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Post by ST Wendi on Sept 6, 2010 9:01:29 GMT -8
A live action role-playing game (LARP) is a form of role-playing game where the participants physically act out their characters' actions. The players pursue goals within a fictional setting represented by the real world, while interacting with each other in character. The outcome of player actions may be mediated by game rules, or determined by consensus among players. Events are put on for the benefit of the players, who play characters within the setting. Arrangers called storytellers (STs) decide the rules of play and the details of the setting before an event takes place, and facilitate the LARP while it is being played. The players take on roles called player characters (PCs), that they may create themselves. Players play the same character repeatedly at separate events, progressively developing the character and its relations with other characters and the setting. Some players may assist the STs in setting up and maintaining the environment of the LARP during play, which sometimes involves playing non-player characters (NPCs). NPCs exist to make the LARP more satisfying for the players, and typically receive more direction from the STs than PCs do. In a tabletop role-playing game a GM usually plays all the NPCs, whereas in a LARP NPCs are typically played by a different members. Sometimes players are asked to play NPCs for periods of an event.
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