KoSD Questing II Slumbertimeland

IC:

Adventurers of The Realms,

It has been an exciting two years for Blackavar since the defeat of Rexan by your efforts. With Darkvale reclaimed and a new bridge built between our nations, civilization has been returned to our ancient and glorious country.
On the evening of the 25th of October, as the moon wanes into the new moon of Winter, we invite you to join us to celebrate the end of our first successful harvest season with a celebration of Vesta’s blessings on our homes.
Come enjoy games, food, drink, and a warm fire in the center of Blackavar Proper hosted by the generosity of the Wilmont, Taunton, and Gautier families. We also invite you to bring and share the harvest bounty of your own nations to share with us.
The nightly curfew will be lifted officially on this night as we enjoy the protection of Baron Gautier’s guards, who have assured the people that any threat from remaining indigent fauna has been eliminated.

Adam Carnac will be hosting a series of tournaments for those who want to fight for gold and glory, and facilitating betting for those who just want the gold.
We have also been informed that some of our locals have decided to put on a “Haunted Hay Ride” for those interested.

During the next two days, come see how our country has prospered! Visit our marketplace, farms, and newly refurbished manor houses from days gone by renewed once more.

Vesta’s Blessings,
Lady Isabella Taunton, Baron Kurt Gautier, and Willem Wilmont

OOC:

The Knights of the Sable Dragon are proud to present our second installation of KoSD Questing!

Friday Night
Friday night will consist of a feast and festivities including both combat and non-combat tournaments, games, and gambling. The feast will be pot-luck plus food, drink, and desserts provided by staff. If you plan on bringing food to share, please list any allergens on a card that accompanies the dish (we will also have cards).

Expect the following:
Mocktails by Briar/Phee
Alcoholic drinks provided by staff at the bar in exchange for in-character currency
Carnival Games courtesy of Rhiassa’s Gilded Lion Carnival!
Come try your luck participating in or betting on combat tournaments (separated by drinking and sober) Please see below for the event’s Alcohol Policy.
Fortune-telling by Janna Oakfellow-Pushee
Face-Painting, Pumpkin Painting, and other arts and crafts
We will have a bonfire
If you are interested in performing, please let us know in your pre-registration!

There will be Stacked Deck poker tournaments held at The KoSD Questing II on October 25th and/or 26th depending on player interest. It will start when we get enough players. It will last approximately 3 hours. It is a 50-gold buy-in for 6000 chips. When you first buy-in, you will be given an opportunity to buy 1000 extra chips for 10 gold. this 10 gold will go directly to the dealer as a tip.
REBUYS: 1 50 gold rebuy in the first hour any time your stack is at 3000 chips or less. Regardless of you stack size at the end of the first hour anyone that has not already done so can do one 50 gold rebuy for 6000 chips.
9 20-minute blinds will be used: 25-50, 50-100, 100-200, 200-400, 300-600, 500-1000, 1000-2000, 1500-3000, 2000-4000.

There will be a small night quest primarily geared towards new players. We ask that anyone who goes out adventuring during the evening refrain from drinking alcohol until after they have returned. We will not tolerate any inebriated questing or underage drinking at this event

Saturday - Day
Come explore Blackavar Proper and the surrounding areas. We will be running an open-world questing style with many NPCs to interact with and possibly get hooked into small-group questing of all sorts.
Marketplace
In the center of the city will be a marketplace with stalls for you to peruse and interact with the shopkeepers! There will also be specific shops with boffers, beginner armor, spell components, and more!
Vendors:
Mercenary Market

Don’t have much gold you say? There are many opportunities inside and outside of the city to earn gold and a special new token! Go check out the Bounty Board in the Sleepy Ferret Tavern!

Exclusively for new players (under 2 years in game) we will be introducing a new NON-STEALABLE TOKEN released by the Knights of the Sable Dragon - Dragonmarks.
These tokens are worth the equivalent of 5 gold, and only usable by players whose first event was within the last two years. The goal of this token is to help outfit new players with their basic gear to keep them safe and prepared in their first year of questing and years to come. We encourage that other vendors in The Realms accept these tokens at 5g value when used by new players, and promptly re-release them for use!

Saturday Night
Expect a night quest! After the conclusion of the night quest, we invite you back to the tavern for any remaining food and another bonfire!

Sunday
Sunday’s quest will be a foray into the mountain range north of Blackavar Proper at the behest of Baron Gautier as well as RP and wrap-up from the previous day’s events.

Magic rules changes

The spell Call the Soul no longer needs a marshal present to cast at this event.
The Light spell is being removed for this event. Casters with this spell currently in their build may replace it with a spell of the same circle or lower that the spell was learned in.
The Disrupt Light spell is being removed for this event. Casters with this spell currently in their build may replace it with a spell of the same circle or lower that the spell was learned in.
All players may carry a light source for this event following the guidelines below:
Material: Chemical light stick and dark bag or EH- or MM-approved electronic light with an on/off mechanism
All players may carry up to one active light source on their person at a time. Electronic light sources must be checked in before use and may be pulled if they may be too bright or unsafe for the event. Lights may be of any color, and effort should be made to make them look in-character if possible.
Weapons longer than 6'6" will not be allowed during the night quest.

Non-Combat players as defined by the Omnibus may register a temporary build of up to 3 paths of spells for this event.

Special Calls

Fear: If your character is dealt damage (legal hit not protected by armor) by an attack with the call of "Fear", then you must roleplay being afraid (running away from it or cowering in fear) of the source of the attack until your next death or the death of the source of the attack.

Harrowed: You will know how this affects you if it affects you.

Hallowed: You will know how this affects you if it affects you.

Nightmare: Go see the marshal immediately, alive or dead. You can negotiate protections with them.

Godstrike: A God is levying it's full strength against you. If you or any of your equipment is hit by this call, see a Marshal.

Regionals!

Blackavar

1. Lend Magic - 5 Uses - The caster expends any number of uses of a spell they can cast of any level to restore that many uses of a spell of that level to another player. Spells with unlimited uses cannot be expended or restored this way.
2. As per Magic Missile, but you get 1 prop.
3. Death Wish - 4 Uses - As per spell
4. Guidance of the Sable Dragon - 1 Use. Un-skewable Guidance.
5. Fourth Wall Break - 1 Use - Ask the Marshal a question, get an OOC answer that you can take as IC
6. Deus Ex Machina - 1 Use - See a Marshal

Hallowed

1. HIDDEN
2. HIDDEN
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4. HIDDEN
5. HIDDEN
6. HIDDEN
7. HIDDEN
8. HIDDEN

Harrowed

1. HIDDEN
2. HIDDEN
3. HIDDEN
4. HIDDEN
5. HIDDEN
6. HIDDEN
7. HIDDEN
8. HIDDEN

Alcohol Policy
This will be a damp site with the following restrictions:
The site will only be damp on Friday evening after the bar opens. No drinking at other times will be permitted
If you want to drink, you will have your ID checked by a member of the bar staff and receive a wristband. No wristband, no drinking.
All alcohol must be checked in with the bar staff and kept behind the bar.
You may not bring pre-mixed drinks. To clarify, you can bring Arnold Palmers, but you can’t bring an Arnold Palmer you mixed yourself. You could bring the ingredients for an Arnold Palmer, store them at the bar, and our bar staff will mix one for you.
If you plan on questing on Friday night, exercise good judgment on whether or not you are safe to do so. There will be bear pits that are divided into drinking and non-drinking groups.
Bar staff and event staff may cut you off for any reason.
No underage drinking will be tolerated. If we find that an underage person has been drinking or that someone has provided alcohol to an underage person, they will be asked to leave site as soon as they are safe to do so, and serious sanctions will be imposed.
We are trusting all attendees to make good decisions and abide by the rules.

Site Rules
We want to remain on good terms with the site owners and we should never leave a site worse than how we found it. Respect the site.
Noise is to be kept to a minimum after 10:00 PM.
Respect for neighbors is required at all times.
No off road motorized vehicles are allowed on the fields, trails or campsites.
No smoking is allowed within any structure on the facility, (including tents.) Smoking is permitted outside of structures, within the open air only. All smoking trash will be disposed of properly, not left on the ground.

This is the old Sterling site under new management.

There is no potable water currently on-site. We will be providing some water, but be prepared to bring your own.

Carry-in, Carry-out. Do not litter and thoroughly check your camping area before you leave. All Garbage must be brought off site do not use the trash cans, all must be brought out with you.

Smoking is only allowed in the designated area in the parking lot, you must dispose of your trash in the proper receptacle and failure to do so may result in being asked to leave.

No open flames are allowed within any structure on the facility. No incendiary devices or fireworks are allowed. All open fires shall be within provided fire pits, attended at all times and completely extinguished whenever unattended.

No drinking of alcoholic beverages will be permitted on this site without expressed permission by site. Assume site is dry unless specified by the EH staff

Camping is allowed in designated areas only.

Parking is available against the wall near the entrance. Please do not leave your cars in your camp area.

No swimming in the pond.

NOISE IS TO BE KEPT TO A MINIMUM AFTER 10PM, the site is adjacent to a small residential area.

ALL TRASH MUST BE PICKED UP AND REMOVED. Failure to do so will likely result in the site owner refusing to rent to any LARP again.

Site must be completely clean by 3pm on Sunday.