skills" 9o#r %hara%ter eitherhas a Skill' or they don1t" )f yo#r %hara%ter does not have the relevant Skill for a (ask'

they %annot even a2empt a (ask"

A'%#4$ ACA;

(he A%ademi%s Skill %overs all (asks relan! to st#dy' book learnin! and resear%h"

9o#r level of A%ademi%s represents yo#r ability to perform resear%h in a !eneral

sense"

C47-)#, COM;

With mo#se' keyboard or tra%kpad in hand' yo#r %hara%ter is a master of soJware" )fit speaks in .inary and yo#r %hara%ter %an interfa%e with it' thereQs not an S they

%anQt !et to !rips with" (he Comp#ter skill is #sed for all soJware related Comp#ter

(asks" :owever' workin! with hardware is not a Comp#ter Skill b#t a CraJ Skill"

C,' CRA;

.oth arst and me%hani% alike share the ability to fashion items' this is done with the

#se of the CraJ Skill" )t %omes in very handy to be able to


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M#%(# MED;

(he Medi%ine Skill represents the pra%%al ability of person of e/%eponal Ability" Allies are %reated $#st like any other %hara%ter'

however they do not have .a%k!ro#nds of their own and they do not learn like Player

Chara%ters do in Downme' nor %an they be trained" (hey %an however be improved

like any other .a%k!ro#nd and they %an a%t on yo#r %hara%ter1s behalf d#rin!

downme" )tQs worth non! that Allies have their own lives' so the amo#nt of me

they have available depends on their sit#aon"

C()')$

Conta%ts are people yo#r %hara%ter %an rely on' p#rely for informaon" (heyQre not

the kind of people who are !oin! to p#ll anyone o#t of a b#rnin! b#ildin!" Conta%ts

work within a spe%i


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*a%h Dot represents a sin!le so#r%e of informaon" )tQs not ne%essary to b#y m#lple

Dots in one area to !et be2er informaon"

F'4#

-ame is how well known yo#r %hara%ter is by the pop#la%e at lar!e" .ein! famo#s is a

bit of a do#ble5ed!ed sword" )t %an open a lot of doors b#t it be%omes in%reasin!lyhard to maintain any kind of private life" All sorts of people will make arbitrary

de%isions abo#t yo#r %hara%ter witho#t havin! ever met them in person" Some will

love yo#r %hara%ter' others will hate them" (hen thereQs always the o%%asional b#nny

boiler who will stalk them obsessively or send them death threats in the post" (he

hi!her yo#r %hara%ter1s -ame' the more re%o!nised they are by the !eneral p#bli%"

With -ame ' yo#r %hara%ter is famo#s lo%ally within a small s#b %#lt#re" With -ame

' theyQre A5List %elebrity material !eOn! the red %arpet treatment in any %ity" )n

me%hani%al terms' with the ri!ht amo#nt of -ame yo#r %hara%ter %an a%%ess the

more e/%l#sive of ven#es' pares and o%%asions b#t by doin! so they are very m#%h

in the p#bli% eye"

I(-#(#

Like Conta%ts' )nN#en%es are dire%tly linked to inst#ons b#t #nlike Conta%ts'

)nN#en%es will also work for yo#r %hara%ter& within their limited professional %apa%ity"

LetQs say for e/ample yo#r %hara%ter wants to inN#en%e T(he CityU" )nN#en%e 6City7

%o#ld be a %opy room %lerk in a m#lnaonal or the boss of a small start5#p %ompany

in a ni%he market" Alternavely' )nN#en%e 6City7 %o#ld be a C* or a PA who

does most of the real work for the Company Dire%tor" )tQs all relave" (hese people

are #nlikely to %ome r#nnin! to yo#r %hara%ter1s res%#e like Allies mi!ht b#t they will

be able to work for yo#r %hara%ter a li2le more than a Conta%t& $#st as lon! as yo#keep them Vwell !reasedV" 0nlike Allies' )nN#en%es are not +PCs with Abilies b#t

they are sll people and sho#ld be treated as s#%h" (hey1re not to be bartered away

like so many beans b#t they %an do favo#rs for friends"

R#$-,#$

Reso#r%es are yo#r %hara%ter1s disposable in%ome' the li4#id assets or %old hard %ash

they %an a%%ess at short no%e" Witho#t Reso#r%es' yo#r %hara%ter has a li2le bit of

money in their po%ket at the end of the week aJer rent and bills" Reso#r%es

represent instant a%%ess savin!s' a sl#sh f#n or personal wealth" )n !ame terms' itQs

the amo#nt of money yo#r %hara%ter %an a8ord to spend d#rin! the %o#rse of oneMonth"

S)')-$

Stat#s is yo#r %hara%ter1s own personal standin! within a !iven inst#on" Someone

may have Conta%ts or )nN#en%e in the %o#n%il' b#t if yo#r %hara%ter is a%t#ally the

Mayor' theyQre (he Daddy" Dots %an be fo%#sed in one par%#lar inst#on or they

%an be spread o#t a%ross a n#mber of interests" (he drawba%k to bein! personally

involved within an inst#on is that yo#r %hara%ter and their a%ons are no%eable"

(he b#%k stops somewhere and if thin!s start !oin! awry' they may be held

a%%o#ntable"

S7#(%(* B'*,-(%$

9o# may spend .a%k!ro#nd Dots to !ain Advanta!es for yo#r %hara%ter in 0pme

6d#rin! a !ame7 or Downme 6between !ames7" n%e the Dots are spent' they do


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not refresh #nl the start of the ne/t !ame session"

5: MORALITY

Morality is yo#r %hara%terQs sense of what is ri!ht and wron!' what is a%%eptable or

taboo" A %hara%ter with low morality isnQt %on%erned whether their a%ons area%%eptable or even le!al" A %hara%ter with 3ero Morality is a p#re sava!e& more

animal than h#man' a%n! by twisted insn%t" r perhaps they tr#ly are' a monster"

At the other end of the s%ale' a hi!h moral %hara%ter is virt#o#s' saintly even" (heyQre

not willin! to %ompromise their morals for anythin!' in%l#din! the law if they view it

to be #n$#st" A hi!h moral %hara%ter has as m#%h di%#lty

)nd#l!in! in immoral a%ts is more of a slippery slope b#t anyone %an easily be%ome$aded' $#st by bein! in the wron! pla%e at the wron! me" )n addion' the lower

yo#r %hara%ter1s Morality' the less !rip they have on ri!ht thinkin!" 9o#r %hara%terQs

behavio#r %an be%ome pro!ressively more psy%ho% as they lose Morality"

H#,',21 3 S($

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to yo#r %hara%terQs @irt#e is key"

D#,'(*#4#()$

A Deran!ement is a !iven psy%hiatri% %ondion that has manifested as a dire%t res#lt

of the loss of Morality" (his %o#ld be anythin! from a mild depression' to a severe

psy%hosis s#%h as Paranoid S%hi3ophrenia" )t depends on the sit#aon that sent yo#r%hara%ter over the ed!e"

Sample mild Derangements; Depression, Phobia, Narcissism, Fixaon, Suspicion,

Inferiority Complex, ocalisaon, Irraonality, !"oidance#

Sample se"ere Derangements; $elancholia, %ysteria, $egalomania, &bsessi"e

Compulsion, Paranoia, !nxiety, Schi'ophrenia, $ulple Personalies, Fugue, P(SD#

R#7'1(* D#,'(*#4#()$

When roleplayin! Deran!ements' be mindf#l that mental health is not somethin! tomake li!ht of' or #se as %omi% relief" A Deran!ement is a serio#s ai%on and sho#ld

be treated with the respe%t it deserves" )t is advisable to thoro#!hly resear%h the

%ondion yo# intend to portray' so as not to %a#se o8en%e"

L$(* D#,'(*#4#()$

Like Morality' it is possible that thro#!h role5playin! and me' yo#r %hara%ter %an be

%#red of their Deran!ements" :owever' Deran!ements are not as simple to


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#s%e5(o regain all spent )illpo*er, your character must -do the right thing. *hen

doing so *ould put them at personal ris+#

Pr#den%e5(o regain all spent )illpo*er, your character must refuse the temptaon

to accept an o/er that *ill greatly benet them and that, by refusing it, *ill cost

them in the future#

(emperan%e5(o regain all spent )illpo*er, your character must resist an excess of

any beha"iour, good or bad, despite the ob"ious re*ards it might o/er#

*nvy5(o regain one Dot of spent )illpo*er, your character must gain something from

a ri"al or ha"e a hand in harming that ri"al0s *ell being#

Gl#2ony5(o regain one Dot of spent )illpo*er, your character must indulge an

addicon or appete, that puts them at personal ris+#

Greed5(o regain one Dot of spent )illpo*er, your character must ac1uire something,

at the expense of another, that puts them at personal ris+#

L#st5(o regain one Dot of spent )illpo*er, your character must sasfy their

compulsion or desire, *hich in some *ay "icmises another#

Pride5(o regain one Dot of spent )illpo*er, your character must allo* their ego to

o"erride sound 2udgement, that puts them at personal ris+#

Sloth5(o regain one Dot of spent )illpo*er, your character must successfully a"oid adi3cult tas+ but achie"e the same goal regardless#

Wrath5(o regain one Dot of spent )illpo*er, your character must unleash their anger

in a manner that is disproporonate and inappropriate to do so#

: CHALLENGES

Somemes' d#rin! the normal Now of a !ame' yo# will want to do somethin! that

%an1t be resolved by roleplayin! or by %ombat" -or s#%h o%%asions' we haveChallen!es"

(here are two types of Challen!e& (asks and -eats"

A (ask is a sta% Challen!e that will test yo#r %hara%ter1s Skills& s#%h as pi%kin! a lo%k'

ha%kin! a %omp#ter or tryin! to


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Challen!es appear as a2a%hed notes in the followin! formatK

DescriptonT/6/E = Y;

Y is the base di%#lty of the Challen!e' i"e" the tar!et n#mber yo# m#st e4#al or

beat with the Dots in yo#r %hara%ter1s Skill or A2rib#te"

697 is the base me to %omplete a (ask"

*/ampleK

Cook Dinner [Craf/2 People/Kichen] =2 (30 mins)

As a !#ide' the di%#lty of any Challen!e sho#ld #s#ally ran!e from to per

individ#al"

Di%#lty for !ro#p Challen!es sho#ld fa%tor in a similar ran!e of di%#lty for the

Pool" -or e/ample' the di%#lty ran! for a Challen!e with a Pool of H wo#ld

!enerally ran!e between H and > Dots"

TASKS

(asks have a base me to %omplete& to be de


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S(R Carry Wei!ht -eat of Stren!th Ma/im#m

> >k! Ek!

? ?k! >k!

?k! >k!

H HHk! ?k!

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wo#ld normally %ost to in%rease Abilies in Downme"

: EUI6MENT

Some (asks re4#ire spe%i" )n this way' on%e yo#r armo#r has lost all of itQs bon#s hits' it is destroyed

%ompletely and %annot be repaired" 0p to that point' Armo#r %an be repaired by the

#se of the %orre%t level of *4#ipment and CraJ Skill"

A,4-, R#7', EJ-74#()

Des%ripon Re4#irements

;> Armo#r Repair it Reso#r%es ' CraJs

;? Armo#r Repair it Reso#r%es ' CraJs

; Armo#r Repair it Reso#r%es ' CraJs

;H Armo#r Repair it Reso#r%es ' CraJs

M### >#'7($

Des%ripon Dama!e Re4#irements

StakeZ >L Stren!th

nife 6#kri' .roken .o2le7 >L Weaponry

ne :anded Cl#b 6?/H' .aseball .at7 >. Weaponry Stren!th

(wo :anded Cl#b 6[#artersta8' Sled!ehammer7 ?. Reso#r%es Stren!th Weaponry

ne :anded Sword 6Sabre' Rapier' *pee7 >L Reso#r%es Stren!th Weaponry

(wo :anded Sword 6weihander' Claymore7 ?L Reso#r%es Stren!th Weaponry

.astard Sword 6Lon!sword'atana7 >L=?L\ Reso#r%es Stren!th Weaponry

ne :anded A/e 6:and A/e' .earded A/e7 >L Reso#r%es Stren!th Weaponry


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(wo :anded A/e 6Dane A/e' -ire A/e7 ?L Reso#r%es Stren!th Weaponry

Spear 6avelin' :alberd' Pike7 ?L Reso#r%es Stren!th Weaponry

Z Stakes' #nlike any other weapon do not re4#ire the Weaponry Skill to #se however

yo# do need eno#!h stren!th to do dama!e"

\.astard Swords are %aref#lly balan%ed in s#%h a way that someone with eno#!h skill

%an e8e%vely #se them one5handed' or two5handed"

R'(*#% >#'7($

(ype */ample Dama!e Re4#irements

Pistol "I Spe%ial' Xmm Parabell#m" >L Reso#r%es -irearms

SMG -+ PX' (e% X" >L Reso#r%es Stren!th -irearms

Shot!#n -ran%hi5Spas5>?' )tha%a P#mp" ?L Reso#r%es Stren!th -irearms

RiNe PSG5>' LX" ?L Reso#r%es Stren!th -irearms

Assa#lt RiNe G Assa#lt' MH Carbine' SLR" ?L Reso#r%es Stren!th -irearms

.ow Compo#nd' Re%#rve' Lon!bow" ?L Reso#r%es Stren!th -irearms

Crossbow Srr#p' .arne2 Wild%at" ?L Reso#r%es Stren!th -irearms

8: COMBAT

SAFETY FIRST

Love .ites] #ses LARP safe weapons and foam dart !#ns for %ombat" All weapons

and amm#nion m#st be %he%ked for safety at the be!innin! of every !ame session

by the referees"

All blows sho#ld be p#lled for safety' meanin! yo# literally p#ll ba%k the weapon atpoint of %onta%t rather than strikin! thro#!h yo#r opponent" +ever stab anyone with

a LARP weapon' #nless they are desi!ned to be Tstab safeU" Che%k se%ond between a2a%ks"

? step sta!!er when hit"


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foot minim#m swin!"

:ero -i!hn! is abo#t %rean! epi% ba2les that are as f#n to wat%h as they are to

par%ipate in and the best way to en%o#ra!e this kind of

COMBAT CALLS

BLOCK!

U(',4#% C4b')

D#rin! a S%ene' yo# %an spend Dots in .rawl to %all .LC, a!ainst 0narmed Combat

A2a%ks that yo#r %hara%ter is are aware of" 9o# %annot .LC, Weaponry or Ran!ed

A2a%ks b#t yo# %an a2empt to !rapple if yo# are in Point .lank Ran!e"

A,4#% C4b')

D#rin! a S%ene' yo# %an spend Dots in Weaponry to %all .LC, a!ainst 0narmed

and Armed Combat A2a%ks that yo#r %hara%ter is aware of" 9o# %annot .LC,

Ran!ed A2a%ks b#t yo# %an a2empt to !rapple if yo# are in Point .lank Ran!e"

DODGE!

9o# %an %all DDG*, a!ainst 0narmed or Armed Combat a2a%ks that yo#r %hara%ter

is aware of" 9o# %annot %all DDG*, a!ainst Ran!ed A2a%ks" Players a%vely tryin! to

dod!e arrows or b#llets Matri/ style are breakin! R#le ^B" Cover and Armo#r are

yo#r only prote%on"

STRENGTH! =;

)f yo# are within Point .lank Ran!e of an opponent' yo# may %hoose to !rapple yo#r

opponent instead of strikin! them" (o iniate a !rapple' on%e yo# are within Point

.lank Ran!e' %all S(R*+G(:, followed by the n#mber of Dots in Stren!th yo#r

%hara%ter has"

)t is not ne%essary to make %onta%t with yo#r opponent in order to iniate a !rapple'

however players may ele%t to do so"

9o# may not #nder any %ir%#mstan%es' physi%ally to#%h another player #nless they

have !iven prior e/press %onsent to do so"

9o# %annot #se .LC, or DDG*, to avoid bein! !rappled" n%e yo#r assailant is

within Point .lank Ran!e and has %alled Stren!th"

Compare yo#r Dots in Stren!th with yo#r opponent" (he %hara%ter with the most

Dots in Stren!th wins the !rapple and %an %hoose to either break the !rapple'

restrain their opponent' or disarm their opponent of the weapon or item they had in

their hands"

Restrained %hara%ters %annot move #nl released' disarmed %hara%ters m#st drop

the weapon or item that they had in their hands"


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M#lple assailants add their Dots in Stren!th to!ether"

)f Stren!th is ed' then neither opponent !ains the #pper hand and the !rapple

a#toma%ally breaks"

BANG!All !#ns have the %all of .A+G, whi%h m#st be sho#ted o#t lo#d" 9o# do not have to

%all .A+G, if yo# are #sin! a bow of some sort"

6() B'( R'(*#

Point .lank Ran!e is e4#ivalent to the distan%e yo# wo#ld en!a!e an opponent in

Armed' or 0narmed Combat" Players may %all .LC, or DDG*, a!ainst any Ran!ed

Combat A2a%k they are aware of within Point .lank Ran!e" Players within Point

.lank Ran!e may also !rapple an a2a%ker to avoid bein! shot"

R'(*#% C4b')Ran!ed Combat is limited by the ran!e of the foam dart !#ns or LARP safe bows"

.eyond that ran!e' Dots in -irearms m#st be spent to hit a tar!et"

C'#% S2)$

)nstead of a %all' Dots in -irearms allow yo#r %hara%ter to hit tar!ets beyond the

limited ran!e of LARP Safe !#ns and bows"

D#rin! a S%ene' yo# may spend a Dot of -irearms for a sin!le' a#toma% hit on a

tar!et within the ran!e of the weapon and Line of Si!ht of yo#r %hara%ter"

(o represent the e8ort taken to aim' ea%h Called Shot does ? points of LethalDama!e& re!ardless of the type of !#n or bow #sed"

9o# may spend all of yo#r Dots in -irearms to deliver a volley of shots to a sin!le or

m#lt#de of tar!ets' however on%e yo# have #sed #p all yo#r Dots' yo# may not #se

any !#n or bow for the remainder of the S%ene"

Called Shots %an be di%#lt to a%hieve in the %haos of %ombat' as s#%h they re4#ire

the assistan%e of the Storyteller or Referees to V%all inV"

DAMAGE(here are two types of Dama!e& .ashin! and Lethal" .ashin! Dama!e is' !enerally

speakin!' non5lethal Dama!e& however if eno#!h .ashin! Dama!e is taken' it %an sll

prove fatal" Lethal Dama!e %omes from so#r%es that are likely or intended to kill'

s#%h as !#ns' swords and


16/18

9o#r %hara%ter1s :ealth is their Stamina" *a%h dot of Armo#r ran! e8e%vely !ives

yo# an e/tra :it Point b#t that is not in%l#ded as :ealth"

*a%h %hara%ter has two separate :ealth tra%ks for their .ashin! and Lethal

Dama!e" *a%h %hara%ter has a n#mber of bo/es in ea%h Dama!e tra%k e4#al to their:ealth" So a %hara%ter with Stamina has ? bo/es of .ashin! Dama!e and ? .o/es

of Lethal Dama!e"

When yo#r %hara%ter re%eives Dama!e' it is pla%ed in its appropriate Dama!e tra%k'


17/18

N')-,' H#'(* R')#$

n%e Stabilised' Mortal %hara%ters :eal nat#rally at a rate of one Point of .ashin!

Dama!e per Day and one Point of Lethal Dama!e per Week"

0: DO>NTIME

Downme is the period in between !ame sessions or Chapters and it is' in itself' a

!ame" Lar!er s%ale !ames will fo%#s on the %hara%ter1s a%vies beyond the !ame

session itself and what o%%#rs d#rin! downme %an have si!ni?

Months"

L#',((* Ab"#$ & B'*,-(%$

> Dot Abilies take a Day to learn"

? Dot Abilies take a Week to learn"

Dot Abilies take a Month to learn"H Dot Abilies take a 9ear to learn"

(ime spent trainin! is %#m#lave' so for e/ample if yo# are learnin! a ? Dot Ability' it

will only take yo# more Days to %omplete yo#r trainin!" :owever' the a%t#al me

spent developin! is in Tb#ild ho#rsU' so the a%t#al me it will take is lon!er on

a%%o#nt of yo#r %hara%ter havin! to sleep et%"

>,"(* D("4#$

9o# need to make an a%%o#nt for the me spent d#rin! a downme" Abo#t a third of

yo#r %hara%terQs downme will probably be spent sleepin! and there are other thin!sto %onsider" -amily' work' so%ial life et%" have a tenden%y to en%roa%h on trainin! and

some .a%k!ro#nds re4#ire a %ertain amo#nt of #pkeep or yo# risk losin! them"

A !ood way of keepin! a lo! of yo#r %hara%ters a%ons' trainin! and .a%k!ro#nds is

keepin! a diary or day planner" (hat way' yo# %an keep tra%k of every ho#r spent in

%hronolo!i%al order"

=: THE ONLY RULES THAT COUNT

RULE 0 DONT BE ON FIRE

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18/18

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RULE9 NO TOUCHING >ITHOUT 6RIOR CONSENT

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RULE? NO STUNTS

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RULE NO REAL >EA6ONS

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'77#%. K##7 )2#4 -(%#, ,'7$ '(% 7,7#,1 $),#% 2# ( 7-b , %-,(* ),'($).

RULE5 NO DRUGS OR DRINKING

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