http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/ 2012-05-19T02:39:59+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/ http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/lib/images/favicon.ico text/html 2010-08-26T16:11:35+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/badgers?rev=1282835495&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- CULTURAL INTRODUCTION PART ONE: INTRODUCING BADGERS Crafters, Hunters, Lawkeepers Badgers are a solitary People by nature, preferring the peace and dark of the Wild Wood, where they can rest at ease. They do not gather in large groups, except at the behest of the Burrow Council and even then uncomfortably. They have, by necessity, learned to live with their Stoat nei… text/html 2011-10-18T00:04:04+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/booking?rev=1318892644&do=diff OC information: Winter in the Willows Event 3 - "Call of the Wild : Hunting Songs" 28th to 30th October 2011, at Ullesthorpe Campsite Frolesworth Road Ullesthorpe Leicestershire LE17 5BZ Getting There Directions from M1 * - At exit 18, take slip road toward Rugby / Rail Freight Terminal / Hinckley: 0.3 miles text/html 2011-05-03T21:49:39+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/charactercreation?rev=1304455779&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- Character Basics Culture There are nine playable cultures in the game. It is not possible to play other non listed cultures, even though you may meet some in play. The nine playable cultures are the commonly accepted True Peoples – those who have retained the power of language and debate. text/html 2011-11-01T10:18:32+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/contents?rev=1320142712&do=diff [Winter in the Willows] * Event 3 - "Call of the Wild" - IC Info and Event Laws * Event 3 - OOC Info and Directions to Site * System and Setting * Character Creation Cultures: * -- Stoats * -- Badgers * -- Hedgehogs * -- Water Rats * -- Moles * -- Ferrets * -- Toads * -- Weasels * -- Rabbits text/html 2010-08-23T22:31:17+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/crafttimes?rev=1282599077&do=diff If you have a “Craft” or “Mastercraft” skill, the following crafting times will apply during Downtime: Please contact us if you have any further questions. text/html 2011-05-02T16:10:46+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/downtime?rev=1304349046&do=diff Downloads: ---------- You can check your character's inventory and resources at: http://witw-dt.dyndns.org/view_character.php * Downtime is the period between events where your character continues to have a life and livelihood between the Country Fayres. * Our online Downtime submission is the system you use to tell us what they do in this time. * After each event, we will announce on the Firecat Masquerade website when Downtime is open for submissions. * You will have a limited … text/html 2011-05-29T11:17:03+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/downtimeguide?rev=1306664223&do=diff An Important Accouncement For a variety of reasons, we have made a change to the way in which the Winter in the Willows game is run. When we started this game, we planned to run two events per IC year: Downtime II would be directly followed by Winter. However, we have decided that we wish to increase the number of games running per IC year, and so, Event III will occur before Winter, not after it. text/html 2010-06-07T20:54:33+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/email?rev=1275940473&do=diff ---------- text/html 2010-10-11T20:58:58+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/event2?rev=1286827138&do=diff text/html 2011-10-18T09:16:01+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/event3?rev=1318925761&do=diff Event 3 : Call of the Wild : Hunting Songs IC Premise: It is the last few days of November 198am, directly before Winter. The nights have already begun to grow dark early and the damp and cold is settling in to the Wild Wood all around. In this final week before all People must retreat to their homes and Halls; to find themselves somewhere to rest for the Winter, Tribe Knifedancer - feared amongst all the Tribes of the Wild Wood - hold their annual Meat Market - to sell on the flesh and fur… text/html 2011-04-18T16:36:35+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/ferrets?rev=1303140995&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- CULTURAL INTRODUCTION PART ONE: INTRODUCING FERRETS Guards, Traders and Highwaymen Ferrets, for the main part, have worked hard to throw off the old reputation as “Bandits” and “Highwaymen” that they acquired following the Knifewinter. These days, the various Ferret Businesses along the stretch of the Open Road have reframed themselves as traders, toll keepers, wanderin… text/html 2010-08-17T17:46:38+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/hedgehogs?rev=1282063598&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- CULTURAL INTRODUCTION PART ONE: INTRODUCING HEDGEHOGS Nomads, Pardoners and Lore-keepers Hedgehogs are driven by the pursuit of knowledge and the acquisition of wisdom so they surround themselves with books and wisdom, acting as journeymen, dons and scholars. They see this knowledge as the key to their survival, more so than the fists and flick-knives of Weasels or the … text/html 2011-03-24T22:39:49+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/larpcalendar?rev=1301006389&do=diff Upcoming Larp Events: Email us to add to this list: <mailto:firecat.masquerade@gmail.com> 2011 January * January 2011 - 8th - Maelstrom Player Event - Delegation - Marshall's Player Event, Little Abington, Cambridgeshire - <http://larp.me.uk/delegation2/information.html> * January 2011 - 14th - 16th - Song of Steel, Ashworth Valley. * January 2011 - 14th - 16th - Forever's Destiny, Linnet Clough <http://www.destiny.org.uk> text/html 2010-11-15T12:55:43+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/links?rev=1289825743&do=diff To join in the froth and chat around The Knifewinter campaign, please find below links to the various Winter in the Willows Communities: Find us on LiveJournal Find us on Facebook Find us on Rule 7 For a list of upcoming LRP events, on one page, go to - Larp Calendar. Email us to add an event to this list. text/html 2010-10-25T15:51:34+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/map?rev=1288018294&do=diff Map The Map above is a commonly used representation of The Land, devised by the Borough Council in order to dissect it into 3×3 mile “Territories”. text/html 2010-10-26T11:35:38+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/missileweapons?rev=1288089338&do=diff Missile Weapons Rules You can download a word doc verion of this document - here or a pdf version of this document - here Missile Weapons These are bows or crossbows designed to fire an LRP safe arrow or bolt. You should check that the archer has basic competency and (in particular) understands to regularly check their arrows. text/html 2010-10-03T19:05:15+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/moles?rev=1286129115&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- CULTURAL INTRODUCTION PART ONE: INTRODUCING MOLES Miners, Engineers and Unionists These days, under the prosperity of The Union, Moles enjoy an undisturbed reign over mining and industry in the Land. It was not always so… text/html 2011-04-18T16:35:02+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/rabbits?rev=1303140902&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- CULTURAL INTRODUCTION PART ONE: INTRODUCING RABBITS Slaves, Servants and Serfs Rabbits have borne the brunt of the new order, being the only herbivores who managed to remain sentient over the years. After the Knifewinter, they were rounded up and are now used as a slave race for the new regime, co-opted by all other Peoples of the Land to work in the cities, factories,… text/html 2011-07-19T12:35:45+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/recentchanges?rev=1311075345&do=diff Following feedback from players, we have made significant changes to the game rules. We hope that these changes will remain in effect until the game ends; and we hope not to make many further changes in future. We suggest players familiarise themselves with the rules as they now stand. text/html 2011-11-22T15:12:49+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/resources?rev=1321974769&do=diff Resources If you're a mask, costume or prop supplier and you think that you may have something of interest to our players, please contact us - we will need: * A brief line about your work * Contact details and a website link if you have one * Images of the items you are producing, if you have them text/html 2011-05-04T10:37:10+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/setting?rev=1304501830&do=diff * Introduction * Sex, Death and Disease * Costume and Props * Technology * Science - Biology, Zoology, Explosivology * Setting * The Country Code * Geography * On Slaves and Slavery * On Faith * Law and Order * On Flesh, Fur and Funerals * On Totems * Economy * Luxury Items text/html 2010-09-06T15:26:18+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/social?rev=1283783178&do=diff If you would like to view the Firecat Masquerade Social Contract and Policies document, it is available to download as: a pdf document - Here text/html 2010-09-21T11:13:51+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/soldout?rev=1285064031&do=diff Sorry! Winter in the Willows, Event Two - “People & Power” - has now sold out. Please feel free to email us at firecat.masquerade@gmail.com with the subject “Reserve List” if you wish to be placed on the reserve list of players; and we will ask any cancelling players to contact you to arrange transfer of their ticket. text/html 2011-12-11T07:32:34+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/start?rev=1323588754&do=diff text/html 2010-08-27T00:19:22+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/stoats?rev=1282864762&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- CULTURAL INTRODUCTION PART ONE: INTRODUCING STOATS Hunters, Explorers, Shamans It is said by most People of the Land that after the bloodshed of the Knifewinter, unlike most other creatures that tried to cling to the trappings of what they call “Civilisation”, Stoats embraced their Wild nature and now live as fierce, cannibalistic tribes in the heart of the forest, devo… text/html 2011-04-18T16:35:56+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/toads?rev=1303140956&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- CULTURAL INTRODUCTION PART ONE: INTRODUCING TOADS Scavengers, Tinkerers and Nobles After the final days of the Race of Man, in the months when the Weasel gangs seized London-That-Was, Toad entrepreneurs began to trickle in to the City. They came in dribs and drabs mostly, lacking the sense of community that the other People had - the Water Rat crews, or the Mole's Union.… text/html 2010-08-17T17:49:03+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/waterrats?rev=1282063743&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- CULTURAL INTRODUCTION PART ONE: INTRODUCING WATER RATS Riverfolk, Traders and Healers To the Water Rats nothing is more important than the River. It is not just the most important thing in their lives; it is the only thing. Without it they would have nothing, it keeps them safe and fed. Devoted followers of the River, the Water Rats are able to glide along its silver su… text/html 2010-10-26T18:04:01+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/weaponscheck?rev=1288112641&do=diff You can download a word doc verion of this document - here or a pdf version of this document - here With Thanks We’ve used Profound Decisions’ weapon safety rules as a basis for our own, with some minor development to suit Winter in the Willows events. We’d like to thank them for giving us their permission and their support. text/html 2011-04-18T16:39:37+01:00 http://www.firecat-masquerade.com/winter/weasels?rev=1303141177&do=diff Downloads: You can download this file as a .doc file HERE You can download this file as a .pdf file HERE ---------- CULTURAL INTRODUCTION PART ONE: INTRODUCING WEASELS Adventurers, Merchants & Politicians During the Knifewinter, the Weasels rose up and took the cities from the humans, each gang taking over corners of the London-That-Was, occasionally jostling for territory between each other - united though, in conserving the City for themselves. Weasels see their City - ‘Mother Lond…