Calls

This game has five IC calls and no hit point system. No contact is required to perform any of these calls.

In certain situations, a call can be made into an area-of-effect by someone holding their arms in a cone in front of them and making the call with the prefix MASS. For example: MASS CLEANSE.

TAKE THAT
A roleplay call accompanied by a gesture to say "I have just hit you". It has no mechanical effect and means that if someone upsets you then you can pretend to slap them and say TAKE THAT and they will recoil and make appropriate pain sounds. As we have no hit point system, use this as much as you like.

LETHAL
The receiver of this call takes lethal damage and will die at a soon but narratively appropriate point as determined by the player, unless stabilised.

GOT YOU
This is the call to say that somebody is being grappled. Two people may "grab" somebody and say GOT YOU. At that point, the person is being held and cannot escape.

STAY WITH ME
This call stabilises somebody who has taken LETHAL damage. The power of your bond keeps them from death, so you must stay with them until they healed or their wounds will once again become critical.

You may only use this call on somebody who you are bonded to. This includes your group. You will get only one use of this call for the whole event.

CLEANSE
This call removes all roleplay effects.

MAN DOWN
Somebody is genuinely injured OOC. If you hear this, immediately back off and make sure a ref is notified. Our first-aider is Sammy Wilsmore.

Game-Specific Calls
Some games add calls as necessary.

Event 2 - Imagine Me
RUIN - Increase Ruin count of target by one.

Event 1 - It's About Time
VORPAL, also known as SNICKERSNACK - Anything hit by this died instantly.

Additional Information
These are things which are useful to know, but aren’t calls

“Checking the windows”
This is a phrase you can use IC to refer to anyone who is OOC for whatever reason without being suspicious. If someone says they were “checking the windows” or that somebody else “checking the windows” then they are telling you that their absence is not part of the tension of the game and simply an OOC thing (bathroom, taking a nap, etc.)

Lesser Invisibility
Phys-repped by bright purple mesh fabric over somebody. You cannot see them but you can hear them. If they come within arms reach or speak, the spell is broken. An alternative phys-rep is one hand raised with a closed fist.

True Invisibility
Phys-repped by hi-vis fluorescent yellow mesh fabric over somebody because LARPers have trained themselves not to look at hi-vis refs. You cannot see this person if they ‘touch’ you, but you can hear them. An alternative phys-rep is one hand raised with an open hand.

Not in-game
If you see someone with one hand raised and a finger in the air, ignore them. They are not part of the game and are probably somewhere they shouldn’t be but need a signal that they are not really there.

Items
There will be items and roleplay effects that impact the game...