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The White City

Fantasy Live-Action Role-Playing in Oxford, UK


Next Event: The Serpent and the Rainbow - 17th May
GM: Matt H

Brief: "In recent days, the borders of Dream have been unusually active, bringing strange storms to the mountains and disturbed dreams to the people of the south. The Aurora Borealis has been seen from as far south as the White City’s northernmost watchtowers. Noted scholar and dream sorcerer Gilliano de Riaga has advertised around the city for adventurers to travel north and investigate these unsettling phenomena, but rumours abound in the adventuring community of a mysterious and wealthy sponsor for de Riaga’s expedition.

Meanwhile, the Red Tower burns bright in the northern sky, and Professor Carter of the faculty of the arcane has received a peculiar letter..."
Meeting: 11am at the Magic Café on Magdalen Road.


Future Events
24th May - Full Metal Tunic 2 Joff Low level larp, specifically aimed at members of the High Guard Squad put together in FMT1
31st May - Looking for Family, Searching for Tribe James W Dominic Du Cesare and his Chosen Men go into the Forest in search of Dominic's roots
7th June - Oliviero & I Laura Suitable for a group of low-level characters with a heavy noble slant.
14th June - ??? Tony Details TBA
21st June - Ashes to Ashes Matt Involving Harriet and others


The White City is a Fantasy Live-Action Role-Playing game (aka "fantasy LARP" or "FLiRP") run in Shotover Country Park in Oxford (UK) on Saturday afternoons under the auspices of OURPGSoc (the Oxford University RolePlaying Games Society) and open to all - the first two games are free! It's fairly generic high combat Sword & Sorcery fare in the usual linear LARP mould, but with a slightly non-standard feel to it. We aim to be welcoming to casual players and students on a tight budget, so running around having fun is more important to us than anything else. Hopefully everything you need to know about the game will be answered on one of the pages below.

For information on subscribing to the White City mailing lists, click here. As a brief note- the rpgsocf list should be used for larp related announcements, whereas the rpgsocef list is to be used for extended discussion related to larp.




Introduction
What is LARP? - How does this LARP work? - What's the setting like?


Setting Information
Geography - History - Recent Events - Culture - Heraldry - Notable Nobility


Basic System
Character Generation - Skills - Combat - Non-Human PCs
Experience & Advancement - Class Levels - Sample PCs


Magic & Religion
Magic System - Priests - Sample Gods & Cults
Ash - Blood - Chains - Dream - Glass - Light - Wind - Name - Flame
Alchemy - Astrology - Herbalism and Poisons - Spirits - Magic Items


Miscellaneous
Playing & Running the Game - Money & Equipment - Monsters - Bandits
LARP Summaries 2003 - LARP Summaries 2004 - LARP Summaries 2005
LARP Summaries 2006 - LARP Summaries 2007 - LARP Summaries 2008
PC Roster - Past LARPs - Rumour Mill - White City Fiction - White City Filk - Errata - Files


Real World Information
Updates - Announcements - Information - Mailing Lists - Photos
Safety Rules - Meeting Place directions - Links
Bow Competency Test - Crossbow Competency Test


Contacts
Email the LARP Organiser - Email Joe the webmaster

Oxford University RolePlaying Games Society website



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