AscendancyLRP

Non Combat skills

For easy tasks you just do them.
However most of the time you are probably trying to do something difficulty you will need to find a ref. who say yes this is the result, he may say take a bead draw, he may say I will tell you the results later or come and watch you while you perform the task, informing you what happens at each stage of the process.

HAP or Heroic Action Points

Each player starts with 5 and gains 1 point for each event they attend.
HAP is gained by a player but spent on a character, so once spent on a character the HAP cannot be re-allocated to another character and is not gained back when the character dies or retires.
HAP is spent to perform difficult actions or actions in stressful situation such as combat.
Certain skills have a HAP cost against them this is the amount of HAP you must spend to perform this action.
You get HAP back at rate of 1 point per 30 minutes of rest, (rest is not using HAP for a full 30 minutes) 2 points for a meal and you gain all your HAP during a full nights sleep. Certain food and resources found in game will also give you HAP back.

Karma

Karma is used to buy your new character their skills and talents, see character generation for starting character Karma.
Karma is also used to improve your character after each event.
Unless stated otherwise a Ultimate player character gains 10 Karma per event and a Directed player character or Crew member gains 5 Karma per event.
Karma can be gained in other ways, such gains are awarded by the refs.
Like HAP while Karma is earned by a player it is spent on a character, so once spent on a character the Karma is lost.
Starting characters may only have talent and skills up to lvl 4 (see Character Advancement Rules)

Mind Points

You have 5 mind points, your mind points will never go above 5, unless given more by a special edge.
During the game you will loose or gain mind points these will be either temporary or permenant, if the Ref does not say which then you assume them to be temporary.
Temporary mind points losses (or gains) go back to your starting point after a hour per point. i.e. if your current mind points are 4 and you loose 2 temporary mind points you will gain 1 back after and hour to take you to 3 and the last one back after 2 hours to take you back to 4.
Permanent mind point losses or gains remain they are permenant. Permenant mind point losses can be healed by someone with the psychology skill this cannot take you past 5 mind points. Remember when a ref says you gain a permenant mind point this cannot take past your 5 points maximum.
Loosing mind points might make you flinch or have a headache but does not make you insane or have any major long term effect until you reach 0.
Character reaching 0 should roleplay a insanity appropriate to how they received the loss until they recover.
Characters who drop to 0 or below for more than an hour gain a permanent derangement, insanity or phobia see a ref as soon as possible.
Insanities may be treatable by Pyschologist and the treatment should be roleplayed and discussed with a ref.

Page last updated on 8/9/08 content by richardh

The more detail you add the more interesting the character should be, however sometimes the simple character work best especially if your a new to Asendancy LRP, you can add details later once you get to know the system and background a bit better. See sample characters if stuck and use or modify one on them.

Costume

These pages also detail costume from the basics to the very ornate, there are plenty of picture's showing examples both here and on the Wiki. Put together a costume appropriate for the background of character.
For character you will also need props, for instance healers will need bandages and perhaps some blunt instruments to represent surgical equipment, warriors will probably need a weapon, alchemists bottles for their potions etc.

A rough idea of the rules.
What do we mean by a rough idea of the rules, well its a tough question everyone has there own opinion, but for me there are several important things

Know your characters abilities. For instance if you generate a character and give it the skill portal sense read the rules so you understand that skill and if a ref asks you how you intend to do something you will be able to tell him what skill & talents you are using and to what level. Some people have poor memories so carry a print out of their character around with them as a reminder until they have got used to things.
Know the 4 basic in game calls.
Know the combat calls you will need for instance if have taken the Weapons Master at level 4 you can call "Critical" when you strike with your weapon doing a automatic critical hit to an unarmoured location.
Know how many hits you can take before you need healing, unless called otherwise most hits do one point of damage.

So what are the basic rules.

For Combat

Each basic character can take 1 hit point to each leg and each arm and 2 hit points to the torso.
One hit from a weapon causes 1 hit point unless called otherwise.
All characters can use melee and missile weapons, they don't need a special skill.
When a hit location is reduced to zero or less it has received a critical hit and will no longer function, it must also be treated within 5 minutes by 1st Aid or other means or the character may die. If the Torso reaches 0 then that person falls unconcious.
Head hits and groin hits don't cause damage since they should not be target in the 1st place for safety reasons.
Armour absorbs damage so 1 point of armour will stop 1 Hit point of damage. Armour does not stop damage from missile weapons
Certain skills, talents and abilities increase the damage you can do with your weapons or absorb before you count the critical hit.
Listen to the calls they are self explanatory, i.e. if someone calls disarm while fighting you, drop you weapon since they have a skill that allows them to make this call.