^ 14 Comments to “The strong, silent, (stone) type”

1. Disloyal Subject Says:

   

   Huh. Depending on how much of that is his costume and how much is the imagination filter… How does he freakin’ move?!
   Posted July 8th, 2015 at 2:19 am

2. Daniel S. Mountain Says:

   

   He was shown in the pre-game just wearing grey-ish body paint.

   I’m following just fine. The skirt’s a good clue, if nothing else, and ogres tend to look less human on average anyway.
   Posted July 8th, 2015 at 2:54 am

3. Bagge Says:

   

   Hooo boy, this is one of those characters that look great on paper but is just So Boring at the larp.

   I’ve been at fantasy larps with every corner of the inn occupied of dark, broding strangers who desperately hope that someone will try to pry their dark secret from them.
   Posted July 8th, 2015 at 3:27 am

4. Wanderer Says:

   

   @Bagge: I have the opposite problem. Nobody will let me play a bard… 🙁
   Posted July 8th, 2015 at 9:13 am

5. RinaldoLuke Says:

   

   @Bagge: It’s funny because I play a silent character at LARP, and people were shocked to discover that I did not want any of them to try and pry my secrets out of me and really did just want to be left alone. (It’s hard making an immersionist character! But so very rewarding…)

   But I am very familiar with the phenomenon you are talking about. “Dark and brooding” usually proceeds to the in-character version of TAMCS.
   Posted July 8th, 2015 at 9:18 am

6. Sooper Says:

   

   Yeah, these are characters that seem great when you create them, but are so incredibly boring to play in a LARP setting. Unless there’s a large group of similar characters to interact with (in vampire context, clanmates), you end up just sitting and brooding.
   Posted July 8th, 2015 at 10:42 am

7. Deanatay Says:

   

   I know what you mean, Cragg. I always preferred C++ over Smalltalk, myself…
   Posted July 8th, 2015 at 12:02 pm

8. Nespa Says:

   

   i hope for darren that he can move more than the guy in the ogre suit that was at marks first buffer larp 😛
   Posted July 8th, 2015 at 1:53 pm

9. Lukkai Says:

   

   Thought it was him. But then, I did pay attention when they were discussing their characters some while ago.

   Larp or not, I really like to play characters with some dark spot in their history, whatever it might be. It gives them an edge that helps define them and how they react to things (Exalted Dragonblooded girl I played had an absolute phobia of anything sexual, due to a past as sex-slave of a Cynis. Which made for interesting play considering we had two very openminded Lunars in the group as well.) Does not necessarily make them brooding though. Just less a 08/15 or vanilla mass-produced chara. Of course it helps that I usually clearly define that dark spot and think it up on my own, not just copy from popular fiction.
   Posted July 8th, 2015 at 6:03 pm

10. Ice Raven Says:

    

    I find being A Drow Ice Wizard fun And flexible! And when the Light Elves make crack’s at me I just say I slept my way to my post as High Wizard to the Drow Queen ! 😉
    Posted July 8th, 2015 at 7:22 pm

11. Athedia Says:

    

    Someone reads YAFGC
    Posted July 8th, 2015 at 7:51 pm

12. Gene Wirchenko Says:

    

    What is “TAMCS”, please?
    Posted July 8th, 2015 at 8:43 pm

13. Bluegeek Says:

    

    Bald… wearing a kilt… yup, looks like Darren to me.
    Posted July 9th, 2015 at 10:25 am

14. Greywolf1963 Says:

    

    Yeah, outfit gives him away. No one else in the cast can pull off the kilt and leatherman harness like Darren.
    Posted July 16th, 2015 at 2:32 am