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<blockquote data-quote="Firebeetle" data-source="post: 3424044" data-attributes="member: 34506">I used to LARP with Amtgard years ago. I'm the one famous for writing the &quot;fixed&quot; bard, ironically. It was rejected when people could not accept the idea of a bard being powerful instead of useless. Somethings never change.Amtgard comes from an SCA tradition, where limb hits mean you lose that limb. 2 limb hits or a torso hit mean you are out. Head shots don't count, crotch shots do (get protection.) You had a character class with ability and went up levels according to your attendance. Magic is handled by repeating phrases over a number of time for specified effect or buff, or throwing a &quot;spellball&quot; (fireball, lightning bolt, etc.) which did loads of damage.The problem: Amtgard tries to run itself &quot;in character&quot;, which means that a real organization has to deal with fictional character issues! It's ridiculous.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Firebeetle, post: 3424044, member: 34506"] I used to LARP with Amtgard years ago. I'm the one famous for writing the "fixed" bard, ironically. It was rejected when people could not accept the idea of a bard being powerful instead of useless. Somethings never change. Amtgard comes from an SCA tradition, where limb hits mean you lose that limb. 2 limb hits or a torso hit mean you are out. Head shots don't count, crotch shots do (get protection.) You had a character class with ability and went up levels according to your attendance. Magic is handled by repeating phrases over a number of time for specified effect or buff, or throwing a "spellball" (fireball, lightning bolt, etc.) which did loads of damage. The problem: Amtgard tries to run itself "in character", which means that a real organization has to deal with fictional character issues! It's ridiculous. [/QUOTE]

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