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  • February 13, 2014 at 3:43 pm #256729
    drafit
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    Hello everyone,

    I wanted to wait until I knew one way or the other as to whether we’d do a LARP at Origins this year before making an announcement. Unfortunately, for the reasons I’ll explain below, there won’t be a LARP at Origins this summer.

    There are a couple of reasons for this:

    1. Given the arc of the story, I really didn’t see a way to put in a LARP that was meaningful to the story.

    2. Of greater weight is that a company has licensed Witch Hunter to publish LARP rules and they are planning to run a LARP or two at Origins. I need to be at the LARP to see how the game runs, etc. because they would like to license Arcanis as well. This would make the rules more concrete and allow more diversity in what goes on in the LARP.

    As these are scheduled on Friday night and I can’t be in two places at the same time, something’s got to give. Obviously, I have a vested interest in seeing how they run things for both the sake of Witch Hunter and the possible future impact on Arcanis.

    So what will we have at Origins?

    Three Hard Points (HP 6-8) and a Battle Interactive. I’m trying to see if there’s a way to include a LARP element to the BI, but I’m not positive I can make that work and make sense.

    FYI – HPs 1-4 have been released and HP 5 is premiering at ArcaniCon.

    February 13, 2014 at 3:53 pm #256730
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Thanks for the update Henry, if / when a formal announcement from the company that your working with comes out please be sure to let us know!

    Now I’m totally going to have to work on my WH character

    February 13, 2014 at 5:54 pm #256740
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Thanks Henry!
    Wow now I need to create a *spoiler* costume for my Witch Hunter \":)\"

    John

    February 13, 2014 at 11:33 pm #256755
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Thanks Henry!
    Wow now I need to create a *spoiler* costume for my Witch Hunter \":)\"

    John

    Come on, John! Everyone knows that you are playing a variant of a fur trapper, but instead of trapping muskrat, otter, etc. and wearing/selling the furs, you are a chicken thief that look something akin to the San Diego Chicken. No need for your obfuscation.

    (And this, ladies and gentlemen, is what happens when I get too sleep deprived)

    February 14, 2014 at 12:14 am #256761
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Yes that is indeed it!

    February 14, 2014 at 3:58 am #256775
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Now I am really going to hate it if I have to miss Origins this year, or even if I have to miss Friday at Origins this year. A Witch Hunter LARP is definitely not to be missed, especially since I already created my character.

    February 14, 2014 at 7:10 am #256785
    frootsnax
    Participant

    Bitter news for Arcaniacs.

    Perhaps it will lead to good news for PCI. I wish well all those players who are also Witchhunters.

    February 14, 2014 at 2:43 pm #256817
    drafit
    Participant

    Hello Eric,

    Bitter news? A bit of an exaggeration, wouldn’t you say?

    I would rank that canceling of the campaign or the discontinuation of the game Bitter news, but IMO I don’t thiink this ranks that high. \":-)\"

    February 14, 2014 at 2:46 pm #256819
    Anonymous
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    We could just hold a no stakes arcanis event , where we renact the scenes in the tavern after the crusade ( Eat drink and be merry)

    wait, thats big bar on two, every night after the last slot finishes

    February 14, 2014 at 2:47 pm #256821
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Personally, I am fine with no LARP. Especially if it helps PCI develop some other business options for Arcanis and any other product line they have.

    I also support the idea that any kind of ‘special’ event should be used as applicable, not just for the sake of having one.

    PCI’s decision tells me these HPs are going to put the Arcanis characters somewhere that doesn’t allow for relaxed conversation and dealings. What are your thoughts: deep down in the purple-hued earth? lost somewhere in an other-wordly fortress? on some field of battle facing hordes of Khatani forces? stuck in a room forced to listen to a ponderous religious debate between Dilbert and Haakon?

    February 14, 2014 at 2:54 pm #256823
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Uh Mr Spear-thrower ValDellnov, tha name’s Delbert , dillbert is the way dey say it in da heathen lads of coryan but it not my name sir. I am not a pickle.

    LOL!

    February 14, 2014 at 8:34 pm #256857
    frootsnax
    Participant

    Hello Eric,

    Bitter news? A bit of an exaggeration, wouldn’t you say?

    I would rank that canceling of the campaign or the discontinuation of the game Bitter news, but IMO I don’t thiink this ranks that high. \":-)\"

    Disappointing news then. …I would never want to exaggerate. \":P\"

    I know my opinion is not the same as most players but I have always preferred the LARPs to the BIs. And I think that there are some issues in the LA campaign (like the State of the Milandesian Church post Sabinius, w/ questions on what the integration of the Fire Dragon really means) that would lend themselves well to the LARP format… and are needed regardless of how tightly they tie in to any specific modules. So yes a disappointment that there is no LARP and/or other similiar kind of special event PCI might be experimenting with.

    But I am still looking forward to what Arcanis goodness is being offered. And of course hope the Witch Hunter LARP goes well and leads to good things for PCI.

    February 16, 2014 at 4:37 am #256918
    drafit
    Participant

    Hello everyone,

    And just so I don’t forget to post this later, here are the Legends of Arcanis Blurbs for Origins 2014.

    Origins Game Fair 2014

    Legends of Arcanis

    Hard Point 2-6: The Mountain and the Phoenix
    By Henry Lopez
    A power struggle between the Khitani military and the Jial of the Phoenix finds the Heroes delving into a mysterious ruin where ancient secrets are uncovered and the fate of thousands depends on a mysterious jade box.

    Hard Point 2-7: A Tale of Three Brothers
    By Henry Lopez
    The First City is in a near panic as victims appear ritualistically butchered and the only clue as to who the killer is and what he wants may lie in the long lost tale of the three brothers, Subali, Subalay, Subalo.

    Hard Point 2-8: Sweeping the Board Clean
    By Henry Lopez
    Things come to a head as the puppet master behind a number of seemingly unrelated events proceeds to the end game, sweeping the board clean of all that may oppose him.

    Hard Point 2-9: Battle Interactive – Make a Fist Before Striking
    By Jim Beck, James Zwiers and Henry Lopez
    The battle is joined and the fate of the First City hangs in the balance. Only one thing is certain – no matter the victor, the Blessed Lands and perhaps even all the Known Lands, will never be the same again.

    February 17, 2014 at 12:15 am #256930
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Uh Mr Spear-thrower ValDellnov, tha name’s Delbert , dillbert is the way dey say it in da heathen lads of coryan but it not my name sir. I am not a pickle.

    LOL!

    How about we compromise and go with Dullbert \":)\"

    February 17, 2014 at 12:16 am #256931
    Anonymous
    Inactive

    Awesome titles and blurbs, Henry. Thanks for sharing.

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