Inkfingers
Newbie
Hello.
So, I'm gonna be showing up at the Seattle game at the end of March. This will be my first time every doing such a long LARP, and my first time ever boffing (sp?) - though, based on conversations I've had about character construction, I shall probably be avoiding the fighting as best I can, and praying to whatever gods that exist that I make it out alive.
So far as I can tell, I shall be playing a fun little caster, Earth magic, I think - human, with some points in some things that I really don't understand the meaning of. I've been trying to get a hold of the rules so I can ken what's going on, but apparently, they must be purchased, and gods know I had enough trouble finding my way here properly, much less ordering something off of the internet from you guys.
I understand I'm supposed to send emails to people, and pay some folks on Paypal. I'm in the process of making sure that works. However, I have absolutely NO idea how the whole character creation process works, and while I have a name (Anandreas Carver), a personality (Conflict of Practicality and Showmanship, among other things), a vague origin story (Son of practical human tradesman and flamboyant spellcasting elf. Mother - the elf - kicked him out to find his fortune, as that is very appropriate thing - in her mind - to do. Father grumbled, didn't disagree, taught son how to cook.), and a theme (Fixing things, and making life easier on everyone - not a heavy combatant, very into practical solutions to otherwise violent problems), I have little concept of what this means on paper. My friend, who introduced me to this, was kind enough to make a character thingy for me:
With a character history you get 20 build points
Staff costs 4bp
Read/Write costs 3bp
First Aid costs 2bp
Healing Arts costs 2bp
Earth Lvl 1: 1 1 1 1 (1bp per casting spot)
Spells are:
Cure disease
Cure light wounds
Detect Magic
Disarm
Endow
Earth Lvl 2: 1 1 1 (1bp per casting spot)
Bless
Cure wounds
Magic armor
Pin
Repel
Earth Lvl 3: 1 (2bp per casting spot)
Bind
Harm undead
Sanctuary
Shatter
Weakness
It looks cool and all, but honestly, I'm thinking I might just scrap the whole Staff thing and try for completely defenseless.
Question: How likely would that make me to die horribly? Assume that I am an incredibly fast sprinter and a solid mile-runner, but have a very bad startle reflex, bad night vision, and a poor reaction time.
Also, when, precisely, do I choose which spells I have memorized? And when would I get them back? When I get them back, do I have the opportunity to change them?
I understand that I have to have a spellbook. What are the minimum requirements for what has to be in it?
Also, what precisely do the spells I have access to do? I get a general idea based on their names, but the specifics and their precise utility elude me.
In terms of character history, is there anything specific I need to be aware of? Any rules that I am flagrantly disregarding in my ignorance? Any rules I'm rubbing up against awkwardly in my ignorance? How detailed does it have to be? Who needs to know? Where should I put it?
So, I'm gonna be showing up at the Seattle game at the end of March. This will be my first time every doing such a long LARP, and my first time ever boffing (sp?) - though, based on conversations I've had about character construction, I shall probably be avoiding the fighting as best I can, and praying to whatever gods that exist that I make it out alive.
So far as I can tell, I shall be playing a fun little caster, Earth magic, I think - human, with some points in some things that I really don't understand the meaning of. I've been trying to get a hold of the rules so I can ken what's going on, but apparently, they must be purchased, and gods know I had enough trouble finding my way here properly, much less ordering something off of the internet from you guys.
I understand I'm supposed to send emails to people, and pay some folks on Paypal. I'm in the process of making sure that works. However, I have absolutely NO idea how the whole character creation process works, and while I have a name (Anandreas Carver), a personality (Conflict of Practicality and Showmanship, among other things), a vague origin story (Son of practical human tradesman and flamboyant spellcasting elf. Mother - the elf - kicked him out to find his fortune, as that is very appropriate thing - in her mind - to do. Father grumbled, didn't disagree, taught son how to cook.), and a theme (Fixing things, and making life easier on everyone - not a heavy combatant, very into practical solutions to otherwise violent problems), I have little concept of what this means on paper. My friend, who introduced me to this, was kind enough to make a character thingy for me:
With a character history you get 20 build points
Staff costs 4bp
Read/Write costs 3bp
First Aid costs 2bp
Healing Arts costs 2bp
Earth Lvl 1: 1 1 1 1 (1bp per casting spot)
Spells are:
Cure disease
Cure light wounds
Detect Magic
Disarm
Endow
Earth Lvl 2: 1 1 1 (1bp per casting spot)
Bless
Cure wounds
Magic armor
Pin
Repel
Earth Lvl 3: 1 (2bp per casting spot)
Bind
Harm undead
Sanctuary
Shatter
Weakness
It looks cool and all, but honestly, I'm thinking I might just scrap the whole Staff thing and try for completely defenseless.
Question: How likely would that make me to die horribly? Assume that I am an incredibly fast sprinter and a solid mile-runner, but have a very bad startle reflex, bad night vision, and a poor reaction time.
Also, when, precisely, do I choose which spells I have memorized? And when would I get them back? When I get them back, do I have the opportunity to change them?
I understand that I have to have a spellbook. What are the minimum requirements for what has to be in it?
Also, what precisely do the spells I have access to do? I get a general idea based on their names, but the specifics and their precise utility elude me.
In terms of character history, is there anything specific I need to be aware of? Any rules that I am flagrantly disregarding in my ignorance? Any rules I'm rubbing up against awkwardly in my ignorance? How detailed does it have to be? Who needs to know? Where should I put it?