Welcome to the Opener for Xadune’s 15th Season!

New Year, New Plot

Our Plot Team is headed up by Honor Garcia, who is joined by Forrest McKnight, Jesse Burns, Kelly Meinhold, Logan Sand, and Nigel Long. We are so excited to have them come on board and we can’t wait to see what stories they immerse us in.

Ward 1

This event is at FDR State Park in Pine Mountain, Georgia. The weather is thankfully looking warm, although much like every time we have visited FDR, it is going to rain. Please be sure to pack accordingly, with extra socks, good boots, and an umbrella.

As always, the FDR site represents Ward 1, Periwinkle District, to which the Fivers have been invited to view the dramatic reenactment of Dancing with Death Lasers and to participate in the Talent Extravaganza by Winston Schooner. An invitation to the illustrious Ward 1 is always a treat for the Fivers.

Volunteer Shifts

All volunteer shifts are now (3) hours, and each player needs to complete only one shift.

[M] indicates a Monster Shift, and [T] indicates a Tavern Shift. Read more about Volunteer Shifts here.

Beginning this event, each player will need to sign in and sign out of the Volunteer Shift books, including a marshal signature.

This is it folks, this is the Finale for the Plot 2023 Season!

Its shaping up to be cold and possibly wet, so please make sure you take all the normal precautions of:

• Bring lots of socks
• HYDRATE DON’T DIEDRATE
• Take lots of bathroom breaks so that extra water don’t steal your heat
• Pack LAYERS, including gloves and hats!
• Pack rain gear!

We are delighted to be bringing you this event at Indian Springs State Park Group Camp, but after the event, please remember that Staff and Storyteam will be spending time with our families and celebrating the holidays, so answers to questions will not be as regular as we typically prefer.

Back at Camp Rutledge

Its been actual years, but we are heading back to Lower Ward 5 and Camp Rutledge! The haven of rogues, full of fond memories such as the Grand Airship Mod of 2016 and the Definitely Didn’t Go Back In Time and Kill a Lot of Mole People of 2019.

With four-bed cabins, recently renovated bath houses, a tavern with a delightful porch, and more trails than you can shake a boffer at, Camp Rutledge is a fantastic site.

The weather is finally taking a turn for the cool, so make sure you bring enough bedding for the twin-sized mattresses. Lows will be in the 60’s, but with the warm days, you will want fresh socks.

Volunteer Shift Sign Ups

Please sign up for a total of 3 hours. Double Shifts are noted. Do not sign up for overlapping shifts.

Hello all! Hope you are all doing well. We are making some changes to Reskills and Skill Point Bids. Please read and understand these changes as they will be going into effect immediately.

Reskills

Currently, a character only gets a Reskill (a complete refresh of their Skill Points) after the player has completed a 3 hour volunteer shift. Going forward, all characters will start with a Reskill, which they can use at any time during the event, provided they completed a 3 hour volunteer shift at their last attended event (or are a new player). Reskills take 10 full minutes to perform and are not instantaneous (PHB: pg 86). During a reskill a player can not use any skills, attack, or run but can only perform light nonstress tasks, walk, and defend themselves.

Skill Point Bids

As for Skill Point Bids, we are moving to a more consistent mechanic across the Skills with Skill Bids. Like the Lock Picking Skill, the maximum Skill Bid for a Skill is 10*(Rank of Skill). So, for rank 1 of Tracking, for instance, a character can only bid up to 10 SP at R1, 20 at R2, etc..

This also applies to Prayers to Powers, with a small twist. Characters without any ranks of Religion towards that Power can only bid up to 2 Skill Points. Characters with Rank 1 can bid up to 10, etc.. Any character can pray to a Power, but the knowledgeable ones know how to get Their attention.

Finally, when it comes to Skill Point Bids on non-skill related activities (i.e.: your falling off a building and looking to try to grab onto anything…) you are limited to a maximum Skill Bid for a Skill is 10 per 10 levels of your character. So, for example, a level 12 character could only bid up to a max of 20 skill points for a random hope to not fall to their death. (Levels 1-9 = 10 SP max; levels 10-19 = 20SP max; levels 20-29 = 30 SP max)

Additionally, all Skill Points must be used on actions done during Game. Skill Points expended for actions done between events, (e.g., spending Skill Points on Info Gathering to stake out a location between events) will be considered spent during the next played event.

Don’t call it Hotlanta

… but it is hot. As always, ice water will be provided throughout the event, and everyone is encouraged to bring a personal water bottle to keep with them on adventures. Fans are strongly encouraged for cabins.

We will be continuing with Water Mods. These are adventures which involve water, and typically involve getting wet. Players are encouraged to bring swim suits or water-friendly costuming.

We will also be going rather light during the heat of the day in terms of adventurers, with a heavier focus on roleplay and water mods. We encourage everyone to pace themselves and prepare for action-packed evenings!

Its Game Week, and we hope you are just as excited for the event as we are! This is gearing up to be a really fun Live Action Roleplay Game at Camp Daniel Morgan in Hard Labor Creek State Park.

Welcome New Players!

We had a great time at MomoCon 2023 and we are excited to welcome the new faces we met there! If you haven’t already, take a moment to join our Discord Server, and we are happy to answer any of your pre-game questions.

Cabin Raids are Back, Baby!

We will be returning to our pre-COVID system of Cabin Notes and subsequently opening the possibility of Cabin Raids at this event. Cabin Raids are a general term for any NPC interaction with a player’s cabin. This may be an attack, it may be in-play thievery, or it may be as simple as a letter left on your bed. Each cabin will have a posted document the inhabitants are to fill out, including who is staying in the cabin, which areas are for out-of-play items (under the bed, clearly marked totes, etc.), and any in-play cabin protections set up (elemental guardians, in-play locks, traps, etc.). Cabin Raids can occur at any time, during the day or the night.

These will be limited to Low Town. If you wish to opt out of the possibility of Cabin Raids, or have specific needs for sleeping such as medically-induced sleep, please choose cabin N2.

N3 is reserved for Full-Time Monsters. Full-Time Monsters are not required to stay in this cabin; however, no Player Characters are allowed in this cabin.

N4 is reserved for New Players; players who have played less than three events as a Player Character. New Players are not required to stay in this cabin; however, this cabin will never fall victim to a Cabin Raid.

Don’t forget to Pre-Register for your Cabin prior to the event!

Tavern Tab

You guys are always awesome about pre-paying your Tavern Tabs, and we are always grateful for it. Just as a reminder, if you are pre-paying via PayPal, it is always better to do so BEFORE the day of the event, as we likely will not see your payment until after the event. You can add more money to your tavern tab HERE!

If you are wondering how much to add to your tab, check out the fully costed menu (updated 2022) on the Tavern Page.

Character Cards

Character Cards have been updated and posted on your xadune.com profile. If you do not see a link to an image, please Submit a Question. Additionally, if a link is there but it isn’t working, try changing the capitalization of the file extension in the end of the URL – .png to .PNG and vice versa. If that doesn’t work, Submit a Question and we will be more than happy to fix it.

Teaching Other Players

There were some changes to the Learning and Teaching rules back when we launched the 3.0 PHB, and we wanted to refresh some memories on this topic.
From page 33 in the PHB:

Once the character has gained a Teach:__ skill, they may use their Teach Slots. The more Teach Slots that are used, the longer it will take to teach the skill, and it will begin to cut into how much the character can learn as well.

How many Teach Slots a Skill utilizes depends on the rarity of the Skill being taught.
Common: One Teaching Slot
Uncommon: Two Teaching Slots
Rare: Three Teaching Slots
Legendary: Four Teaching Slots
Exotic: Five Teaching Slots

Xadune Player’s Handbook, page 33

This means that, even if a character has the Teach:___ Skill, they cannot teach Rare or above Skills with their ordinary number of Teach Slots. You can gain additional Teach Slots with the Professor Skill (page 18 of the Xadune Skills List)

As a reminder, on page 88 you can find the following description for Rarity:

There are 5 ranks of Rarity: Common, Uncommon, Rare, Legendary, and Exotic. Each Rank of a Skill increases in rarity by one. If a Skill has more than 5 Ranks, or otherwise would have
Ranks past Exotic, those ranks are also Exotic.

Rarity describes two things: how easy it will be to find the Skill in the world of Xadune, and how easy it is to Teach said Skill.

Water Mods and Sunday Morning Mods

As is tradition for a Georgia LARP, we will be having Water Mods this event, so bring your swim suit or costuming you don’t mind getting wet. We will also have Sunday Morning Mods, so if you are not intending to be in play before Game Off, please ensure you wear a white headband and stay in out-of-play areas.

Its hard to believe that May is already here, and we are incredibly excited to bring you this event!

Back in March, a local psychologist brought one of his patients to the Ward 5 Adventurers with an experimental new treatment. The Adventurers were, happily, able to help the lad with his problems, although the psychologist had not heard the last of the issue. Ward 5 celebrated the Day of Tricks amid all sorts of mischief and, of course, storms. Some came close to dust on a seemingly normal milk-run adventure, proving that even the best of Adventurers can make mistakes.

What excitement will this month bring?

Its Hot!

The weather is turning out to be toasty for May, which is a time-honoured tradition. We will be having Water Mods!

Water Mods are adventurers and quests that involve characters getting wet in some fashion. You will be warned prior to going on these mods, and you will be allowed to change into a water-acceptable outfit. It does not need to be period appropriate.

Please praise Cobanoglu and start hydrating now! As always, water and cups will be provided, but bringing your own water bottle to Hydrate While You Diedrate… Enemies is a great practice.

Mothers Mean More Mods

Sunday is, in fact, Mother’s Day. We will be having content on Sunday Morning, but it is also understandable that many folks will be leaving early to spend some time with their favourite maternal figures. Please be aware if you are packing up that some folks may still be in play, and be sure to wear a white headband. Everyone did a fantastic job of this last Gather, so we are excited about this going forward.

Rules Reminders and Updates

Elixirs

Elixirs, such as Strength Elixirs, do not stack. When a character consumes a +1 Strength Potion, they gain +1 Strength for 10 minutes. If the character consumes a second +1 Strength Elixir, the 10 minute timer starts over, but they do NOT gain +2 Strength.

Outside Food in Tavern

Going forward, we ask that outside food be kept out of the Tavern. This includes sweets, treats, savory items, etc., of shareable sizes and quantities. This does not prohibit personal snacks kept on a person in a bag which travels with you on your adventurers.

This does not stop you from keeping food and sharing it from your cabin! If you are planning on bringing shareable treats, please feel free to invite people to your cabin.

If your character is selling food (and had the requisite Skills to make said food), they are more than welcome to do so from the comfort of their own in-play home. Moreover, kitchen supplies such as plates and cutlery are not to leave the Tavern.

If you have food to share, you are responsible for bringing your own flatware and silverware, and you are responsible for cleaning up any mess that occurs.

This said, we are still allowing outside drinks in the Tavern. If your character has the requisite Skills, they are welcome to sell drinks in the Broken Rabbit, and everyone is welcome to bring and share drinks. Please keep in mind that Tavern cups are not to leave the building. It is a kindness to remove teabags prior to returning cups as well. We thank you for your understanding, and look forward to cabin socialization!

Volunteer Shifts

To complete Volunteer requirements, one must complete 3 full hours of volunteering, either through 2 of the below shifts or one double shift. Remember, you do not get a Re-Skill until you have completed your volunteer shift, or are signed up for a [CLEAN-UP] shift.

[TAVERN] shifts involve working in the kitchen, serving food, and cleaning dishes. [TAVERN CLEAN-UP] involves cleaning a lot of dishes. Like, a whole lot. [CLEAN-UP] is after the event and involves cleaning up all of site.

Please do not sign up for overlapping shifts.

You will only get credit for shifts you are signed up for and work.

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Just a few more days until the March 2023 Event!

Announcements and Reminders

Return of the Sunday Morning Mod

It’s been a few years, but we are bringing back the Sunday Morning Mod! This means there will be content Sunday morning, for anyone who wants to participate.  No one is required to be in-play Sunday morning, but if you are going to be out-of-play, please wear your white headband.

Consent isn’t just Key, it’s a Mandatory Pre-Requisite.

The only touch-based consent intrinsically given by coming to an event is by that of a boffer, packet, or foam dart. In play, this means, of course, you must ask permission for physical roleplay before touching anyone.  Moreover, anyone has the right to reject that request. 

This also extends out-of-play. Under no circumstances should a person be touched out-of-play without clear and enthusiastic consent. Do not hug a person without clear and enthusiastic consent. Don’t high-five them.  Don’t touch their arm or their shoulder.  And by no stretch of the imagination should a person be touched after they have said they do not want to be touched.  Failure to comply to this, on site, at social events, at the mall, in a grocery store, at the airport (you get the point), will be considered a breach of the Players’ Conduct, Ethics, and Responsibilities, and will be dealt with in the manner described in Chapter 2 of the PHB.

The Xadune community is very caring and wonderful, and while this often expresses itself in physical forms of affection like hugs, caring that a person does not want to be hugged is the same expression of love.  Respect for bodily autonomy is for everyone.

Volunteer Shifts

Did you read the above information? Test your knowledge in order to sign up for a Volunteer Shift.

It is a mere 4 days out from the February 2023 Event!

While the last event was still stuck in December, this event is back on the normal timeline, and will start in-play on February 10th, AFS 143. Welcome to 143 everyone!

The Weather Outside is Frightful

Friday during the day is going to be a bit rainy, and while it should clear up before we get in play, the ground might still be a bit wet. That said, Saturday night is looking like it will be very cold, and while we will be at Indian Springs with heated cabins, be sure to bring extra layers and extra socks for your time adventuring!

But the Snow Ball is so Delightful

As we are all very much so looking forward to, the Annual Snow Ball will be held Saturday evening, on and around dinner. Bring your fancy duds and prepare to look your best, because the Snow Ball only comes once a year! Entertainment will be provided in-play by our resident Cheva-loving Bard, Dae, and company in the form of the long-awaited Cyrus Larkin: The Butt Puncher, A Musical.

Rules Reminders

On Reskills.

A character gets a Reskill – a full refresh of their Skill Points – once per event. The player must have completed their Volunteer Shift prior to using their Reskill. The character must be out of combat for at least 10 minutes when they Reskill – think of it like taking a break, having a sit-down, and feeling mentally refreshed.

This full refresh is a refresh, not an addition. So if you have spent 13 of your 15 Skill Points, and use your Reskill, you are now at 15 again. Those two unspent Skill Points from the first bucket, if you will, are gone. You cannot combine those two Skill Points with Skill Points from the Reskill bucket. So if you have 2SP left from your 15, and you want to use a 7SP Skill, those 7 SP are taken from the 15SP Reskill Bucket, not 2SP from the first bucket then 5SP from the second bucket. This also applies to Skill Bids. For a lump Skill Bid, you cannot bid more than the listed maximum Skill Points on your character card.

Volunteer Shifts

All shifts are Monster shifts unless otherwise specified. [TAVERN] shifts involve working in the kitchen, serving food, and cleaning dishes. [TAVERN CLEAN-UP] involves cleaning a lot of dishes. Like, a whole lot. [CLEAN-UP] is after the event and involves cleaning up all of site.

To complete Volunteer requirements, one must complete 3 full hours of volunteering, either through 2 of the below shifts or one double shift. Remember, you do not get a Re-Skill until you have completed your volunteer shift, or are signed up for a [CLEAN-UP] shift.

Please do not sign up for overlapping shifts. You will only get credit for shifts you are signed up for and work.

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