swords axes shiwlds oh my

Post by **Strana** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 8:43 pm

just some shots of my larp collection

Post by **Pvt Expendable** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:09 pm

omg are you an SCA'er

please god no,....

Post by **Strana** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 9:41 pm

no not sca i played a version of DARKON, imagine DND crossed with dagohir. currently i go to a larp group up in rancho cucamonga thats medium combat Realms of conflict live effects type combat. as opposed to the heavy combat of darkon. besides dARKON GETS CANNON AND BALISTA its awesome i made myself a balista that shoots the javelin like bolts, its huge, to get it all the more easily moved about the battle field im planing on wheels. and you can build the cannons like paintball/airsoft bazookas, only larger bore.

Post by **stubby** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:00 pm

For reference:

http://www.darkonthemovie.com/

The end of this movie is depressing. As in all larping groups, the biggest douche always wins.

Post by **Pvt Expendable** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:22 pm

Thans for the movie, was "informative"

so whats the rusles if that was sca grade weapons you talking serious injuries, how nobody get hurtm,,, all weapons very siisy?... no head shots,... saww arrows and poking weapons

Post by **Strana** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 10:31 pm

I've heard some good tales, one was the battle of badon hill (dagohir) where someones arrows passed safety inspection, and then one ended up sticking in a shield. Another cool tale, was actually from the darkon boards and why they kept wood as one of the materials for thrusting weapons. It was cool because even after people got hit they would be pole vaulted away from the wielder of the spear.

as for weapon differenses, swords in sca are made of ratan, spears are hardwood poles that are coverd in maybe one or 2 layers of foam, axes are 12ox or heavier leather that have been sown together, that and its usually <a href='http://tinyurl.com/y42zurt'>alot</a> of swords and board, darkon actually has the rules for different classes, even though there are a lot of warriors that does not preclude the existence of mages, clerics, rogues, assasins, monks, druids, and rangers. the nice thing is that you can found your own kingdoms and then you can basically try to conquer the world through the map. compared to sca or dagohir that just has you pound the other guy into shit, in darkon theres a reason to pound the other guy into shit.

Post by **Nitewatchman** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 12:37 am

I can't decide if this is win or phail.....

...A friend of mine used to LARP, then he quit when he moved to our town and began playing Football...Can't decide if he became more or less manly...

Post by **benkim123** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:53 am

So you fight using toy arrows and foam swords? Me and my friends used wood and made our own weapons there were scimitars, longswords, shortswords, knives and other crap. Then we fought using them I used a shortsword and I also made myself a switchblade just in case. it was fun but after a long battle it hurt like hell.

we added more weapons like stones, axes(we tied a piece of wood to a stick) and spears.

Post by **IVhorseman** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 11:27 am

I will admit that I have participated in the SCA before, and that I thoroughly enjoyed it. I was on my way to a DnD session that day and figured I'd stop by the SCA guys in the park by my buddy's house before we went to play. DnD got cancelled, so I figured I'd stay around for a bit. "You wanna try on some armor?" got followed by "ok now go stand over there", which was then followed by "I'm going to try to stab you in the face with this pike now. DON'T GET HIT". Then I was eventually shanghai'd into participating in the shield wall.

SCA is admittedly kindof cool, but I don't have the time, money, or asperger's to really commit to it.

Post by **piltogg** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:27 pm

never heard of this, is there any way to tell for shure if somebody got killed or do people just keep going like total duches?

Post by **OneEye589** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 8:39 pm

It's an honor system. You actually hit others, but it's up to them to keep track of hit points and things.

Post by **Pvt Expendable** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:04 pm

and quite simply put if you are a douche you will be physically punished

shield walls are for sissies, real men use pole arms

Post by **Strana** » Mon Oct 05, 2009 9:59 pm

piltogg wrote:never heard of this, is there any way to tell for shure if somebody got killed or do people just keep going like total duches?

well since it is heavy combat if thier not taking thier hits and are being asshole, then just hit them HARDER!!!!

Post by **Ranger S2H** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 3:49 am

sounds fun, I think it would be cool to go roman, shield walls, testudo formations,

Post by **Gorchek** » Tue Oct 06, 2009 10:09 am

Speaking from experience, a shield wall done right can be very scary. Especialy if you're fighting at night, when all you can see are shields and weapons heading your way.