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.

May 2023 Volunteer Shifts

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.

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.

February 2023 Volunteer Sign Up

Please sign up for a Volunteer Shift below!

Full-Time Monsters need not sign up. [Monster] Shifts involve playing monsters and bad guys, whereas [Tavern] shifts involve working in the kitchen, serving food and cleaning dishes.

To complete Volunteer requirements, one must complete 3 full hours of volunteering, either through 2 of the below shifts or one double shift.

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

January 2023 Volunteer Shift Sign-Up

Hey Ward 5 Adventurers!

We hope you all are getting home safe and sound while staying warm!

I want to give a be shout out the this seasons plot team for all the great stuff they were able to do this season!

Another noteworthy announcement is for next event. It takes place in a relatively short time period from now. HOWEVER, in-play, next event picks up where this event left off. No time would have passed in-play between next event and this past one. Again, the event happening in January will be in-play starting on the night of December 17th.

No, learn-time will not be effected. You will still be learning as if the correct time passed. Yes, that means the night you all beat the salad frogs is a very very long night. No, that does not mean you don’t get a reskill. Mechanic wise it will be treated as the next event. The ONLY thing this effect is in-play roleplay and time. Nothing else.

There honestly shouldn’t be questions about this, but if there is please use the proper channel to ask them! We were happy to entertain you all and can’t wait to see you next event!

The 2023 Season Dates have been announced!

January 6-8, Camp MacIntosh at Indian Springs State Park
February 10-12, Camp MacIntosh at Indian Springs State Park
March31-April 2, Camp Daniel Morgan at Hard Labor Creek State Park
May 12-14 Camp Daniel Morgan at Hard Labor Creek State Park
June 23-25, Camp Daniel Morgan at Hard Labor Creek State Park
August 18-20, Camp Daniel Morgan at Hard Labor Creek State Park
September 29-October 1, Camp Rutledge at Hard Labor Creek State Park
November 10-12, Camp Rutledge at Hard Labor Creek State Park
December 15-17, Camp MacIntosh at Indian Springs State Park

2023 Annual Pass

The 2023 Xadune Annual Pass grants:

Guaranteed Admission to all (9) 2023 Xadune Live Action Role Play Events
10XP immediately added to a character of your choice
Increased Donation XP cap to 4 from 3
Increased RP XP cap to 4 from 3
Access to the Annual Pass Holder Discord Channel
In-Play Subscription to the Xadune Herald Tribune
30units, (3) +10 Body Tonics, (1) +5 Bandages each event attended
One Time Use Trainer (In-Play units paid for) for any Skill of Rarity: Common

Annual Passes are $475 Cash or Cheque, $495 PayPal. Only 15 available.

Purchase Event Admission and Annual Passes below!

Hey Ward 5 Adventurers! It is almost time for the July 2022 Xadune Event at F.D. Roosevelt State Park Small Group Camp. We are headed to District Periwinkle in Ward 1, so costume appropriately!

Dropping that pin…

It is looking like rain all weekend, with highs in the 80’s and lows in the 70’s. Bring extra socks! Bring a fan for your cabin, as you will want to keep your windows closed.

Volunteer Sign Ups will be done on site at Check-In (kicking it old-school this event).

We can’t wait to see you in Ward 1!

Hey Ward 5 Adventurers,

As we pointed out last event, the economy has changed a bit since the last time we updated Tavern Prices (back in 2016). As such, we been forced to raise prices on a few items. The Dinner Menu is the same as what you experienced at the May event. You can see the full Tavern Menu below.

Please plan accordingly. You can add money to your tavern tab at the link below!

Behold, Tuesday has arrived. To most that just means it’s the third day of the week (or second depending on your upbringings), but to a small few they will know this Tuesday must herald in the coming of the third revision of the Player’s Handbook. Behold, version 3.0 of the Xadune ruleset (Not seeing it? Try refreshing your browser and trashing your cookies). Not a whole lot have changed; mostly just improvements, advancements, clarifications, and the sort that have been made numerous times. We will be giving current players three events to transition to the new ruleset, in which (in September) the new rules will be in full effect.

https://xadune.com/Xadune_PHB.pdf

We are only human. There will be some type-o still after our editors have gone through the rulebook. Please, if you see something, point it out to us in a collection of notes you might see as you read through the new PHB. DO NOT SEND US MULTIPLE MESSAGES FOR EACH AND EVERY MISTAKE YOU FEEL YOU HAVE FOUND. The last thing we should mention is there is still some little formatting things we will be changing, and thus some page numbers will be moving around as this happens. The biggest thing that will affect the formatting is the addition of pictures as well as some “coming soon” area.

Which brings us to our last point. We love pictures. We would like more in the Handbook. So, this is a general call out to anyone that wants to submit pictures to us that we might put in the new PHB. We will not use everything we get, but we like options. You do not get a say on where it will go in the handbook either, but if you would like to know some specifics we would like, give us a shout out. The maps and what not are not for player interpretation. All pictures should have a very general steampunk and Xadune game world feel to it. Please steer away from personalized characters. Those pictures that we do use will give credit to the artists in a special section of the PHB.

Though the PHB has always had a digital copy registered with the Library of Congress, once we complete the formatting of this version, we will finish our ISBN application and have an official print copy as well to add to the LoC. Copies will be available to players as well of course. The planned timeline for this is to be done with submissions when we go hard set over to the new ruleset (so September) then a month or two to finish up anything we need to do to the book. So, if all goes well, super fun Christmas presents!

Thank you all for you help and dedication to Xadune. All questions should be submitted via the “Submit a Question” form. We are excited to have made it this far. This year Xadune becomes a rowdy teenager!

Now that we have that out and in the open, lets talk about this weekend, the event. It’s time for nearly everyone to reup their safety course knowledge. We will have a list on site for those of you that need to retake it and I will be giving these courses to groups of five as they collect. I would love to get it all out of the way before opening ceremonies, so get to site on time!

It will be a warm event and we have a lot of action planned, so be prepared. Keep hydrated! Don’t do dumb things (OOP) but do dumb things (IP only please). We are all super excited to see you all in a couple days and hope you have been having a great week so far!

May Monster Sign Ups

May 2022 Volunteer Sign Ups