Talk:ExaltedLarpProject

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C'mon, man. LARP Warstriders would be fantastic. Can't you see the guys wearing refrigerator boxes labeled "I AM A SOULSTEEL ROYAL WARSTRIDER?" Win! -- AntiVehicleRocket

AVR's comment here is cruel, hilarious and makes an excellent point. Exalted is about cinematic supernatural kungfu arsekicking at the pinnacle of colossal desert towers in a sandstorm as it comes down around you; it's the kind of thing that simply cannot be done IRL.

How do you represent otherworldly athletic feats, energy-laden sweeps of daiklaves, and other common staples of Exalted in reality? Exalted captures the essence of the fantasy genre, and funky anime and martial arts films in particular: where nothing matters but unadulterated cinematicism. The real world isn't cinematic at all, and IMHO you're going to have serious problems trying to reconcile the two...DeathBySurfeit

I don't think that the problems are necessarily gonna be any greater than they are for LARPing, say, a bloodsucking fiend who's capable of running faster than light and turning into a giant blood monster. Looks like the solution is going to be the same as it is in the LARPing of other White Wolf games: don't fight, guys. It's nice to see someone getting something out of Exalted besides the oft-parroted "this is about cinematic kung fu".
~ Shataina

A good point; I merely consider other systems (and other LARPing systems, too) as more capable of capitalising on other sides of roleplay. It's perfectly possible to have a Nobilis dungeon crawl, or D&D game of political intrigue, but this doesn't mean that this is what the system is best at catering for...DeathBySurfeit

Well, a Dynastic power struggle falls perfectly into LARP territory, IMHO. -LiOfOrchid

Very true...DeathBySurfeit

I have looked at this problem before and one thing that the group found was the difficulties of anima banners. It's all very well saying don't start combat but let's face it, you can go to the quietest Camarilla court in the world and someone will kick off! Dragon Blooded are probably the easiest to convert into LARP terms as LiOfOrchid mentioned.

Oh, and the Warstrider question? Someone in Canada (I think) has made a full body golem costume (it's out there in webdom somewhere) which could be easily modded to make a warstrider! Of course actually wearing one depends on whether or not you object to looking like a Power Rangers monster.... ~FaeWitch

How about using the rock-paper-scisor technique? You end up with a 6.6 as a dificulty number because of it, so you might reduce the number of skill points and charms given to a character. In a challange you get as many attemtps as your ability+skill permits and you are looking for a particular number of successes, or see in combat who has more successes in an opposing challange. Might take a little bit longer than the ability+skill+d10, but will negate the need for cards, dice, etc. -Miles

• The Golem you're probably referring to is from New Zealand, do a web search for Mordavia. Frankly, I think the 'do not hit each other' thing is nonsense. WW only invented it to avoid law suits. The Brits have been hitting each other with realistic looking props for 30 years, and they're fine. United Kingdom LARP systems like Grand Design, Treasure Trap and Shards have had 'extreme' rules for hand to hand combat for years. The key to do doing Exalted as a LARP is the politics and grand scape(again, see Grand design) not the 'OMFG, I can leap 100 feet in the air'. For more on UK lrp, go to PAgga.net- Edward_Fortune