Coombe Hill - Revision history

Andrew Oakley: /* Rules and play */

2018-08-19T20:18:37Z

‎Rules and play

Andrew Oakley: Background

2018-08-19T20:15:33Z

Background

Andrew Oakley: I want to talk to you about ducts

2018-08-19T19:54:04Z

I want to talk to you about ducts

Andrew Oakley: /* Rules and play */

2018-08-19T19:51:39Z

‎Rules and play

Andrew Oakley: I'd like to talk to you about ducts

2018-08-19T19:51:18Z

I'd like to talk to you about ducts

Andrew Oakley: Download

2018-08-19T19:27:54Z

Download

Cjr23: Created page with "{| class="wikitable" ! width="13em" align=left|Game |The Secret of Coombe Hill |- ! align=lef..."

2018-07-30T00:52:40Z

Created page with "{| class="wikitable" ! width="13em" align=left|Game  |The Secret of Coombe Hill |- ! align=lef..."

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{| class="wikitable"
! width="13em" align=left|Game

|The Secret of Coombe Hill
|-
! align=left|Storyguide

|[[Andrew Oakley]]
|-
! align=left|Length

|2 hours
|-

! align=left|Players
|18-30 (can be run with 12 with some loss of plot strands)
|-
! align=left|Suitability

|Any
|-
! align=left|Prerequisities


|This game ideally requires 3 storyguides. Note that this game uses custom cut-down rules based on ArM5, adapted for live play without dice.
|-
! align=left|Pre-rolled characters available?

|Yes
|}

== Sign up ==

There is no need to sign up for this game; you will be presumed to be playing unless you indicate otherwise. Please fill in the freeform surveyand you will be allocated a character in advance by email, otherwise you can turn up on the day and be allocated a character.

The '''only thing you need to read is your character sheet'''. For players with busy lives, short attention spans or who are just new to freeform games, the bare minimum you need to know has been condensed down to 3 bulletpoints at the top of your character sheet.

== Notes ==

== Props ==

Costume is optional but props are strongly recommended.

== Rules and play ==

* contains the game outline

A freeform is a variant of Live Action Role-playing (LARP) with '''no physical contact'''.

Coombe Hill is a '''very short game''', only 2 hours long. A more typical freeform or LARP would last a minimum of 4 hours, more typically 6-10. The main goal for this game is as an icebreaker for the convention.

This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You can [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14-mopfair-rules.pdf download the rules here] but you '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details).

Note that '''powerful magic costs vis''' in the cut-down rule for this freeform

== List of Player Characters ==

{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Faction
!Character
!Player
|-
|Storyguides||Town Crier||[[Andrew Oakley]]
|-
|Storyguides||(none)||[[CJ]]
|-
|Storyguides||(none)||
|-
|Clergy||Abbot of Hailes||
|-
|Clergy||Abbot of Tewkesbury||
|-
|Clergy||Bishop of Gloucester||
|-
|Knights||Lady Beatrice the Untamed||
|-
|Knights||Sir Boris the Black Knight||
|-
|Knights||Sir Rowland the Red Knight||
|-
|Magi||Greybeard of the Forest||
|-
|Magi||Longteeth of the Forest||
|-
|Magi||Wild Erica of the Forest||
|-
|Magi||Antonia of Winchcombe||
|-
|Magi||Claudius of Winchcombe||
|-
|Magi||Lucia of Winchcombe||
|-
|Nobles||Earl of Worcester||
|-
|Nobles||Earl of Gloucester||
|-
|Peasants||Alfred the Ferryman||
|-
|Peasants||Ellis the Peasant||
|-
|Peasants||Owen the Peasant||
|-
|Peasants||Wulfrina the Washerwoman||
|-
|Peasants||Peasant for Hire||
|-
|Peasants||Peasant for Hire||
|-
|Peasants||Peasant for Hire||All other players
|}

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 Up the workers! Down the toffs! Beware the serpent! And, I want to talk to you about ducts...
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 This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. Note that '''powerful magic costs vis''' in the cut-down rule for this freeform
 == Puppet ==

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 |Yes
 |}
 == Rules and play ==
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 Coombe Hill is a '''very short game''', only 2 hours long. A more typical freeform or LARP would last a minimum of 4 hours, more typically 6-10. The main goal for this game is as an icebreaker for the convention.
-This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. You can [http://www.grandtribunal.org/misc/gt14-mopfair-rules.pdf download the rules here] but you '''do not need to read or learn these rules''' unless you are a storyguide (or love roleplaying game details).
+This game uses a cut-down set of Ars Magica 5 rules, specifically adapted for live play without dice. Note that '''powerful magic costs vis''' in the cut-down rule for this freeform
-−
 Note that '''powerful magic costs vis''' in the cut-down rule for this freeform
-Now the event is over, you can download the entire pack of all character handouts, secrets, plot, rules, order of play etc from:
+Now the event is over, you can download the entire pack of all character handouts, secrets, plot, rules, order of play etc. from:
 * [http://grandtribunal.org/misc/coombe-hill-freeform.zip http://grandtribunal.org/misc/coombe-hill-freeform.zip]
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 [[File:Serpent1.jpg|left|thumb|300px|The Coombe Hill Serpent puppet]]
 [[File:Serpent2.jpg|left|thumb|300px|The Coombe Hill Serpent puppet, as demonstrated by Annabel and Beatrice Oakley]]
-[[File:Serpent3.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I'd like to talk to you about ducts]]
+[[File:Serpent3.jpg|left|thumb|300px|I want to talk to you about ducts]]
-[[File:Serpent4.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Little Miss March (merinita) casts Rego Animal on the Coombe Hill Serpent]]
+[[File:Serpent4.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Little Miss Layla March (merinita) casts Rego Animal on the Coombe Hill Serpent]]
 [[File:Serpent5.jpg|left|thumb|300px|Scotch whiskey magnate MacTanner (Leif) negotiates with the Coombe Hill Serpent]]

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 == Puppet ==
-We created a serpent puppet using duct pipe, such as [https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p16587 this available from ToolStation for &pound;6].
+We created a serpent puppet using duct pipe, such as [https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p16587 this available from ToolStation for &pound;6], plus a card nose cone covered in [https://www.screwfix.com/p/diall-cloth-tape-27-mesh-white-50mm-x-25m/2408v white duct tape]. Garden canes with lobster-claw keyrings were used as puppet rods, which could be attached or detached from split keyrings pushed into the serpent's body. Flaps of folded duct tape provided removable "scales" that could act as Arcane Connections.

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 <!-- Ideal number of players; minimum - maximum -->
 ! align=left|Players
-|18-30 (can be run with 12 with some loss of plot strands)
+|18-25 (can be run with 12 with some loss of plot strands)
 |-
 ! align=left|Suitability
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 <!-- Attributes the players or their characters MUST have, or the word None -->
 <!-- e.g. "min. 1 Merinita in troupe" ; "no grogs" -->
-|This game ideally requires 3 storyguides. Note that this game uses custom cut-down rules based on ArM5, adapted for live play without dice.
+|This game ideally requires 2 storyguides and an NPC "serpent" (puppeteer?). Note that this game uses custom cut-down rules based on ArM5, adapted for live play without dice.
 |-
 ! align=left|Pre-rolled characters available?
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 == Sign up ==
-There is no need to sign up for this game; you will be presumed to be playing unless you indicate otherwise. Please fill in the freeform surveyand you will be allocated a character in advance by email, otherwise you can turn up on the day and be allocated a character.
+There is no need to sign up for this game; you will be presumed to be playing unless you indicate otherwise. Please fill in the freeform survey and you will be allocated a character in advance by email, otherwise you can turn up on the day and be allocated a character.
 The '''only thing you need to read is your character sheet'''. For players with busy lives, short attention spans or who are just new to freeform games, the bare minimum you need to know has been condensed down to 3 bulletpoints at the top of your character sheet.
 == Rules and play ==
@@ Line 57: / Line 48: @@
 Note that '''powerful magic costs vis''' in the cut-down rule for this freeform
-== List of Player Characters ==
+Now the event is over, you can download the entire pack of all character handouts, secrets, plot, rules, order of play etc from:
-{| class="wikitable sortable"
+* [http://grandtribunal.org/misc/coombe-hill-freeform.zip http://grandtribunal.org/misc/coombe-hill-freeform.zip]
-!Faction
-!Character
+The game was created by [[Andrew Oakley]] and is public domain. You can copy, edit and adapt it without having to ask for permission, but a credit to GrandTribunal.org and Andrew Oakley would be nice.
-!Player
-|-
+== Puppet ==
-|Storyguides||Town Crier||[[Andrew Oakley]]
-|-
+We created a serpent puppet using duct pipe, such as [https://www.toolstation.com/shop/p16587 this available from ToolStation for &pound;6].
-|Storyguides||(none)||[[CJ]]
-|-
-|Storyguides||(none)||
-|-
-|Clergy||Abbot of Hailes||
-|-
-|Clergy||Abbot of Tewkesbury||
-|-
-|Clergy||Bishop of Gloucester||
-|-
-|Knights||Lady Beatrice the Untamed||
-|-
-|Knights||Sir Boris the Black Knight||
-|-
-|Knights||Sir Rowland the Red Knight||
-|-
-|Magi||Greybeard of the Forest||
-|-
-|Magi||Longteeth of the Forest||
-|-
-|Magi||Wild Erica of the Forest||
-|-
-|Magi||Antonia of Winchcombe||
-|-
-|Magi||Claudius of Winchcombe||
-|-
-|Magi||Lucia of Winchcombe||
-|-
-|Nobles||Earl of Worcester||
-|-
-|Nobles||Earl of Gloucester||
-|-
-|Peasants||Alfred the Ferryman||
-|-
-|Peasants||Ellis the Peasant||
-|-
-|Peasants||Owen the Peasant||
-|-
-|Peasants||Wulfrina the Washerwoman||
-|-
-|Peasants||Peasant for Hire||
-|-
-|Peasants||Peasant for Hire||
-|-
-|Peasants||Peasant for Hire||All other players
-|}