I intend to NPC for my first event which will (hopefully) be in May as that seems like the best way to get to know things better. Despite feeling really eager to play my own character on my own adventure, I think waiting to have that experience once I have a little first hand understanding of an event will make that first PC adventure all the better.
As such I had a few questions about NPCing and events as a whole that I did not see answered in the Rule Book or when I skimmed around for information.
I saw somewhere that if you are NPCing you don't need to bring your own gear, just camping supplies, EXTRA SOCKS (you guys really seem to have a thing about socks, but I feel like its plastered around enough that I should pay attention), Clothes for going home, and I imagine some kind of basic clothes to wear that various costumes can be applied to. Does it sound like I have it about right?
More specific questions:
The event I would like to attend doing the NPCing role will be in May, which can be hot up here but the recomendations for NPCs I read said to bring black sweats... this seems like a bad idea. Should I invest in some black or brown scrub pants (or some cool wrap pants I saw online) and a basic black or brown T tunic for my first time out? I imagine sweats would be a good idea at night, I am just worried about daytime... and also where to find sweats...
I imagine period bags for carrying things are a good idea even for NPCs so we have a way to keep inhalers and (turned off or silenced) cell phones nearby as well as trail mix and that sort of thing, are there any good leads on where I could get something like that?
Hydration Is important. Do we need to find or would it be appreciated if we found period appropriate water bottles or do you just keep normal ones in an aforementioned on-theme bag?
For a first time NPC do you kind of get a station you stay at for a while or are you able to freely roam enough to go to the bathroom and get water and such when you need to?
Do NPCs all bunk together in their own cabin away from the other players? (the event I plan on going to does mention that they have cabins) I imagine its hard to find an on-theme sleeping bag and even if I could I imagine they are a little expensive for a first timer to invest in. Since LARP is a 24 hour event even when you are sleeping, do you just ignore the fact that you are sleeping in a neon yellow nylon sleeping bag or are there actually OOG sleep times?
Sorry if any of these questions are easily found somewhere I didn't think to look. I am just very excited to try this out for the first time and have a lot of over-eager questions.
As such I had a few questions about NPCing and events as a whole that I did not see answered in the Rule Book or when I skimmed around for information.
I saw somewhere that if you are NPCing you don't need to bring your own gear, just camping supplies, EXTRA SOCKS (you guys really seem to have a thing about socks, but I feel like its plastered around enough that I should pay attention), Clothes for going home, and I imagine some kind of basic clothes to wear that various costumes can be applied to. Does it sound like I have it about right?
More specific questions:
The event I would like to attend doing the NPCing role will be in May, which can be hot up here but the recomendations for NPCs I read said to bring black sweats... this seems like a bad idea. Should I invest in some black or brown scrub pants (or some cool wrap pants I saw online) and a basic black or brown T tunic for my first time out? I imagine sweats would be a good idea at night, I am just worried about daytime... and also where to find sweats...
I imagine period bags for carrying things are a good idea even for NPCs so we have a way to keep inhalers and (turned off or silenced) cell phones nearby as well as trail mix and that sort of thing, are there any good leads on where I could get something like that?
Hydration Is important. Do we need to find or would it be appreciated if we found period appropriate water bottles or do you just keep normal ones in an aforementioned on-theme bag?
For a first time NPC do you kind of get a station you stay at for a while or are you able to freely roam enough to go to the bathroom and get water and such when you need to?
Do NPCs all bunk together in their own cabin away from the other players? (the event I plan on going to does mention that they have cabins) I imagine its hard to find an on-theme sleeping bag and even if I could I imagine they are a little expensive for a first timer to invest in. Since LARP is a 24 hour event even when you are sleeping, do you just ignore the fact that you are sleeping in a neon yellow nylon sleeping bag or are there actually OOG sleep times?
Sorry if any of these questions are easily found somewhere I didn't think to look. I am just very excited to try this out for the first time and have a lot of over-eager questions.