New Site Guide and Call for Thane’s Schedule Events
Site Guide: Meath Eco Park As I’m sure you have all heard us excitedly saying over and over again for the past while – our upcoming event, A Season of Sorcery, is going to be…
Getting Involved
This article has been adapted from a post made by an experienced larper. I was thinking again the other day about what I wish I’d known as a new player, or what I’d wished someone…
Staying Warm at LARP
This article has been adapted from a post made by an experienced larper, originally written after an event that had a sharp temperature drop from day to night. Warning – old LARPer giving unsolicited advice.…
Introducing Character Progression Slowdown
Hey there folks! Back before our last game we sent out an email that talked about introducing an XP cap in the near future. This generated some spirited debate, both on the player discord and…
Budget Costuming – Bruid
Today we’d like to present a piece from our head of game, Tadhg (who’s also the model you’ll be seeing trying on the Bruid costume). While we’ve previously put out a post on costume requirements…
Downtimes and You- A Guide to Downtiming in Five Oaths
The downtime system allows characters to take actions in the world between events. This guide will show you how to avoid some common errors. Before You Downtime: Player Database If you want to transfer items…
Making the Case For Slowing Down Your Spell Vocals
This post has been written with Five Oaths in mind, but can be utilised in any system which requires certain vocalisations to be made when casting spells. This isn’t quite an official rules post- More…
Threat and Difficulty in Five Oaths LRP
Larp is a very broad medium: Many kinds of games exist out there. In the interests of clarity and transparency, the Five Oaths team have been working on some short essays on the game design…
Costuming Standards in Five Oaths
Hot off the desk of our illustrious Logistics Officer Cian, we’ve put together an overview of costuming in Five Oaths, and how you can put together a simple budget costume, with some places to find…
On The Design of Five Oaths, PvP, and Secrets
Before the next game we would like to take the chance to discuss some of the intentions and expectations behind Five Oaths’ game design. On PvE and the Spirit of the Game The main source…