On Costumes

One of the great things about Changeling is it allows a great amount of creativity in deciding what your character actually is. Your character might be a man of coal with burning eyes, a pale-skinned wretch with shards of glass for teeth, or a dragon-like woman with red scales and gnarled horns. But given that this is a LARP, the question remains - how do you represent this?

I want to keep this game is accessible as possible. I have no intention of forcing people to use extensive make-up or buy fancy contact lenses. If people want to go all-out with their costume, that's great! I heartily encourage it. But nobody will be required to do so.

So, there's a couple of alternatives here. The first is simply to use your costume to represent a character's Mask. It allows you to dress as a human, and focus on just wearing the outfit your character would wear in mortal society. Each character will have a brief description of their character on their name tag, and you can simply take a quick second to mention any important details to someone the first time you meet them. The second option is to try to represent your character metaphorically. If your character is covered in frost, you could just wear a white suit. A serpentine character could have snakeskin shoes or a similarly patterned tie. The important thing is creating the impression of what your character is meant to be, rather than trying to represent it literally. Either option works fine. Basically, as long as you wear something suitable to your character, you'll get Costume xp each week. The reward for going the extra mile is personal satisfaction and looking awesome.