Combat Items

Energy Fields

Energy fields are small tech accessories, such as a pin badge, buckle, jewellery, or small handheld unit. They should ideally have a bright colour section or a light to show they are producing an energy field, however this is not compulsory.

Energy fields items do not stack; you may only use one piece of Equipment at a time. You may have multiple energy fields on your character to switch between effects (and disable the others) – but cannot use this to “chain” effects such as passive HP-based forcefields.

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Item Type	Name	Description	Value
Equipment	Forcefield Mk1	Provides 1 E-HP. Recharges using 1 Power or 5 seconds under a building's forcefield.	50
Equipment	Forcefield Mk2	Provides 2 E-HP. Recharges using 1 Power or 5 seconds under a building's forcefield.	120
Equipment	Forcefield Mk3	Provides 3 E-HP. Recharges using 1 Power or 5 seconds under a building's forcefield.	210
Equipment	Camofield Mk1	Use 1 Power to become Invisible. At least half your body must be beside or behind an object. You may walk slowly.	100
Equipment	Refractorfield Mk1	Use 2 Power to become Invisible. You must remain still, but do not need to be near cover.	150
Mod	Forcefield Boost Mk1	+1 E-HP.	50
Mod	Forcefield Boost Mk2	+2 E-HP.	120
Mod	Anti-Static	While you have E-HP, you are immune to Static.	200

Armour

Armour requires at least one garment that looks defensive on the upper body:

• Tac vest
• Torso plate armour
• Pair of pauldrons
• Multiple smaller items, such as vambraces with a pauldron

A pair of pauldrons and a full body suit of plate armour grants the same amount of defence when used to represent Basic Armour. Equipment you find during the game may have its own costume requirements. Armour effects do not stack; you may only use one piece of tagged Equipment at a time, and cannot wear multiple to “stack” the effect after each one is depleted.

All armour must be suitable for a sci-fi setting and safe to use in combat. It must not damage melee weapons, not cause injury to yourself or others, and be durable enough to withstand hits without breaking.

Wearing any form of Eye Protection grants +1 A-HP.

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Item Type	Name	Description	Value
Equipment	Light Armour	Grants 1 A-HP.	30
Equipment	Basic Armour	Grants 2 A-HP.	50
Equipment	Reinforced Armour	Grants 3 A-HP.	70
Equipment	Energy Armour	Grants 1 E-HP.	30
Mod	Armour Plating Upgrade	+1 A-HP.	40
Mod	Auto Repair Armour	Use 1 Power to fully restore A-HP.	100
Mod	Forcefield Boost Mk1	+1 E-HP.	50

Mattock Only

Item Type	Name	Description	Value
Equipment	Heavy Armour	Grants 4 A-HP.	80
Mod	Heavy Plating	+2 A-HP.	60
Mod	Blast Proof	While you have A-HP, only take 1 damage from any Blast call.	150

Blasters

We use toy foam dart blasters to represent blasters. These can be store bought, modded, or home made. You must supply your own Ammo.

Blasters must shoot one of the following types of darts:

• Nerf elite (130FPS limit)
• Nerf rival (110 FPS limit)
• Nerf mega (95 FPS limit)
• Half darts (130FPS limit)

All blasters must be painted to resemble more believable weapons, and not be the standard orange/blue of many off-the-shelf blasters. Moving parts and magazines do not require painting.

Read more about blaster safety here.

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Item Type	Name	Description	Value
Equipment	Mini Blaster (1-03)	A mini blaster, with 1-3 ammo capacity.	10
Equipment	Basic Blaster (1-12)	A basic blaster, with internal capacity up to 12 ammo.	20
Equipment	Basic Blaster (1-24)	A basic blaster, with internal capacity up to 24 ammo.	30
Equipment	Magazine Blaster (2-24)	A magazine blaster that uses magazines of up to 24 ammo all together.	60
Equipment	Belt Blaster (3-01)	A belt-fed blaster with a maximum belt size of 40.	120
Mod	Capacity Boost	Raises ammo capacity by 12.	40
Mod	Laser Charge	Use 1 Power to call Blast on a target within 25ft.	20
Mod	Plasma Charge	Use X Power to call Blast X on a target within 25ft.	100
Mod	Ammo Chamber	You can use Special Ammo with this blaster.	80

Mattock Only

Item Type	Name	Description	Value
Equipment	Mattock Blaster 4-M	A blaster with unlimited internal capacity. Allows for unlimited hoppers.	100

Special Ammo

Only Blasters with the Special Ammo Mod can use Special Ammo. A dart should not be shot when using it; just use the call.

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Item Type	Name	Description	Value
Expendable	Blast Round	Call Blast on one target within 25ft.	2
Expendable	Plasma Round	Call Blast 5 on one target within 25ft.	8
Expendable	Static Round	Call Static on one target within 25ft.	10
Expendable	Corroding Round	Call Corrode on one target within 25ft.	10
Expendable	Pulse Round	Call Pulse on one target within 25ft.	4
Expendable	Heal Round	Call Heal on one target within 25ft.	2
Expendable	Repair Round	Call Repair on one target within 25ft.	2

Melee

Any foam LARP weapon permitted at the large UK fest LARPs will be suitable here. Non-standard weapons such as flails and scythes will be approved on a case-by-case basis.

Melee weapons should avoid iconic fantasy looks where possible: a plain sword is much better than an ice crystal one. We realise sci-fi specific melee weapons aren’t common, but encourage everyone to seek out sci-fi, post-apoc, modern or plain metal designs when buying new props.

Any throwing weapons, such as small knives or bricks, are classed as free items (like ammo) and do not need purchasing in-game. They must be coreless foam props.

We are provisionally allowing comedy items, however they do not cause damage. Foam food, toys, and bottles are all comedy items. Comedy items can only be used in Base. Kitchen equipment that would cause harm if used properly, such as frying pans, are classed as weapons.

Read more about LARP weapon safety here.

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Item Type	Name	Description	Value
Equipment	Small Melee Weapon	A melee weapon between 7 and 18 inches.	10
Equipment	Standard Weapon	A melee weapon between 18 and 42 inches.	20
Equipment	Great Weapon	A melee weapon between 42 and 84 inches.	30
Mod	Stun Charge	Use 1 Power to call “Stun” on contact.	80
Mod	Static Charge	Use 1 Power to call “Static” on contact.	100
Mod	Pulse Charge	Use 1 Power to call “Pulse” on contact.	110

Shields

All shields must be suitable to the setting, looking as if they are made from metal or plastic. Basic plain shields, modern, sci-fi, and post-apoc looks are all appropriate. Historical wood-look shields are not suitable and must have a fabric cover.

We allow two types of shield props: Foam Shields and Riot Shields. Foam Shields must follow standard UK LARP requirements. Riot Shields must be modified to have foam padding around the edge, and covering any protrusions.

We do not allow “shield bashing”. Shields are purely to block attacks, and must not be used as a weapon, to push people away, or hold them to the ground.

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Item Type	Name	Description	Value
Equipment	Small Shield	A shield up to 40 cm diameter.	100

Mattock Only

Item Type	Name	Description	Value
Equipment	Large Shield	A shield over 40cm diameter.	200
Mod	Absorbent Alloy	Use 1 Power to resist one call. Within 1 hour, you can make that call to a target within 5ft. You cannot resist further calls while one is being “held”.	120

Grenades

Foam, throw-safe LARP weapons are used to represent grenades. Like Throwing Weapons, they must be coreless.

Grenade physrep guidelines:

• Provided by the player
• Throw-safe foam construction, with no rod core
• Up to 12 inches in any dimension
• Weigh under 500g

We do not currently allow players to use airsoft smoke grenades.

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Name	Description	Value
Blast Grenade	Call Blast Zone around a target.	6
Plasma Grenade	Call Blast 5 Zone around a target.	24
Static Grenade	Call Static Zone around a target.	16
Healing Gas Call	Gas Heal Zone around a target.	4
Pulse Grenade	Call Pulse Zone around a target.	8
Stun Grenade	Call Stun Zone around a target.	12