New Players Arriving in June!

Hi everyone, my name is Christopher [Although I go by Alex with close friends, it's my middle name.. long story!] or Renn Karde as my character name.

I'm extremely excited to be attending Knights Realm in June, we will be driving from Illinois to meet up with our best friend in New York and we will all be attending together, all 4 first timers. We're totally new to the "LARP" scene but have lots of roleplay experience under our belts, and are super excited, and nervous! We've been pouring over our outfits and weapons trying to "fit in" and not embarrass ourselves too much!

From what I've read it's all love and smiles here, and that has eased my anxiety, and made us very excited to just join in!

I will personally be playing Renn Karde, a confident, yet indifferent hunter who moves from watering hole to watering hole to follow the coin trail. He holds no allegiances and has no qualms with getting his hands dirty, as long as it pays. He does have a fear of witches though, and will leave that hunting to the proper authority And if the jobs aren't paying well enough, he doesn't mind taking .. "extra" coin from someone who might not "need" it! Think Boba Fett with the attitude of Han Solo is what I'm going for here! lol

Sorry this is a wall of text, we're just SUPER excited! I've been lurking and grasped two main things. 1. SOCKS. 2. COMFY SHOES! We plan on using our nice boots with custom made boot covers to keep it period appropriate.

I do have some questions, that of course as I begin typing here I can't remember! lol! If I can post here, or PM anyone with questions when they pop back into my head I'd love to know.

Any advice, suggestions, etc are more than welcome! We are new and want to learn. We keep late hours and the thought of hanging out in the inn at odd hours of the night meeting new adventurers is enough to get us giddy.

Hey Chris! My names Conor and I'm a New Player Marshal.

Feel free to post questions below or send me a PM and I'll try to help.

Hey, I'm Katie, I'm also a new player marshal. We are here to help you get set in any way we can. I will say, bring lots of socks and good sturdy boots.

Good morning, Christopher! I'm Jeff, yet another New Player Marshal.

Renn wrote: I'm extremely excited to be attending Knights Realm in June, we will be driving from Illinois to meet up with our best friend in New York and we will all be attending together, all 4 first timers. We're totally new to the "LARP" scene but have lots of roleplay experience under our belts, and are super excited, and nervous! We've been pouring over our outfits and weapons trying to "fit in" and not embarrass ourselves too much!

I understand that you and your friends are putting in a lot of work on your outfits, but don't fret too much. Actually, my first event, I forgot to bring any and had to borrow some from a friend! Garb evolves over time and I have no doubt you guys will fit in eventually.

From what I've read it's all love and smiles here, and that has eased my anxiety, and made us very excited to just join in!

You're far from the only anxious larper, trust me.

Sorry this is a wall of text, we're just SUPER excited! I've been lurking and grasped two main things. 1. SOCKS. 2. COMFY SHOES! We plan on using our nice boots with custom made boot covers to keep it period appropriate.

Those are two of the most important things to bring, so good job.

I do have some questions, that of course as I begin typing here I can't remember! lol! If I can post here, or PM anyone with questions when they pop back into my head I'd love to know.

Post here, send a private message over the forums, or find one of us on Facebook and we'll be happy to help.


-Jeff

Renn wrote: We plan on using our nice boots with custom made boot covers to keep it period appropriate.

Hi! Jason. Regular player, looking forward to meeting you and playing with you.

I would love to hear/see what you are doing with these boot covers. That sounds like a really cool idea, and if it works out, I may want to see how you did it!

May I ask what the required thickness specs are for a sword, are there any? We bought some second hand from a friend who does some larp but I think the thickness is roughly 12mm, for us it's fine, but I don't wanna be that guy who comes with a sword too hard and gets told its a no! lol.

Ahh, I see the core requires 5/8", hmm, our swords may not be usable, shame!

Caldor Eirson wrote:

Renn wrote: We plan on using our nice boots with custom made boot covers to keep it period appropriate.

Hi! Jason. Regular player, looking forward to meeting you and playing with you.

I would love to hear/see what you are doing with these boot covers. That sounds like a really cool idea, and if it works out, I may want to see how you did it!

We will be using suede, or something similar, with a full cover of the tongue of the boot, extended a bit up around our calves to keep it with style. A well hidden strap will wrap around the bottom of the boot, so in reality they just slip on, we'll be adding buttons and strings to the sides to make them look like real boots.

May sound a bit messy but we're working with some family on it who have 40+ years of being a seamstress behind them, she actually brought the idea up, and our concepts look great. I'd love to send pictures as I get them more finished.. here, or PM's?